Loretta and I arrived at the spa around 5:30 p.m. and headed straight for the mud pool. We slathered ourselves in mud and noticed it was the darkest either one of us had ever been or will ever be. It had the consistency of liquid chocolate pudding. We would've taken a picture, but our
hands were covered in mud.... then we soaked in all the different mineral pools. These pools are warm and one gets thirsty. The only water on site was the mineral water from the earth. The water fountain was even
fed with it or one could have it with either lemon or cucumber flavoring . So we drank it. We were thirsty.Our massage and salt rubs were to begin at 7:00pm. So we lounged in and out of mineral pools until our designated time. My massage therapist was Ryan from San Francisco. He was a great therapist. For me, the salt scrub was almost too harsh, and I had to remind Ryan not to scrub so hard. But I must say I do have some awesome soft skin today. Loretta had the same treatment and we were both a bit loopy at 8:45 pm when we were done. We only had a 30 min drive back to
Santa Fe...in the dark. This is where the fun begins.First of all, Loretta had a goofy grin on her face and was all giggles driving down the mountain until we got to the highway. As she looked at the on-coming traffic she realized she was too impaired to drive. She put the car in park and got out in the middle of the road. So Angel took over, but didn't mention she has night blindness.... Frankly, we were both loopy! We were all giggles, couldn't form sentences and got lost. We did make it home safe and sound! Thanks, HP for protecting drunks and fools, once again!!
Today is Friday and Gay Pride in Santa Fe - and it's not just because we're here. We're going to a Lambda meeting then off to a women's dance at "Rainbow Visions - a GLBT community for "the next 50 years"! Joy Silver, the community's president and founder describes how she came across this concept:
"When I lived in NYC, I passed a residence for the extremely frail in the Village. One night I looked up at the window and saw lights flashing, a mirrored disco ball spinning, heard music blaring, and saw go-go boys dancing. Smiling to myself, I said 'yeah – that’s what I want. I want that party when I get to be that age. Cause if there’s no dancing, I'm not going!' "
We'll keep you posted!!
2 comments:
Awww my two AR mentors! It would be even cooler if the mud TASTED like chocolate pudding, eh? Glad you're having a good trip and getting high on life.....and mineral soaks =)
I'll let you in on a local secret. You were were feeling a be giddy and high because they get the mud from the Los Alamos area (you were only about an hours drive from these). About 40 years ago, they had a radioactive accident andall the dirt in the area turned that darkish color. They started using is as a cleansing mud back in the 70s. The state is a very poor state and they were trying to boost the economy. The government figured that it wouldn't cause additional problems because the Roswell incident had already jacked up most the genetic pool.
If you had turned off the lights you would have seen a physical glow in addition to the glow that you were feeling.
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