May 31, 2006
Explore Hot Springs
So here we are on Memorial Day ~~ it was the day to explore and see Hot Springs.
Unfortunately Mom woke up with a bad headache. So we had to get her some medicine and view the city without her :O( But she was not forgotten ~~ here is "the crew" beating up this piece of art that I have titled "THE TENSION HEADACHE" See mom you were not forgotten :O) We then went to the visitor center and toured and old time bath house just to see what things were like back in the day. I have some great picture, but one can only put so many pictures in one blog. I must say it was sad how much better the men's side was as compared to the women’s.
Then we walked along the Promenade and found the actual springs. The water came from the ground at 134 degrees!! So even on the hot day (and it was HOT) there was steam coming up from the water. Anyway as you can see the boys found the natural rock to be a lot of fun!!
Here are all the adults by the "Hot Spring" :O) we were going to have the boys in the picture but they found they had better things to do :O)
After that "the crew" decided to go for a "short, BUT steep" hike to the peak. It seemed like a good idea at the time seeing as it was only .5 miles ~~ but with the high humidity and my flips well about half way through Jen and I both wondered why we were crazy enough to do it. At the top of the peak was an observation tower which ended up costing $6 per person to go up in ~~ so we just took in the view from the gazebo. The land was very beautiful. We also managed to make it down before the rain started to poor :O)
We had a lot of fun but my legs are tired!!!