“You’ll probably see a lot of naked people,” I said as I attempted to explain to my partner what these steamy pools of water were like.
She eyed me quizzically. This was her first time in Oregon and she had yet to become accustomed to the West Coast way of life. I had taken a job in Eugene that summer and this was her first time visiting me.
Oregonians are a different breed than the conservative New Jersey crowd we were used to. They express themselves freely and unabashedly. One might say they like to bathe au naturale.