Day 258. April 21, 2014. Hot Springs National Park

LOCATION:  Hot Springs National Park in west central Arkansas

WEATHER:  Sprinkles. High around 70

We hiked on the trails around the campground.  There are beautiful wildflowers, ferns, waterfalls....so pretty.  

Then we went into town.  Hot Springs is the smallest of all the national parks.  It is split between the campground, and actually parts of downtown Hot Springs.  The visitor center is in one of the old bathhouses with the water from the springs piped in.  We toured the building.  All the bathhouses were quite grand at the time. This is the ceiling in the men's changing room.

Some of the apparatuses seemed more like a torture chamber

 Each person had an individual tub for soaking

The town was quite splendid at one time, with the bathhouses along one side of the street and grand hotels along the opposite side.

Several of the baths are still in operation.

We went to this one, planning to use the thermal baths. Unfortunately, it was $20 pp, so we decided not to.  We then went to this one...

.....which has been converted to a brewpub!

We met a young couple at the campground who are traveling around the country in an Airstream, too.  They visited our camper  for happy hour and gave us lots of good information.

DINNER:  I made paninis on the George Forman grill with the steak leftover from the Oklahoma City   steakhouse.  We sliced it thinner, and toasted with cheese and horseradish.  Really good.  Celebrating spring, we had steamed asparagus again.