Stephen Forster, David Gorski and Zach Kathrein relaxing
Many tough days on the Rio Liacura and we are beat, ready to kick back and soak up our feat in the natural heat. With sore bodies and bathing suits packed, we’re heading for the hot springs and we aren’t ever coming back.
We drive for an hour and a half down the bumpiest road in all of Chile. It is a land of quiet, fog and red wooden walkways. There are a dozen steaming pools to choose from and an icy waterfall to stand beneath. For hours we lie back, soak ourselves in the incredible heat and feel all the stresses of rodeos, attaining, boatercross and 21 gun melting away.
Later on, we gathered in our white towels and bathing suits around the little restaurant, where chicken soup was doled out in thick wooden bowls and we sang happy birthday to the newly 17 Ms. d’Arbeloff. In the evening, fully sleepy and relaxed, we found dinner at a tiny dusty little town, and nearly everyone was asleep by the time we rolled back into home.
Thank you to Tracy d’Arbeloff and Alexandra Shallhorn for planning this activity!
Alexandra Shallhorn and Tracy d’Arbeloff soaking up the much needed R&R
