If you’ve built a sauna in your backyard from scratch just so you can enjoy the sauna anytime you want, and the way you want it; chances are you’re a sauna diehard!
While such individuals may be common in Finland, I didn’t expect to find any in Iowa, well, maybe with the exception of a unique community – Fairfield. We have two great sauna lovers residing here who have hand-built their own private saunas in their backyards.
These sauna masters are: Bill (see Blissed Out on a Blizzard Night) and John.
They always send out sauna invitations graciously, religiously every week to their sauna tribe.
Sauna tribe weeds out the cry babies because they can’t take the heat.
@ John’s floating sauna retreat
May 12, 2008
A short walk to the sauna from John's house (January 11th, 2010)
When there's hot sauna, there's happy Bill
The pond that the sauna is sitting on is frozen. John made a hole in the ice for the polar bears.
From the sauna room to the ice hole next to the sauna (Max is going in...)
Okay... we haven't lost you yet
After the plunge ...
Dora's turn
Dora is a sauna regular
Me - taking a break from the sauna
Jasper: Can you throw me the frisbee?
Karan walking back to the house after the sauna.
Whenever possible, John would invite his sauna tribe to stay for some warm soup. Sometimes it turns out to be a feast if each sauna member contributes a dish.
Nourishing salad with secret ingredient: goji berries
Avocado in fruit salad? It worked!
John: If sauna hasn't cleared your sinuses yet, try one of these Wasabi Peanuts.
Eggplant lasagna
Sauna Tribe + V!
It’s always a great experience to share stories around the table.
I would like to say a big “THANK YOU” to both sauna masters for their generosity in spreading the sauna love.