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mountainsandsound
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This was part of my first extended backpacking trip, July 2000 I think. Did the floods take it out completely completely? I was just reminiscing about the place and wondering if there is anything left.
Anyone have cool memories? I guess hot springs can be kind of nasty, but it was pretty cool as a 15 year old.
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JimK
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mountainsandsound
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Interesting! I want to take a look around now.
I also had 2 fighter jets nearly give me a heart attack when I was there.
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Schroder
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Hulksmash
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Wed May 07, 2014 11:32 pm |
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There's a trip report from last year here> http://www.soakersforum.com/3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=54
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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tigermn
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| Eric Willhite wrote: | | Good times as a Boy Scout, would leave after school and get there around 11 p.m. Friday night.
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That's one crowded pool.... 
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Snowbrushy
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I wonder if (How) it could be rebuilt with however Green Mountain lookout was?
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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Schroder
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| Snowbrushy wrote: | | I wonder if (How) it could be rebuilt with however Green Mountain lookout was? |
Not very likely. Look at the photos in this thread on what the area is like today. The river changed course and the channel is where that pool used to be & goes all the way to the steep hillside.
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contour5
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I never got to see Kennedy in its heyday, but when I passed through last summer I noticed a lot of mineral seepage. Here's 2 panos from the west side of the Whitechuck below the Kennedy/Whitechuck confluence:
 Kennedy pano4  Kennedy pano3  Kennedy3  Kennedy pano6
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Kim Brown
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Goddamn, contour, those are great photos. 
I remember the brownish creeklets that flowed through the lower campground - they had rainbow slime on top of the water. At first I thought it was human-caused pollutants, but I learned the rainbow slime was natural chemicals. So it's not surprising to see the streams surfacing.
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Snowbrushy
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| contour5 wrote: | | Never know what one might be able to accomplish.. |
It deserves to be studied for the sake of Darrington tourism, I tell you! The FS probably won't do the initial heavy lifting, though. Maybe an ad-hock roundtable study group could explore the possibilities of a new/old Kennedy Hot Springs.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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mountainsandsound
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I didn't know this spot was so well-loved. I remember alternating between the river and the springs, seeing how long we could stand the cold before we needed to warm up again. Most of us had some Scandinavian heritage so our 14 y/o selves imagined there was a lot of pride at stake.
Thanks for those photos, Contour. Makes me want to get back there and poke around a bit.
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