We drove into Hot Springs today to the National Park Visitor Center, located in the historic Fordyce Bathhouse. We had to drive around for a bit to find parking for our big truck. Then we climbed up to the Grand Promenade, which runs along behind Bathhouse Row.
We got to the visitor center in time to join a ranger led tour in progress. Our tour guide, Kevin, was both very entertaining and informative. This sculpture is located in the former Men's Bathhall. It depicts a native American woman kneeling and offering water from the fountain of youth to Hernando de Soto. There is actually no record of de Soto having visited Hot Springs.
After lunch we hiked up the mountain behind the bathhouses and hiked the Hot Springs Mountain Trail. It is one of several trails used by doctors prescribing exercise for their patients taking the waters.
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