radium

had a relaxing weekend...went on a retreat with my americorps program to a resort up in radium springs, about 20 minutes from cruces. this is the same place we brought jesse and katie over thanksgiving to soak one night in the hot springs. it was nice to finally see it in the light. it isn't open to the public due to fire truck access issues (have to get there via dirt road under a little railroad bridge). people who stay there or use the springs all have connections to the owners. they let us stay for free (super nice guys).




here's the resort and bathhouse as seen from the gazebo (visible on top of the hill in the photo above):


we basically just relaxed and stayed in the tub all night...i had a marathon soaking for probably 4-5 hours. next day we had massages. that place is amazing! plus, i was able to make up mad hours for work, which will hopefully tide me over for the couple days i'm taking off for san diego in a few weeks.


speaking of which, andy has announced this year's theme party: a twenties-style speakeasy! i'm really looking forward to getting a costume together...i've even tried this vintage store here in cruces twice this week, but it was closed both times. that is SO las cruces; no one is ever open. oh well, sometime i'll get inside.

we've also got to start planning for spring break, which is only a week's worth of work away. thank god. ben has been back and forth about making it out or not, depending upon his work schedule. but alex will be here for sure. hopefully we'll do some camping, and check out some areas we haven't been yet. we shall see.

nothing much else going on this weekend. we went to a potluck last night and joe made some hominy (sp?) chili for that, then we went to a party. today was lazy. i've been reading about hinduism.

that's about it. another week gone by, another photo set up on flickr. jesse and katie, you guys should check out the photos...don't think we got any the first time we went.