We hook up the RV to move on toward Hot Springs, Arkansas and find that we have a tail light out. It is a strange plug, but we decided to check WalMart and see if they had one. They did - I was so glad! I was really surprised and a little aprehensive about pulling the rig into an auto parts parking lot.
Next destination will be a week in the Texarkana area where we will check in on Dennis' family.
On the road near Conway, Arkansas we passed a sign for Toad Suck National Park. Really, who names a park that. It is a Army Corps of Engineers Park! The story is that there was a ferry that crossed the Arkansas River at that area and that name came from the bar on one side of the river that the men would go to and suck on a bottle so long they swole up like a toad. LOL.
We are staying near Hot Springs at Iron Mountain our first COE park. We really love the place. The site we reserved on line was so unlevel that we couldn't level the trailer so we had to move across the street. But that was the only bad thing. The sites are very wooded and spaced well apart, but there were only about five campers in our loop anyway, so we were good. They only have power, no sewer or water. Can you believe we ran out of water on day two. We were using the shower facilities at the park too. I just wash too many dishes I suppose. We went to WalMart and bought a tub, filled it with water and put it in the tank for the last day, and as we were checking a water spicket by the bath house we noticed a motor home that came in that morning connected to water, sewer, and power at that site. We had no idea any of them had full hookups and checked the website. They only list this site as having water and electric, not sewer, but there it was. We could have pulled in there!!!
We spent Saturday in Hot Springs. I had never been there. The down town area was pretty busy. We tried to go to the Superior Bathhouse Brewery but there was a waiting list the whole day. So we found the Bath House Row Winery. They had only three dry wines, but they were all really good. We actually bought the Merlot and the Chardonney. But we also ran into the Argentinian Coffee and Wine Bar. They have a wall of wine and you fill your own glass and they keep track with a card you insert into the wall. We did this in Pagosa Springs, but they cut me off at 16 oz. This place let me decide when I was finished drinking. Great wine and I even had a baked empanada there with fresh chimichurri. Delicious! I noticed in the hallway to the patio they had an oxygen bar and next to the wine wall there are water massagers you lay down in. Interesting place. Then we took a hike up the stairs to the Hot Spring and then up the trail to the tower overlooking the town. It was a really steep path but only about a half a mile. We did not take that one down. We took a longer less steep trail back for safety. We get to the top and they have a store beneath the tower and there is a line of about thirty people waiting to go up to the top of the tower. They had stairs, but they all wanted the elevator. I dont think I could have made the stairs either. Dennis said we could do it, we took some stairs up the Eiffel Tower! But no. Also, they wanted $8 to go up the tower. They must be crazy.
This is the brewery with the waiting list.
Love these old bath house buildings.
Being in the woods again we tried to find the trails this park has and never could find any of the trail heads. I am not sure they maintain the trails here like they did in the last area we stayed.
We had out first camp fire here. We gathered the wood and Dennis built a beautiful fire. We stayed outside and watched it and called a couple of friends and had a great time. About 10:30 I decided we should pour water on the fire and get to bed. Dennis said he would stay with it until it burned down and I went on to bed. The next morning I see Dennis has a big goose egg and a pretty good cut on his head. He tripped over the fire grate that was flipped up on the fire ring and fell into the weeds. Poor guy.
Until then.
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