Today was a lazy day. We got off to a really slow start. After fixing breakfast/lunch, you will never believe what happened…. Thomas gave me a hair cut! And I let him! He did a really good job for his first time. Maybe beginners luck. Even more surprising was that we both liked it. It is a little shorter than either of us expected but it is going to be so much easier to deal with on this trip.
After the house chores and the entertainment of the morning (yes, the maintenance guys were back), we loaded up all the empty water bottles and went to town. In Hot Springs, there are stations that you can go to and fill up your bottles with the natural hot spring mineral water. This is a normal event for people that live here but a tourist attraction for visitors.
Hot Springs is an old time gambling town that now is a National Park. They have Bath House Row that is mostly for show at this time. Only one is an operational Bath House. Another is a museum. Over the years they have tried to restore legalized gambling but it continues to be voted down. So the town continues to stay in a declining rut as far as the downtown area is concerned. They do have Oaklawn which is a horse track and the races will open tomorrow. Hot Springs has a gangster history also. Al Capone and others frequented the town for its gambling and hot spring baths, massages, etc. Even before that, the local Indian tribes would come here for the healing properties of the hot mineral water which bubbles up in pools around the area. My favorite bath house is the Quapaw House which was named after one of the Indian tribes.
We ventured into the Arlington Hotel. This Hotel is about 100 years old and still operates as a hotel and also houses offices and businesses. Inside there was one of Al Capones’ cars. It had been restored and had 1” thick glass in the windows. It had originally been redone to make it bullet proof and was painted the same color as the police cars of that time.
Then came time to attempt to warm up the feet by visiting one of the local pools in the town park. But at 140* you can’t completely dunk your feet in it.
Tonight we meet all the family at Don Juan’s which is a Mexican restaurant here in town. The food was good as usual and we all had a great time. But we did miss Christine who had to work.
Back at the trailer, the rain began to softly patter on the aluminum roof of our home and lulled us into a peaceful sleep.
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