2 days before Christmas we were invited to hike down to Arizona hot springs just below Hoover dam. We went with the Howards, who I hadn't really met before and had a good time hiking. They are pretty athletic hikers! I was doing okay keeping up but I was glad to have some little people to slow the pace a little bit. Maxine didn't come because she was working on a Christmas present for her friend Ellen.
The hot springs were awesome! Definitely hot enough to jump into in the middle of winter when it's cold outside! We had to be careful not to put our faces in the water so as not to catch a brain-eating amoeba, common to hot springs.
One nice feature of the hot springs is that I didn't stiffen up while we sat and rested in them. When we started hiking again I felt loose and good! The whole trail was a 6 mile in and back. Mark and Mikayla did really great for about 4 miles and then they start to drag and get distracted instead of hiking. But we all made it and did great!
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