Natural Swimming Areas for the California Pod

[MaskedNightingale]

I tried looking for a thread like this one but didn't find one, so I decided to start one of my own.
One of the best features I believe CA has is its hot springs. When they are all natural and don't have spas sitting on top of them they are perfect places to go mermaiding in.

My top favorite, which I've actually been to and loved is Mono Hot Springs in the Sierras. Great hiking trails to hot springs, inexpensive camping and a beautiful area.
Here's some great spots they have:
12690"Doris Lake, just a mile hike from Mono is only spring fed making the surface nice and warm for very comfortable swimming."
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12691Edison Lake, 5 miles from Mono Hot Springs.

12692Natural hot springs all along the river.

Mammoth Hot Springs. My dad used to have several jobs up there so every trip up there we'd stop and find every hot spring we could. Great memories. :) Couldn't find any good pictures of the swimming holes for this one. But the one we'd frequent was right in the middle of river on the main highway to Mammoth.

(My computer is over-heating so I'm going to post this portion before it shuts down on me.)

[MaskedNightingale]

Next up California's Natural Swimming Holes! :)

-The Gorge, CA (Big Sir) (http://www.swimmingholes.org/ca.html#BIG%20SUR%20AREA)
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-Bass Lake, CA (San Fran Area)
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-Salmon Creek Falls, Big Sir, CA
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-Happy Valley, Sacramento, CA
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-Twin Bridges, Sacramento, CA
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[MaskedNightingale]

I found the Mammoth spring that I went to with my father.
It's called Hot Creek.
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[Mermaid Dottie]

It would appear that your attachments are broken. :(

[MaskedNightingale]

Swimming Holes continued...

-Sunset, Sonoma County Sunset Park, CA
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-Seven Falls, Santa Barbara, CA
This one looks spectacular, very pretty area.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7AHOCuMWiY

-Standish Hickey SP, Eureka, CA
12717Deep.

[MaskedNightingale]

It would appear that your attachments are broken. :(
Oh no, Do you know what causes that?

[MaskedNightingale]

I found out that many of the attachments are broken so here are the links to the sites I found the swimming holes at: http://swimmingholesofcalifornia.blogspot.com/
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-best-swimming-holes-california-8836805.html
http://www.yelp.com/biz/university-falls-quintette

And the rest of the springs were found through facebook and search engines.

[Mermaid Dottie]

Oh no, Do you know what causes that?
I don't.
Maybe try
Edit post > go advanced> manage attachments
to see what's wrong?

[MaskedNightingale]

Found another place, Keoughs Hot Springs: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keoughs-Hot-Springs/369982883025870?ref=stream

I asked them if someone could wear something like a monofin in the pool and they said it would be fine as long as it didn't disrupt someone else's swimming.