Rodeway Inn Hot Springs

... there are water filling stations where this mineral water is available to bottle on your own. Apparently, Indians/Native Americans in the area were known to use the natural hot springs over 10,000 years ago. These waters have an average temeperature of 132 F degrees. Because of it's mineral composition and varying temperatures, the baths are said to have a positive physical and mental health affects.
45 of the 47 hot springs are now capped, converging the mineral water into the ...

... the Bathhouses. Jesse opted for a modern bath experience at the Quapaw Baths and Spa while Bek chose a more traditional experience at the Buckstaff Baths. The Quapaw Baths is a modern spa with several pools at differing temperatures, you don bathers and move from pool to pool at your leisure. Buckstaff Baths is a more traditional bathing experience where women bathe separately to the men and clothing is not allowed. You enter ...

... the area to read more about it. While we were all expecting to totally ruin our clothes and shoes we did not, however we came out fairly dirty and are now doing laundry. All in all, a good day, nothing horrible happened we had fun. I was not as impressed by Hot Springs as I thought I would be but hey, they can't all be like Yellowstone or Olympic National Park otherwise what would be so special. Digging for diamonds was something I wanted to do ever ...

... around the house and grounds to explain things. We decided to get the platinum tour since it included the cars and planes as well as Graceland and some other exhibits. As we toured the grounds I started feeling slightly transported to the 60's. Very much 60's decor which was how it was when he lived there, it just made things seem different. He had a very elaborate house for the time period, however, today I am sure the TV and other things that made Graceland ...

... get in a hot bath. Andy loved it!!

Arkansas rocks--- crystal mines are scattered in the hills beckoning one to come and dig through their tailings for treasure. We decided ,due to the mostly nasty weather and not really being all that into getting muddy, to go to the store. A virtual field of crystals, glass and rocks - Interesting and fun. Rocks always have me thinking about my Aunt Mama Dot. She ...

Luke and Jenna had decided to take a very scenic route back to Searcy and go along the sort of back roads highways, visiting small Arkansas towns or towns with cool downtown districts along the way, and one of those was Hot Springs, where my family happened to be due to the long Labor Day weekend. I decided to surprise them by just walking into the lake house completely ...

... bottles of wine.. thank god! The dinner was delicious and their friends are hysterical. Last night we sat on the back porch talking and drinking more wine. By the time i realized, it was already near midnight.

Today, my mother, sister, and I walked around downtown and went to the bath houses.

This town is very cute but way too small town for us. Between the rednecks and nauseating winding roads, we're happy to be leaving for a city tomorrow.

Chicago here we come!

Hot Springs is the bathing capital of the world. Old documents show that American Indians bathed in the hot springs during the late 1700s and early 1800s. Some believe that the traces of minerals and an average temperature of 143 degrees Farenheit give the waters whatever therapeutic properties they may have. Today, people still come to Hot Springs for therapeutic relief.

... no damage to the vehicles. It got pretty bad, with not as much rain as we expected with some pretty healthy wind gusts. The sustained wind never seemed too bad. As you may know, we all sat through hurricane Jean right on Clearwater Beach a few years ago, and this was, in comparison, a sprinkle. Sunday morning broke cooler and partly sunny, the ground littered with branches and leaves from the tree canopy above. We sustained a couple of loud hits on the ...

... to protect their reputations. They say the rifles they carry and the Glock 9's protruding from their belts are for protection against attacking cactus. Sure. I never shot an attacking cactus before. Instead I just turned tail and ran. Little Dog was one of the founders of the Minuteman movement. Apparntly he is a pretty talented guy. Maybe that is how they convinced him to pitch his tent ...