> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.novaugust.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Mystic Hot Springs
- URL: https://blog.novaugust.net/mystic-hot-springs/
- Published: 2015-11-18T00:05:49.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-18T21:12:31.000Z
- Author: Matt Enlow
- Tags: rest day, post, Utah, hot springs, #Import 2026-06-21 14:43

I broke up the drive from Las Vegas back to Moab by spending the night near Monroe, Utah. Driving through the desert sunset, I knew I was off on my own again, getting to enjoy a brief pause before the next adventure.

As I settled down into my sleeping bag that night, I felt the same thrill a twelve-year-old might as he snuggles into his down: *Oh boy, camping.*

After waking up to frost-covered windows in the back of the truck I drove two miles to Mystic Hot Springs.

![Waters](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2015/11/P3120047.jpg)

![Waters in the sun](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2015/11/P3120041-2.jpg)

I slid a few bills wrapped in a white envelope with my name written on it under the office door.

![The main pool](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2015/11/P3120061-2.jpg)

I watched the sun rise over the mountains from a hot springs-fed clawfoot tub and soaked away the fatigue of [a week of climbing](https://blog.novaugust.net/red-rocks/).

![Schoolhouse](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/95/9b955960-2312-4b04-8b46-7e66317cd0ed/content/images/2015/11/P3120035-2.jpg)