hotspring　　
by:Wang Sheng-An
steaming springs,

boys, girl, men, women,

all waiting to enjoy her warmth and tenderness

no fear for winter or coldness

Happy Times　　by:Chang Wei-Chih

　
　　When we all went to the public tub, everyone was anxious to get in. At first people tested the water temperature with their feet,and even though it was really hot, we still hopped in and after dipping the whole body in there, it didn't feel as hot anymore. After a while, we had tiny drops of sweat on our faces, and it was a really good feeling.
　　The wonderful time we have at the hotspring had to come to a sad end when the day was nearly over, and we all felt happy but disappointed that the fun trip ended so quickly.

vigorous ground heat and startling pipelines

(Yangminshan National Park, 2001/9/18 12:30p.m. press release) On the way from Yangmingshan to Gold mountain road, just about 100 meters before the Horsestable Bridge, the devastating results and damages from hurricane Nali has paralized the traffic, and despite the official warning signs by the police, some tourists still drove through, and some have already been injured. We strongly advice the public take notice of the situation and take a detour when going through this region.

　Horsestable is a typical valley which resulted from a previous geological collapse. It is bigger than the one in Little Oilpit and due to the frequent occurances of typhoons and thunderstorms, it is quite easily prone to accidents and collapses.

　There was a big accident here in 1986, when the Horsestable Bridge was washed off, and as shown in the picture, the residue from the previous accident is still readily seen,in fact fallen rocks are all over the valley

　This area is now forbidden from tourists, and when standing on the bridge, one can still see vigorous ground heating activities taking place.Perhaps what is most interesting and scary are the numerous and messy pipelines that crawl across the entire region. These lines are all used to channel water to the hotspring tubs and hotels, and the reason for their unorderly appearance is because the old ones haven't been completed cleared out.

　This region is now officially under the supervision of the National Park, and we hope that this situation will be improved soon.

small springs, big knowledge

by:Lin Yi-Chen

　Our teacher told us today that there are two basic types of hotspring in Taiwan:

1. carbohydrate series:such as Woolai, Central Mountains, all the way to Pingdong. These springs are clear and drinkable.
2. volcanic series:These are sulferic, and they taste a little sour and salty and should not be drank. The entire Datoon mountain region is of this type.

There are also two types of hotspring formation: one is where the hotspring simply flows out; the other is where one must channel water through the region, and try to heat the water by using the ground heat produced by the region.

　We are thankful that our teacher told us so much about the ordinary hotspring. We would never have known that so much knowledge was involved. This was a trip of sense and sensibility.

The bothersome pipelines

　　　 by:Dren Yihway

　Sitting on the tourbus,the Horsestable Bridge,after a long wait, is finally in sight. As we look far, we see the heatwaves coming out of the ground everywhere.

　What surprised me was that the entire region is crawling with gray pipelines and I saw workers working here and there. And after our teacher explained to us what was going on, I finally realized how important it was to take care of our environment.

renovating Horsestable- hotspring geoarea
renovator:Szu Yuan-Liu Kuo Min-Cheng

current positioning	'remake' blueprint

• This region is now under protected as a geological protection area. In consideration of safety reasons, and because we wish to keep some of the natural scenes in it, we decided to renovate the region right underneat the bridge.
• idea one:When we travel along the existing trail, we wish to build a safe scenic trail which will lead to different types of areas such as feetdipping area, pipeline area, special rocks area, and geospring analysis area. One can both enjoy the scenery yet get information that is useful as well.
• idea two:feet dipping area-this is where tourists get to relax and dip their feet and get a firsthand touch of the hotspring.
• idea three:pipeline area will enable businesses to only use a few large pipes, and the government can regulate small pipelines and their distributions. This will help clear up the look of this area tremendously.
• idea four :special rock area-due to the diversity of the types of rocks present in this region, it is very useful to establish a area where tourist can study and learn about the rocks. Perhaps a type of rock classroom could be considered.