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MEDIA - Media
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Wilbur Hot Springs - Videos & Resort Reviews
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Wilbur Wind-Down
Weekend Sherpa - San Francisco | KFOG | 1/29/09
Folks have been relaxing at way-off-the-beaten-path Wilbur Hot Springs,
near Clear Lake, for 150 years. What's the draw? The A-frame open-air "Fluminarium" here
shelters three flumes of flowing water that range in temperature from 98
to 110 degrees. Their real secret is lithium, an element from the hot springs
that's said to mellow out even the most anxious Type-As. These tranquil,
isolated hot springs are about a 2.5-hour drive from San Francisco, so
leave early in the morning to make it a day trip... book a stay during
the once-a-month guest chef cooking weekends and enjoy the fruits of someone
else's culinary labor.
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Wilbur Hot Springs: A resort and healing sanctuary near San Francisco
SF Globe Examiner | Lisa Alpine | 16/12/09
"It’s the healing waters, the tranquility. It waters the deepest
place in my soul. Washes me clean. Pulls out the toxins. I sleep and
eat and bath." – L.A
My own version of a health insurance policy is to escape from the details
of life and soak in hot mineral
water. I always feel light and loose
in my joints for weeks after. That is why I recently retreated to Wilbur
Hot Springs resort two hours north of San Francisco.
The road to Wilbur winds through the Capay Valley past walnut orchards
and rundown farming towns. Fruit stands offer oranges and honey... The
valley narrowed as I continued on my journey. The road wound upward through
Cache Creek Canyon. I was startled to see elk grazing on a hillside across
the river. The gorge opened up to another valley and the turnoff for
Wilbur Hot Springs. My nose led the way. Sulfur
fumes wafted from the
stream running along the road. A herd of furry, rotund cows trotted ungainly
in front of the car as I approached the entrance gate.
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Shedding Workday Stress – And Maybe Clothes
San Francisco Chronicle | Sam Zuckerman | 4/22/07
Wilbur Hot Springs inspires relaxation in isolated haven... As I lowered
myself into the water in the redwood
bathhouse at Wilbur Hot Springs,
the acrid smell of sulphur filled my nostrils and a steamy mineral broth
enveloped me.
Taking shallow breaths, I squinched down closer to my wife, closed my
eyes and felt the water's buoyancy. Slowly, the moist heat penetrated
my muscles and I began to relax. It wasn't long before the tumult of
the office, where I had been just a little more than three hours before,
was all but unimaginable.
Relaxation is what Wilbur Hot Springs is about — not just taking it
easy, but among the most profound sheddings of tension, stress and mindless
busyness I've ever experienced. As the sign on the road in says: "Time
to Slow Down."...
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California Hot Springs for Any Body
New York Times | Gregory Dicum | 11/09/07
Jeanric held my gaze in his, smiling softly. “Close your eyes,” he whispered
in a gentle French accent, “and relax.” He took me in his muscular arms,
cradling my shoulders from behind as my feet left the bottom of the pool.
My naked body swirled through the warm water of a hot spring until I
had the distinctly expansive feeling of tumbling across the star-strewn
Milky Way.
The promise of ecstatic moments — whether from body treatments or just
the soothing nature of the waters — has drawn visitors to Northern
California’s natural hot springs since people first discovered them thousands of years
ago...
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Wilbur Hot Springs: Saunas, Massages and Tub Nirvana
San Francisco Examiner | Linda Berlin
WILLIAMS, Colusa County - Hauling our groceries into the communal kitchen
of the historic Victorian, my husband and I realized we had broken a
basic rule at Wilbur Hot Springs. All the other guests were in stocking
feet, so I nudged Michael and silently pointed at our shoes. We slinked
back to the veranda to take them off.
After sorting our food in the communal kitchen and cleaning our mess
- no one scolded us - I went to our room on the third floor, while Michael
reparked the car in a gravel lot a short walk from the lodge. Wilbur
Hot Springs is a rainy-day haven just two hours northwest of Sacramento,
tucked into the foothills of Colusa County.
With the exception of our muddy footprints, the lodge was immaculate
and the guests were kind...
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Rustic Bathing Beauty: The sound of tranquil
silence as Wilbur Hot Springs spa & resort
LA Times | Linda Berlin
WILLIAMS, Calif.-- In a rustic Fluminarium beside a creek, I dipped my
big toe into three rectangular pools, testing the different temperatures
before settling into a soothing 98-degree bath. I took a deep breath
and stretched out in the silky pea-green water, dropping my head back
and exhaling a month's worth of tension.
One end of the A-frame Fluminarium was open to the outdoors, exposing
a dense evergreen forest that covered the hill above the natural hot
springs. Wilbur Hot Springs spa is tucked in the foothills of Colusa
County, about two hours northwest of Sacramento in a wilderness area
known for its spectacular wildflowers...
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