moose jaw

I don’t know what I was expecting in downtown Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan – maybe another bargain retro motel with a cool sign and “fantasy” brand bar soap – but it definitely wasn’t a monstrous luxury hotel like Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort.

There was no debate: my night in Moose Jaw would be spent there, in a room which enables one to jump directly from the bed into a jacuzzi. Kerspoing…sploosh! Hahaha.

Believe it or not, I didn’t even make it to the jacuzzi, because the rooftop mineral pool raisin-ified my digits to the limit and my tolerance for water was maxed out. Seriously, you’re going to need a full-body wetsuit if you want to do both.

Two more highlights: there’s a snack bar and a spa right outside the mineral pool. I’d mention the onsite casino as well but I think casinos are pathetic cash grabs and I don’t condone them.

The pool, which is hot throughout and contains Epsom and Glauber’s salts, Silicon, Potassium and Magnesium, is drawn from the “porous rock formations of an ancient sea bed more than 1350 meters (4500 ft.) below the earth’s surface.” Most of it is located inside, but you can swim down a canal that takes you right to the outside portion of the pool (kind of like being born, isn’t it?) .

The pool is said to have healing properties such as muscle relaxation and detoxification but really I was just in it for the novelty of it. You’ve got to admit: there’s something half-thrilling, half-horrifying about a gigantic communal bathtub.

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