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BONNEVILLE HOT SPRINGS RESORT & SPA Tapping into the Curative Power of Mineral Waters

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With the increasing focus on health and wellness , therapeutic baths are becoming more popular in spas . Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & Spa owner Pete Cam knows from personal experience how beneficial mineral springs can be . Stricken with crippling arthritis in his late teens , Cam was given no hope of recovery by doctors . But after six months soaking three times a day in the mineral pools of Moffet Hot Springs in the Columbia River Gorge , which divides the states of Oregon and Washington , he was able to completely discard his wheelchair .

12 PULSE ■ December 2011