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The two RV Gypsies drove their toad on the Whiteswan Forestry Road up to the hot springs. The road is a gravel / dirt logging road that has curves and is sometimes narrow with a cliff instead of a shoulder. It is accessible during the summer season with any vehicle, however, the two RV Gypsies did hit a rock in the road that broke a bolt on the undercarriage of their car and although they were able to drive back to the campground, the car had to be towed to a repair place, and they had a big repair bill. Accessibility to this road in the winter months is dependent on snow depth, 4WD and chains required. |
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Below: It was a 17 km drive
up the road. The photos below show part of the narrow winding section
climbing up the Lussier Gorge towards the end of the drive. As it is
a forestry road, log trucks are sometimes hauling, and the two RV Gypsies
prayed they would not meet a log truck along the way. The drive took
the two RV Gypsies about 40 minutes. |
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Below; There was a parking
lot with two maintained pit toilets situated above the springs. Then
there was a 150 meter dirt trail down to the springs, and the trail
back up feels mighty steep. (Note that there is camping a bit further
up the road, but no spaces big enough for the two RV Gypsies' RV. They
parked in Canal Flats. Besides they would never drive their RV up this
road). |
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Below: The springs themselves
are made up of several rock pools with gravel bottoms. The hottest pool
is up to 43C, and then the water cools as it flows down through the
rocks into the other pool towards the Lussier River. The small, icy
river makes an excellent cold plunge, that only the daring attempt.
Karen Duquette did put her feet in the river but Lee Duquette did not. |
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Below: The first day the two
RV Gypsies arrived at Lussier Hot Springs, it was not full of people
at first because the two RV Gypsies must have gotten there when almost
everyone had gone home to eat. Many people returned later though. |
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Below:  Karen
Duquette tried out the hottest area, while Lee Duquette took a few photos
from a ledge up above. |
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Below: After a bit, Karen
Duquette joined Lee Duquette in the cooler area, but she did not stay
there that long. She preferred the hotter area, which most people did
not. |
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Below: The second day at
Lussier Hot Springs, there were a lot of people everywhere. |
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Below: Lee Duquette found a nice little nook to enjoy in the cooler
area of the hot springs.
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Below: A little ways up the
road from the hot springs, the two RV Gypsies found a picnic area by
the water. Then they returned to the hot springs. |
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Below: A little
squirrel provided the two RV Gypsies with lunch time entertainment.
They did not feed the squirrel. |
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 The
two RV Gypsies could not return here on the third day because Karen
Duquette got bit by something at the hot springs and her right hand
swelled up. They went to the emergency room at the hospital but because
Karen was American, they wanted almost $1,000 up front, so they went
to a nearby walk-in clinic and it only cost Karen $75. She saw a doctor,
got medication (another $75) and it took several days for the swelling
to go down in her hand. Lee Duquette had to rent a car because of the
damage done to their toad on the road out of the hot springs. So even
though there was no charge to use the hot springs, it turned out to
be an expensive event. And because of the road damage to the car, the
two RV Gypsies would probably never return here even though Karen Duquette
loved the hot springs.
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