Last week, artist Jason Archer, his brush dripping in firecracker red, painted his murals on Ottine Mineral Springs’ sleek new brick and concrete bathhouse. For the men’s entryway, he’d depicted a swimsuit-clad prankster wearing a sombrero with a cat on top; for the women’s, a vintage pin-up cowgirl lounging in a pool float, drink in hand. A landscaper hauling a yucca nearby paused to admire the cowgirl and said, “Now, that’s one relaxed señorita.”The mineral waters that gush up from deep within the earth at Ottine, located on the edge of Palmetto State Park about twelve miles from Gonzales, will make a lot of people feel like relaxed señoritas (and señors) when this mineral spa finally opens to the public on Sunday, June 1. It’s…
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