Looking south from top of Cougar Dam at reservoir.  Cougar Dam is located several miles south of the Mckenzie Highway east of Eugene Oregon.  Terwilliger Hot springs is near by.  It is one of the best hot springs I have been to.  Created by a small river that flows through a lava tube it has a large through put of water.  The high water volume makes it clean even though it is quite popular.  Water temperature varies depending on which pool one chooses to sit in as the spring mixes with cooler water farther from the source.  Scroll down to see letter to the editor, I wrote, mentioning the spring.

Cougar Dam
Hot Spring

My year 2000 Oregon bike trip


 
 


Water fall near hot springs.  Spring is up in forests at the top of the falls.


From my letters to editors

Call it Nudeworking instead of Networking 

The Whatcom County Council was foolish when it voted to ban nude sunbathing at Teddy Bear Cove near Bellingham.  In this fast-paced society; nude beaches could be replacing the corner store as the place where people stop and visit. 

When I was on a bicycle trip around Washington and Oregon; last summer; I found that nude hot springs and saunas were among the best spots to visit with local people.  At times they seemed like the only places where conversation was longer than the quick "thank you" after something is sold at a cash register. 

Near Eugene; Ore. I visited a wonderful place called Terwilliger Hot Spring.  It is jointly maintained by the U.S. Forest service and a volunteer citizen group called "Friends of the Hot Spring."

At times it seemed like the only place I got to see people outside their automobiles.  Friendly visits at the spring gave me a better feel for the people of that area than I would have received if all I had seen of the people was their cars zipping past me on the road all day. 

Instead of networking; this experience could be called "nudeworking." 

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