Right after we arrived on Sunday, we went to the Astoria Hot Springs. That was cool. I'd never been to something like that before. I'd driven by a number of hot springs in the past, especially playing in places like Cranbrook and Kootenay in juniors. It was cool to finally get into one.
The whole experience was something that I'll remember for a long time. They built a bunch of hot tubs around the hot springs and filtered the water through them. We all just jumped around from hot tub to tub and then jumped into the snow a little bit in between to get the full experience.
Of course, a couple snowball fights broke out.
After the hot springs, we headed downtown to check things out and stopped by a cowboy hat place. The people at the store were really great and a lot of the guys purchased some hats as you can see in the photo above.
I think it's pretty special to go on outings like this. We're treated pretty well here and we're thankful for it. It's been a good team bonding trip and we've all had a really awesome time.
We know the game on Tuesday in Winnipeg is a big one for us. We've won the last two games, so this good turn into a really good trip if we get another and take some momentum back home.
See you back in South Florida,
Sam Reinhart
\As told to FloridaPanthers.com's Jameson Olive*
