A Really Big Hot Tub

We are at the "Fountain of Youth" RV Park.  The park itself is older and needs some TLC. However, we are really excited to be here.  The reason is that they have their very own hot spring.  They claim that it is the third largest hot mineral pool in the world. The pool is fed by the Sacajawea "hot springs", named for the Indian squaw who led Lewis and Clark to the Pacific. The well was drilled in 1918 by C. F. Cross in a search for oil. Instead of oil, hot mineral water was struck. The pressure was so great that it destroyed the derrick. Currently, the well flows at the rate of 1.3 million gallons of 130 degree water each 24 hours. The pool measures 235 feet by 72 feet and holds 84,600 cubic feet of water. With 1.3 million gallons flowing from the Sacajawea every 24 hours, the water in the pool is exchanged every 11 hours.  The pool is divided into three separate areas.  The first pool has water that is around 116 degrees, the second pool has 104 degree water and the last pool has 98 degree water.

Sacajawea well that supplies hot mineral water to the pool