Hotsprings
Taking a day off to myself I step out of my pickup, grab my pack with some water and food to hit a trail and hot springs that are new to me. It's a 5-mile hike to the springs, on the edge of a river. The fall colors are just starting to hit.
Hiking down the trail I meet a few people coming back that seem to have had a very early start. I'm making good time as I come across a lady headed the same way as me. She hears me coming up behind her as she eyes me down as I say hello with what I hope is a friendly smile, probably trying at that point to figure out if I'm a threat. I'm a decently built guy at 5'8 215lbs and well-muscled. Bald but wearing a hat, with a small beard.
This lady was about 4'10", and incredibly well built, yoga pants that fit her curves, an ass that made my mouth dry and heartbeat faster, brunette hair in a braid and brown eyes that just drew me in. She seemed strangely familiar.
She says a hello back, but we didn't have time for much else, as She had a phone call as we seemed to have signal. so, I kept going down the trail to the hot springs kind of wishing I had her company. Reaching the hot springs there were several pools on the edge of the river. One larger one and several small ones. The small ones each had people in them. One lady in a bikini. One that appeared to be naked with her back to me. So, I set my pack down at the larger spring and realized I left my freaking swim shorts at the house.
Well, I'm not overly bashful typically so I stripped and sank into the water. Facing the trail and the river conveniently. Resting my head on the rock behind me, eyes closed lost in my own thoughts. I hear a lady's voice asking to join. Opening my eyes I realize it's her! Of course, I say please do, as she peels off her top, I'm having a hard time not staring, and being polite. Sadly, to my disappointment she had a bikini top and bottom on. And thankfully they were tiny, barely covering her.
She noticed me staring a bit and smiled slyly. as I got a little embarrassed with myself for not being in better control of myself. As we started talking, we were both in for a surprise! It ends up that she was from Connecticut and her name is Alyssa. She's adventuring in Oregon and the PNW after one of her Instagram friends shared a bunch of stories and photos of some amazing spots, I asked which account, and when she said the account and I started laughing nervously. Alyssa looked at me like I had lost my mind as I told her that was me! Pulling out my phone from my pack to prove it we both had a wow moment.
By now the other people had left and we had the area to ourselves. We were both getting too hot. So, we decided to dip into the river to cool off. I'll be the first to admit I was feeling very exposed now and uncomfortable with my lack of clothes as I stepped out of the pool, as Allyssa gave me an approving look.
Walking along the rocks Alyssa suddenly slipped and fell into me as we both slid down a mossy flat rock into the river. With her pretty much riding me like a freaking toboggan for oh 4-5 feet. That river water was SHOCKINGLY cold as we hit the pool that's about 6 ft deep.