The mud was still under my nails three days after I left Tecopa, and I wasn’t sick of it. Tecopa…

The sulfur smell hit first, then the steam, then ten miles of trail finally made sense. I’m Vanessa, founder of…

Esalen Hot Springs in Big Sur, California sits on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, open to the public just…

Tassajara Hot Springs stopped me in my tracks the first time I read about it a geothermal spring running through…

Some places earn their reputation through great water. Others earn it through history. Fales Hot Springs is firmly in the…

My first solo road trip through California’s desert ended at a warm mineral pool I almost missed the turn-off for….

Some hot springs you stumble onto. Ecotopia the private sulfur pools in Matilija Canyon that most people still call Ojai…

Some places you earn. Orr Hot Springs Resort had been on my list for two years before I finally made…

Vanessa here, founder of CATRAVELTIMES, and I’ve been road-tripping California’s hot springs long enough to know the difference between a…

Vanessa here, founder of CATRAVELTIMES and someone who has spent more weekends than I can count tracking down California’s thermal…