Our Ecuador Service Experience | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Where shall we begin? Like all life-changing forays into the unknown, we’re feeling overwhelmed by the weight of a storyteller's burden...
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FROM THE POOL
Explore the stories that have shaped us and the mission we're cultivating within this cherished landscape.
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Jordan Menzel
Mar 24, 2023
Luck 1,245 Days In | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Luck has played a role in this restoration since day one. But starting on day 1,245, it really started to deliver. This exact weekend...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 19, 2023
FREE(dom from) WIFI | Maple Grove Hot Springs
We proudly offer FREE(dom from) WiFi. A digital detox that happens to have hot springs. What started as part accident (we broke our cell...
Jordan Menzel
Mar 14, 2023
The Other Side of Insanity | Maple Grove Hot Springs
What's on the other side of insanity? As an off-grid outpost where even the mildest Winter challenges every aspect of our existence,...
Jordan Menzel
Feb 28, 2023
We're Snowed In | Maple Grove Hot Springs
It’s official. We are snowed in. For the first time in four seasons, the only way in or out of the hot springs is by ski, snowmobile, or...
Jordan Menzel
Feb 26, 2023
History and Impermanence | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Nothing lasts forever. What a relief. Taken in the '60s or so, this photo was handed down from our dear neighbors, the McGreggors. ...
Jordan Menzel
Feb 17, 2023
True Customer Service | Maple Grove Hot Springs
When it comes to customer service, we take a few liberties in defining our customers. If you've been to our land as of late, you've...
Jordan Menzel
Feb 14, 2023
Valentine's Day—Love Is a Choice | Maple Grove Hot Springs
The biggest gift you can give the loves of your life today, and every day, is not to require their love to be happy. To set others...
Jordan Menzel
Feb 1, 2023
9,544 Hours a Year | Maple Grove Hot Springs
About 9,544 hours a year. That's what it takes if we are lucky. Days like today during wild Winter months like this on an...
Jordan Menzel
Jan 26, 2023
Be Well Wim Hof Winter 2023 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Our mission is simple: Be well within the bodies we inhabit, the communities we gather, and the wilderness we steward. Our time,...
Jordan Menzel
Jan 23, 2023
Announcing the New Yurts | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Mondays are for announcements, and we've got a yurt-sized one to share! We've often said that we feel really good about the number of...
Jordan Menzel
Jan 1, 2023
Reflection on 2022 Part Two | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Each year, as Humans, we are either becoming more or less ourselves. Part of the magic is that we never really know who we are until...
Jordan Menzel
Dec 21, 2022
Reflections on 2022 | Maple Grove Hot Springs
A year on this land often feels like a lifetime. This means as the conclusion of a year arrives with the Winter Solstice gift of the most...
Jordan Menzel
Dec 7, 2022
Holiday Gatherings | Maple Grove Hot Springs
As friends, families, and co-workers, we are either in a state of expansion or contraction. Our social flow is never still. Whether we...
Jordan Menzel
Nov 23, 2022
Thoughts on Gratitude | Maple Grove Hot Springs
Our thoughts on gratitude. Happiness, it seems, is an ongoing dance of near-daily decisions. To be aware of the past with an...
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