The six of us spent a week at a great 2-bedroom timeshare right on Lake Hamilton. Scott loved watching the boats.
So Hot Springs National Park of course gets its name from the hot springs found here. In the middle of town is bathhouse row, which is part of the national park. Because of our love of national parks, Mike and I had to try out the traditional bath house located here.
We went early one morning to the "not so private" private bath. Let's just say it was interesting. The pictures below are actually from the visitor's center, but the bathhouse we went to was very similar. Here's how it all went down:
1st: we were told to undress and an attendant wrapped a sheet around us (except that Mike and I were in separate parts of the bathhouse. There's a men's side and a women's side). We were then led to a whirlpool tub like the one above. Then, an attendant used a loofa to bath us--scrubbed our legs, back, arms. This was just too weird.
2nd: Then there was the sitz bath. Yep, just like it sounds, you sit in a hot bath in that sink looking thing. The literature says it's supposed to be good for hemorrhoids. If you don't have those, not sure what it's good for.
3rd: Next you almost die in one of these steam cabinets. At least I felt like I was going to die. Didn't care for this much. You get in there and only your head sticks out the hole in the top.
4th: finally is the needle shower. Not sure why it is called that. It sounds painful, but it was actually very pleasant, a semi-cool shower after that dreaded steam cabinet.
This was the tower overlooking the Oachita mountains.
We went on one of those duck vehicles. Glad ours didn't sink! Scott had been watching all the boats out of our condo for days and would get so excited about them. Then, he fell asleep for the whole boat ride on the duck. Poor guy, he was wiped out!
Scott holding his little sister for the first time.
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