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If you time it right, you can have this Colorado hot spring all to yourself

Desert Reef remains “kind of southern Colorado, kind of another dimension”

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Desert Reef's 77-acre property includes five public clothing-optional hot springs, with varying temperatures, as well as five private hot spring soaking tubs for overnight guests staying in the tiny homes. Though the property has been welcoming soakers since the 1980s, it underwent a massive renovation starting in 2021 and finishing this year. (Photo provided by Ben Knight, Desert Reef)
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Restaurant reporter Josie Sexton.
By | The Denver Post
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I motioned that I’d be down at the springs, grabbing my suit, slippers and wine. And as I walked from the Airstream down a dark path, the only sound the power lines overhead buzzing, I registered that I was alone just for a moment.
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