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 What Customers are saying about Hot Tubs Resort: From Doug and Lisa Bailey  To celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, we reserved tub #7 (our fav). Everything was perfect !! The music, the sunset and your incredible staff made the evening perfect !! Thanks From Brianna Brophy My most special time at Puddingstone was when my boyfriend proposed. The atmosphere and incredible view made it absolutely perfect. The warm water of the tub, the flickering flame of the candle and the romantic music playing in the background made the proposal even more special. I wouldn't have wanted to be proposed to anywhere else and I wouldn't have changed anything about it. Now, Puddingstone is our special place that we visit quite frequently. My fiancee and I loved it so much that we have decided to have our marriage ceremony there. From Karina Haas My Husband and I were celebrating our 6th anniversary. He surpassed me with a trip to your hot tub resort. It was the most romantic evening we have spent together in quite sometime. Especially since we were just blessed by the birth of our TWINS !! Thank you for a beautiful and relaxing evening at your resort. From Shant Asadourian We have been customers for over 3 years, we have spent many Anniversaries, Birthdays and days we've been stressed, in the hot tubs of Puddingstone. It is one of the most relaxing breath taking and mind soothing places to be. It has been a home away from home for us. From Jessica Medina I was very much impressed with the resort. My experience was lovely. The way each tub is laid out guarantees a fantastic and unforgettable view. I remember being there one night under the twinkling stars. Your staff was so generous with their time, their smiles and their genuine caring spirit. This is a great place to escape to. Thank you for bringing this place into existence. Recent Media Coverage:  San Dimas detour from Sunset Magazine Sept.2000As our horses plod down the mountain trail, a frenetic roadrunner zigzags back and forth as if being pursued by a wily coyote. Over head raptors circle. My jaded 11-year-old is thrilled. "This is so great," she squeals. I resist the urge to remind her that she hadn't wanted to come to Frank G. Bonelli Regional County Park, a 2,000-acre oasis in the center of San Dimas. Instead, she had begged to visit Raging Waters, a popular water park just a gallop away in the same vast greensward. But, as she soon learned, Bonelli Park has a few thrills of its own. Some 14 miles of trails snake through the park's wilderness and groomed areas, inviting you to explore on horseback, bicycle, or foot. (Horse and bike rentals are available inside the park.) And there's a 250-acre manmade lake seemingly created for summer fun (rent paddleboats and water scooters on shore). But when September temperatures soar, an even more appealing option is to head west of the park to the shady Walnut Creek nature trail. As I walked between courtly oak trees bowing on both sides of the path, my daughter and her friend frolicked in an icy mountain stream. When the 1-mile path comes to an end, don't turn back. Cross the road and head north about 100 yards to find a natural swimming hole surrounded by towering sycamores. A rope suspended from one of the limbs makes for some good old fashioned fun. To continue experiencing the aura of bygone days, you can head into Old Town San Dimas, an Old West-style village 3 miles north of the park. Stroll along the wood sidewalks, browse the antiques shops, and hang out with locals at Roady's Family Restaurant, a homestyle diner known for its chicken-fried steak. Or do as we did: Head to the Puddingstone Hot Tubs Resort (just east of Puddingstone Reservoir) for a soak in a hot tub with a view of the sun setting over the lake. Chances are your kids won't be talking about water slides. Susan Carrier -Sunset Magazine  Los Angeles Times -- September 5, 2001 Expansion of leased Bonelli Park site could begin later this year pending approval of Plan specifics. For 15 years, people have submerged themselves in steaming water at the top of a hill at Frank G.bonelli Regional Park, overlooking the mountains. Patrons of Puddingstone Hot Tubs Resort can soon expect more opportunities for 104-degree dips. The resort is getting ready to add five hot tubs and open extra restrooms and a new changing room for brides. It already has 16 hot tubs -- 12 regular, for six people each; three deluxe for 10 people each and the Hilltop Tub, which can hold 25 people-- and a grassy area for weddings. The hot tubs and weddings typically don't mix, unless a bride uses the Hilltop Tub and decorates it with flowers and candles, maintenance manager Andrew Pearre said. Most of the gunite tubs are about 12 by 8 feet and hold 750 gallons of water. The resort will add five deluxe tubs, which offer bubbles, candle holders, CD players, neon lighting, changing rooms and vistas of the valley. The deluxe tubs are the resort's most popular, Perkins said. While general plans for the five new 10-person tubs have been approved by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the resort's owners are waiting for the OK on the project's specifics. "Business is definitely increasing," Angel Ramirez, wedding manager and a six-year resort veteran. On Friday and Saturday nights, visitors can expect to wait 40 minutes, sometimes longer, for a tub, owner Mary "Sandy" Perkins said. And during the week, the tubs are booked. Between the last half of 1999 and the first part of 2000, 18,000 people visited the resort, Perkins said. Tub prices in the evening range from $15 an hour for one person Sundays-Thursdays to $35 an hour for two people on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays, with extra people $5 apiece. Daytime rates give two hours for the price of one. In March 2000, the resort renewed its contract with Los Angeles County for another 15 years. Perkins rents the parkland from the county. If the expansion plans are approved, she hopes to start construction by the end of this year and get a transformer from the county in the next few months for power needed to run the additional tubs, the bridal room and two new restrooms. Any expansion of the resort must undergo environmental scrutiny. In 1998, the Board of Supervisors approved a revised master plan for Bonelli Park. At question was whether Raging Waters could double in size. The hot tub resort expansion was not an issue because it would use land it already leased, said San Dimas Councilman Denis Bertone, who chairs the Coalition to Preserve Bonelli Park. The coalition has sued the county but agreed to drop the lawsuit if changes were made. Part of the agreement allowed for the resort to expand on the land it leases so long as wildlife, particularly birds of prey, are not disturbed. "We don't have any problem with the expansion as long as it doesn't effect the raptors," said Ron Ketcham, a board member on the Coalition to Preserve Bonelli Park. A walk around the resort this weekend showed there were no raptor nests, Ketcham said. Just before construction, a zoologist studied the trees within 250 feet of the site to look for raptor nests. A report was done in April and no active nests were found, said Craig Hensley, assistant planning director for San Dimas. The plans allow for an additional 10 hot tubs to be built on three acres of land that the resort is leasing but not using, said Margo Morales, special assistant for the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department. Five tubs will be built now on 1.5 acres. Perkins said she didn't know when the next five tubs would be added. The environmental study also requires that plans for any new construction be reviewed by a committee composed of two representatives from San Dimas, two officials from the county Parks and Recreation Department and an official from Supervisor Mike Antonovich's office. The San Dimas officials reviewing the plans are Hensley and Bertone. The plans were delivered Aug. 27 and officials have 15 days to respond, Morales said. If there are no concerns, the director of her department will give the final construction approval. If there are concerns, the department would call a public hearing of San Dimas City Hall or Bonelli Park, Morales said. Bertone said he doesn't oppose the expansion but he questioned whether the park is the best location for the resort. "We feel that hot tubs are inappropriate for Bonelli Park," Bertone said, explaining that the coalition does not oppose all types of commercial development. "This is a place where I think a good portion of the community feels there should not be commercial development there. You can have hot tubs anywhere." Joanna Carman -- Los Angeles Times May 22,1985 Soak With a View, Family Will Open Hot Tub Spa in County's Bonelli Park By JILL STEWART, Times Staff Writer In 1983, when Lynn Swann and his son, Tom, first stood on the quiet ridge overlooking Puddingstone Reservoir and marveled at the view 30 miles in each direction, they knew they had found "the perfect place" for the Swann family project. Now, the Swanns and the county Department of Parks and Recreation are partners in a project at Bonelli Regional Park near San Dimas that will plunge the county feet first into Southern California's booming hot tub rental business. The Swanns are building a rustic outdoor spa, believed to be the first of its kind in Los Angeles County, with 10 hot tubs and a huge public bath on a ridge high above the eastern flank of Puddingstone Reservoir. Three years in the planning, the facility, if successful, will eventually include about 35 hot tubs and two public baths that can accommodate more than 25 people each. It is patterned after outdoor spas in San Luis Obispo and San Juan Capistrano that have been extremely successful, Lynn Swan Said. "When we approached the county about our idea in 1983, they weren't against it, but they said, 'You want to do WHAT?'" he said. "It's not like anything they have ever done before, but we think they are going to be awful glad they said yes." The Swanns are paying all of the development costs and will lease the site from the county, under a contract similar to many used for county park concessions to bring in increased revenue. Nestled among natural rock outcroppings and native California shrubs the cacti, the semiprivate hot tubs will allow visitors to simmer in bubbling waters while they watch boaters and skiers circling the reservoir's blue waters below. On clear days, even the distant outline of Los Angeles skyscrapers 30 miles to the west are visible from the lofty perch, Lynn Swann said. The undeveloped area, long slated for use by the county as a campground, is a few hundred yards from the 2,000-acre park's East Shore Recreational Vehicle Campground, and is near an equestrian center where park visitors can rent horses. The site is also about a mile from the park's "Raging Waters" aquatic amusement center, located on the north shore of the reservoir. That combination of recreational activities nearby "is just perfect for us," said Tom Swann, the general manager of the project. "We expect a great deal of business from people who are camping or swimming near by and like the idea of stopping in for a nice hot soak and a great sunset," he said. Slated for opening by Labor Day weekend, the hot tubs, located about 50 feet apart, will be walled-in on three sides with glass and wood windbreaks to allow an unobstructed view of the reservoir and distant communities, Tom Swann said. The tubs, which can accommodate up to six people, will rent for about $7 or $8 an hour per person. The 25-to-50 person public bath, complete with a shelter and barbecue facilities large enough to roast a pig, will be open to all visitors at a similar price during the day and will be available for large groups to reserve--at a likely cost of $50 to $100 an hour--in the evenings, Lynn Swann said. "This will be the kind of place where companies can throw luaus and huge picnics," Tom Swann said. In Addition, he said, the facilities will be open in the early morning "because we would like to cater to the exercise crowd and bicyclists who use the park before work." Lynn Swann said that before the project was approved by the county Board of Supervisors this spring, county personnel took time to "try out the hot tubs" at a similar facility that he had seen in San Juan Capistrano. "When they came back, they called and said they liked the idea," he said. The project, the brainchild of the two Swanns, has captured the imagination--and commitment--of the entire Swann family. Members of the family, most of whom live in the La Verne and Pomona areas, have invested more than $200.000 in the project, and three of the key investors, including Lynn Swann, have formed a corporation, Hotubs Inc., to operate the facility. In addition, Lynn Swann, a concept engineer with General Dynamics Corp. in Pomona, and Tom Swann, as industrial equipment salesman with a business degree, have plenty of ready talent form which to draw. Tom's wife, Lori has a degree in ornamental horticulture and landscaping, and she is designing the naturalistic landscaping and walkways at the site. Tom's sisters, Kay and Mary, with degrees in business, expect to help operate the facility. A brother, James, is a civil engineer who designed the layout of the site. James' wife, Louisa, is Hotub Inc.'s secretary. "Each member of the family is putting in what they can," Lynn Swann said. "My mother is in a wheelchair, and we've told her she's going to be our senior citizen adviser because we want to slate things for the handicapped," he said. "And we always tell people that my grandson, Brandon, is the project mascot." Family members spent recent weekends pouring concrete walkways and grading the road into the site, and in the coming weeks the family crew will install hot tubs and begin the landscaping. Lori Swann, the landscaper, said she has been cultivating large potted plants for the last two years, and those plants will be transplanted to the site soon. "It is really going to have a natural, unplanned look to it," she said. "We want to stay with the original beauty of the area." County officials, who have called the project "innovative and exciting," said the facility will bring a small profit to the county through a lease agreement. Under the lease, the Swanns will pay the county $250 a month the first year, $500 the second year, and $1000 the third and fourth years. In addition, the county may also get a percentage of the profits, if revenues increase markedly. "We just think it's a fantastic idea," said Olene Shipley, park supervisor. "There are more and more things to do a Bonelli Park every year, and this is going to fit right in." |
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