What a better way to kick back, decompress and chill then to soak in the Pagosa Hot Mineral Pools along side the San Juan river. Native americans named the springs “Pagosah” or healing waters and celebrated the waters for their curative powers. Minerals found in the waters include sodium, potassium, magnesium, silica, fluoride, arsenic, boron (which supposedly boosts brain activity, builds muscle, and strengthens bone – surround me with boron!, and lithium among others. The smell of sulfur permeates the air and after about 2 hours of soaking in the various temperatured pools I was like overcooked noodles. Throw me against a wall and I would slide listlessly into a puddle of gooey, sticky, globular pasta muck.