This past Labor Day weekend, we went to visit Me-maw, my Grandma. While we were there it so happened that the springs at Warm Springs, Ga was open to the public. It may not seem like much, but we had just finished studying hot springs, fumaroles, geysers in our Geology block. Warm Springs only opens the springs one time per year on Labor Day weekend to the public, so we signed up. Since it was only 6 years and up, Polly, Lucy, King Peter and Reepicheep couldn't come. King Peter could have come, but he wasn't studying Geology and he needed to stay home and help Me-Maw. It took us about 1 hr. to get there. We had to leave early for our 10:00 am session; Polly woke up before we left, so we ended up taking her with us. When we got there we signed in and took our pictures around the water. We swam in a pool where the warm waters from the spring were pumped in.
The pools were really close to Franklin Roosevelt's Little White House. In fact, the 32nd president actually went to and used the springs for therapy for his polio in 1921. He believed that the springs helped him recover use of his legs and muscles. He made the springs into a rehabilitating area for other people inflicted with polio.
They had painted the walls of the pool white which made the water a beautiful color blue. The reason it was blue was because of all the magnesium and minerals in it. When they finally let us swim (we only had an hour and thirty minutes session) I expected the water to be hot so I was quite surprised when the water actually felt cold! It was supposed to be '89 degrees’; I thought the thermometer was going mental when it read 80 degrees. The people explained that it was cold because the water had been in the pool for a while and had cooled down. There was an area next to where the spring waters were pumped in that you could feel the warmer temperatures. The rangers and lifeguards said that the people always cluster in those area and they were right. Since Polly couldn't swim we all had to take turns staying out of the pool. After a while I got out and watched Polly for my Mom, while she got in. She didn't like it so I went back in and it was warmer the second time. 
Before our session was over we decided to go through the Museum. It went through the history of the pools, how the springs were formed, when and how they were used in the therapeutic center there at Warm Springs, FDR's involvement with the pools, and how patients were treated. It was pretty interesting. After that we went home. This trip was really cool and I am glad we got to go.
