We were right...

This is a very quiet peaceful spot to hang out for a few days. That could change today and tomorrow as they fill the big hot springs pool, but even if it does get a little busy, it won't bother us. We enjoy seeing people out having fun.

It turns out that this place is very busy during busy season. I was talking to our host yesterday and he said that when Semana Santa (Easter holy week) begins, the place gets as many as 800 visitors a day.

Yesterday morning we sat outside and watched the birds for a while. Lots of different birds.

We don't have good enough internet to be able to spend time looking up exactly what types of birds these are...so if anybody wants to tell us....go for it!

While we were sitting there, a family of four drove up and our host looked like he had turned the water on. I went over to chat with him, and yes...he was filling one of the smaller pools for this family that had arrived. 

Turns out that his grandfather was a geologist and had found the underground hot springs on this property about 45 years ago. Having the pools is dual purpose...one, of course for the people to come and use them for soaking and swimming, but also as holding tanks to cool the water before it can be put into the irrigation system they have designed for the farm fields on the property.

They have a huge underground pump that forces the water up 200 ft and out these big 10" pipes.

He says that the water is pure clean water...clear as a bell and drinkable. I filled up our big jug with water that was pouring out of the big pipe. It's definitely warm, but not hot.

I'm looking forward to seeing how long it will take for the big Olympic size pool to fill up today.

In the afternoon, we went for another walk on the property. The front section that surrounds the balneario is farmland, but the rear section is all gulleys and cactus and ravines where the water drains off during rainy season. It's a really interesting landscape to explore.

Ruth, overlooking one of the ravines.

We found a way down there and walked along the dry riverbed.

The water must really rush through here.

Out for a hike.

A little better walk today, as we did 6.5 kms (4 miles) in about two hours. Today, we're going to head across the highway where there is a lake and it looks like a lot of walking paths.

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