Yesterday Jeff and I took a day trip in the car to Kahneeta Hot Springs Resort! If you have never heard of Kahneeta, it’s in the middle of the Oregon eastern desert on an Indian Reservation where they have a natural hot springs mineral pools and a large casino resort! This little town on the hill has a “village” with tepees and cottages for rent, and a lodge with a casino and luxury suites ammenitied with a  golf course, horse stables, and the main attraction of mineral pools. If you go in the winter the pools are naturally heated by the warm springs and in the summer with 100 degree weather they are cooled down.

The the weather was near 100 when we went, a nice breeze kept us cool as  we got out of the pool off and on through the day. We are both sunburnt and red as a fire truck! We have both been to Hawaii before which is warm and sunny too and never had been this burnt, there is something different about the desert sun. We have been trying at home remedies to prevent peeling and applying soothing aloe vera lotion in hopes not to peel and keep the somewhat of a tan we have been working on this summer. This week in Portland the weather will be up in the 90′s all week so it’s inside for us until the sting of the burn is gone.

Our reccomendations to you is if you plan to go to Kahneeta this summer bring sunscreen that is SPF 50 or above. Even if you think you tan easily or wont burn bring it anyways because the sun is different and more intense when you hit the easten Oregon desert.

Below are some pictures we took of this beautiful resort!