Nature Therapy
Awesome Things Take Effort
From love to setting up a hot tub in nature
Commitment and Muscle
I stare at a marine battery, a propane tank, and a six-foot metal tank in my truck bed, then turn and look at a river 60–80 feet below me. My mind races. Should I muscle the items down to the river’s edge for a Cowboy Hot Tub or seek easier terrain?
With only a few hours of daylight and limited options, I commit. The view is stunning, the fishing could be good, and it’s all downhill. I’ll worry about getting all the shit back up in 48 hours.
My love language is service. If my Babe wants a hot soak, she will have a hot soak!
My girlfriend, Shaunna, came up with the idea of setting up a stock tank as a hot tub. We’ve set it up twice on the Deschutes River, where dragging the tank to the river’s edge was easy.
This is the first time setting it up on a lake, but as luck would have it, the reservoir is drawn down for dam repairs. There’s no standing water near the camp area, just a braided and meandering river far-far away.
