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Outdoor Sauna
The sauna was a part of our lives from our first
memories as a child. It was an outdoor sauna that was
located about 30 yards behind the house and about 10
yards from the lake we lived on. It was constructed of
Northern white cedar and measured 12 feet by 10 feet
in size. It featured a sauna stove that was made in
Bruce Crossing Michigan a little town in the Upper
Peninsula. Our outdoor sauna also had a cold water
spicket that was used to fill the water bucket for
making steam, cool downs and for rinsing the sweat
off before you headed back to the house.
The floor of our outdoor sauna was also cedar and
was raised about a foot off the ground. Underneath
was a pit filled with stones that would allow the water
to drain into the soil. We were lucky that we did not
have the Ontonagon clay that some of our neighbors
had which would require a special drain to remove
excess water.
The main reason for having a separate outdoor sauna
was due to due to tradition but more importantly to
reduce the fire hazard. More than one of our friend’s
sauna has burned down during the past 40 years. It is
interesting that we all used wood to heat our homes
but aside from a chimney fire or two none of our
friends or neighbors homes burned down. Some
people have linked the over use of alcoholic
beverages, another sauna tradition, to the high
number of sauna fires. Many times an outdoor sauna
stove is allowed to get very hot in preparation for the
sauna and that is something that we seldom did with
home woodstove.
The only time we did not use our outdoor sauna was
during the heat of the short summers when we would
swim and bath in the lake. The rest of the year our
outdoor sauna received regular use. Winter was a
special time for taking a sauna. The hardest part was
getting to the sauna with the minimum amount of
clothes that we hung on pegs outside. The best part
was running the temperature up to almost 200F
degrees and then stepping outside to jump in the
snow several times during the sauna. We frequently
would have winter sauna parties or family saunas to
break the dreaded cabin fever that showed up in late
winter. Our house would be full of friends and family
that took turns in the outdoor sauna until everyone
was accommodated.
The benefits of having an outdoor sauna are many.
One of the functions of our family sauna was to treat
illness. This allowed the sick individual to use the
outdoor sauna without spreading the cold or sickness
to the rest of the household. According to our mother
having an outdoor sauna kept a lot of dirt out of the
house. While the house was kept by our mother the
men frequently would be responsible for cleaning and
maintaining the outdoor sauna.
In these days of high speed life we do not use our
outdoor sauna as frequently as we should. However
we do manage a good sauna at least one or more
times a week. The health and well being benefits are
very important to all our family.
Outside Sauna
memories as a child. It was an outdoor sauna that was
located about 30 yards behind the house and about 10
yards from the lake we lived on. It was constructed of
Northern white cedar and measured 12 feet by 10 feet
in size. It featured a sauna stove that was made in
Bruce Crossing Michigan a little town in the Upper
Peninsula. Our outdoor sauna also had a cold water
spicket that was used to fill the water bucket for
making steam, cool downs and for rinsing the sweat
off before you headed back to the house.
The floor of our outdoor sauna was also cedar and
was raised about a foot off the ground. Underneath
was a pit filled with stones that would allow the water
to drain into the soil. We were lucky that we did not
have the Ontonagon clay that some of our neighbors
had which would require a special drain to remove
excess water.
The main reason for having a separate outdoor sauna
was due to due to tradition but more importantly to
reduce the fire hazard. More than one of our friend’s
sauna has burned down during the past 40 years. It is
interesting that we all used wood to heat our homes
but aside from a chimney fire or two none of our
friends or neighbors homes burned down. Some
people have linked the over use of alcoholic
beverages, another sauna tradition, to the high
number of sauna fires. Many times an outdoor sauna
stove is allowed to get very hot in preparation for the
sauna and that is something that we seldom did with
home woodstove.
The only time we did not use our outdoor sauna was
during the heat of the short summers when we would
swim and bath in the lake. The rest of the year our
outdoor sauna received regular use. Winter was a
special time for taking a sauna. The hardest part was
getting to the sauna with the minimum amount of
clothes that we hung on pegs outside. The best part
was running the temperature up to almost 200F
degrees and then stepping outside to jump in the
snow several times during the sauna. We frequently
would have winter sauna parties or family saunas to
break the dreaded cabin fever that showed up in late
winter. Our house would be full of friends and family
that took turns in the outdoor sauna until everyone
was accommodated.
The benefits of having an outdoor sauna are many.
One of the functions of our family sauna was to treat
illness. This allowed the sick individual to use the
outdoor sauna without spreading the cold or sickness
to the rest of the household. According to our mother
having an outdoor sauna kept a lot of dirt out of the
house. While the house was kept by our mother the
men frequently would be responsible for cleaning and
maintaining the outdoor sauna.
In these days of high speed life we do not use our
outdoor sauna as frequently as we should. However
we do manage a good sauna at least one or more
times a week. The health and well being benefits are
very important to all our family.
Outside Sauna
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