Hot Springs Vacay

In September 2021 Toby and I went on a solo vacation to Hot Springs Arkansas. I've never been anywhere out of the southeastern US and I wanted to explore another area outside of Texas. First, we stopped in Dallas overnight to break the trip up. We visited the Dallas Arboretum.....

The next day we drove on to Hot Springs. It really didn't look much different than the Texas Hill Country...

The Bathhouses were different than we expected. We didn't partake in any of the baths...

Hot Springs National Park, it's the first National Park I've ever visited....

We ate lunch here at this restaurant....

We visited the Alligator Farm...

We explored downtown Hot Springs...

For me, the most awesome thing about Hot Springs is that you could get free spring water straight from the tap in various locations throughout the city. There were people who just pull up with tons of containers to fill up their fresh spring water supply. I wish Austin provided something like that for our cold springs...

We visited a nearby Lake too...

 

I would definitely recommend Hot Springs as a tourist destination.