Soaking up Montana: Hot springs hotels add warmth to the Rockies.(The Dallas Morning News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: December 17, 2001| Author: Bleiberg, Larry | Copyright information

PONY, Mont. _ By the time I found the shelter, the wind was howling and sleet was slapping my cheek. I stepped inside the dark room, and my hands shook with cold as they lit a candle.

Then came the hard part: stripping down to a bathing suit. I gasped and shivered, then propelled myself into a creek covered by this cabin.

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