As told by a friend that works there, the bath house in under renovation and will reopen in November. I just hope that the charm of the old bath houses will still linger, just cleaned up and painted with new windows. It took a while to get used to the new sauna because of the the charm of the orginal. It's still the best place in the world to be.

hey todd;

so - like a ninny - i tromped off to pt reyes (from ventura) to visit friends - and see bob dylan play at the bill graham, and then, without calling first, i pointed the vehicle north, towards orr (when i was supposed to be following a southerly route home) . the hubby and i are regulars there - but my friend, jan, had never been - so.....

as i entered hopland i rang them up (it was tuesday night in the off season after all) and inquired about a yurt.

while parked at the solar living institute (another place near and dear to my heart) i chatted awhile with a very chatty member of the staff, who told me the following good and bad news:

1)they will re-open Nov 3rd-ish
2) they have totally removed the bathhouse - and replaced it with another in the same footprint (when i asked about style he answered with size)
3) the main redwood tub is soon to be history - won't pass county health inspections for keeping clean (heavy sobbing here) but...
4) said redwood tub is temporarily hanging out by the pool, filled - for last goodbyes - until sometime circa february which is when the contractor "says" that the new tub will be finished.
5) other major repairs have been made (roofing, foundation, plumbing, etc...)

i love the place just as it was - so i'm hoping that it's not too compromised (hoping, hoping, hoping) and -- i am making plans for the hub and myself to say our goodbyes to our old, velvety, deep, lovely, redwood friend.

so, jan and i stayed at vichy. uhg. chlorinated republicans.

fizzzy water was kinda-cool, -- though the only water above 90 degrees smells heavily of bleach - and the cute little swinsuit policeperson makes her rounds regularly -- with vigor. double uhg. i should have known better, shame on me.

also - shame on me for not dropping by orr to check out the renovations - but it was late, and i didn't want to drive that wonderfully curvy road twice. shame on me.

cheers,
jacquie

ps - dylan concert was incredible