On Saturday, Jan. 4th we drove across Arkansas from Fort Smith to Hot Springs, several hundred miles. The national park is situated in a small city surrounded by low-lying mountains.
At the edge of the city, there were two signs. One read, "This is the oldest resort in America". The second sign read, "This is the boyhood home of President, William Jefferson Clinton". Cool!
We parked in a free public parking garage a block away from the park, walking past a public park with a natural spring running through it.
Across the busy street, we visited the national park's visitor's center which is in a row of beautiful old bathhouses at the base of the mountain, some built in the 1800s.
Some of these bathhouses have been operating since the 1800s and remain open today to accommodate the park visitors.
After visiting the visitors center to orient ourselves we walked up the sidewalk to the grand staircase.
To the left of the staircase, there is a small "hot spring" for visitors to experience first-hand a natural hot spring. The water temperature was about 135-degrees, warmer than most people would want to soak in.
At the top of the staircase, there is a promenade that runs the whole length of the mountain behind the bathhouses.
From the promenade, several hiking trails surmount the mountain to observation points and overlooks that provide spectacular views of the city and valley below.
At the peak of the mountain, there is a large steel tower that can be climbed for a fee, climbing steel steps rising 190-feet to a grand view into the valley below.
At the far end of the row of bathhouses, there is a huge veteran's rehab center that has been there since World War II.
On Sunday, Jan. 5th we drove 200+ miles further East to the Mississippi River at the edge of Arkansas and crossed over into Tennessee at the bridge to Memphis.
It was exciting to drive over "the Big Muddy" for the first time in our lives.
Tomorrow we are heading to Nashville, TN, and from there on to Mammoth Cave National Park😀.
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