This morning we went to Hot Springs National Park - arguably the first of the National Parks. (therefore it is the first of the National Park quarters that start this year). Kris earned yet another Junior Ranger badge with Karen's help, while I wandered around with Katie. The Visitor's Center is in one of the old fancy bathhouses. I guess we were thinking they would be like Roman style pools - these were more like individual stalls. All sorts of bathing and healing and spa gadgetry was used and some of it looked pretty wierd. The water from these springs was HOT (over 140 F - I had thought the water would be merely warm). We saw some hot springs and fountains outside, and even with the August heat and humidity we could sometimes feel the heat from these waterworks. We wish we had more time/opportunity to explore, but that excessive August heat and humidity kept us off the trails. We drove to the northwest corner of Arkansas to Osceola in the flat land near the Mississippi River. The soybean field in the pic is behind our hotel. We would have gone farther but we were locked into our reservation. When I asked the person at the front desk what there was to do around here she said, nothing, really. Ah well.
This morning we went to Hot Springs National Park - arguably the first of the National Parks. (therefore it is the first of the National Park quarters that start this year). Kris earned yet another Junior Ranger badge with Karen's help, while I wandered around with Katie. The Visitor's Center is in one of the old fancy bathhouses. I guess we were thinking they would be like Roman style pools - these were more like individual stalls. All sorts of bathing and healing and spa gadgetry was used and some of it looked pretty wierd. The water from these springs was HOT (over 140 F - I had thought the water would be merely warm). We saw some hot springs and fountains outside, and even with the August heat and humidity we could sometimes feel the heat from these waterworks. We wish we had more time/opportunity to explore, but that excessive August heat and humidity kept us off the trails. We drove to the northwest corner of Arkansas to Osceola in the flat land near the Mississippi River. The soybean field in the pic is behind our hotel. We would have gone farther but we were locked into our reservation. When I asked the person at the front desk what there was to do around here she said, nothing, really. Ah well.
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