Destination Soap Lake for good health seekers

When Mary Olson arrived at Soap Lake last month, about two-thirds of her body was covered with patches of red, dry sores. Her skin was itchy, and painful where the sores cracked open and bled.

When she left Soap Lake two weeks later, her skin was clear of sores, tanned and beautiful, she said.

A 61-year-old program assistant at Western Washington University, Olson suffers from psoriasis, a skin disease.