On the way to Arkansas from New Orleans Nadeen was driving (while I was napping) and I woke up to her freaking out and yelling at the GPS. Lets just say the GPS is super confusing when its in a big city with a lot going on. So we missed our exit. And the next one.. AND the next one, so luckily we ended up taking the scenic route :) well I liked it.. Nadeen not so much. We saw A LOT of the countryside in Mississippi and Arkansas.
Despite the mix ups we made good time and got to Hot Springs National Park before dark on Friday. We managed to put our tent up and take a hike up to Goat Rock. Nadeen (my tour guide) told me this is called goat rock because it looks like a rock a mountain goat would perch on. I love getting to the top of a mountain and looking down on everything. The peace and quiet is refreshing. On the way down the mountain we collected wood for our campfire that was a HUGE success. We had an amazing dinner consisting of pizza (sauce and cheese on bread and toasted over the fire) made by Nadeen, and mashed potatoes, and green beans! It was awesome and we were so proud.
On Saturday we walked around Hot Springs; the park and the city. We toured an old bathhouse and.... thats basically it. We tried to take some of the hiking trails but the tour guide (Nadeen) and myself found the map and sigs hard to follow (I'm considering writing in about this) so we took the mountain drive instead, and still managed to miss a few things that were on the map.
After a little exploring we headed to Arkadelphia, AR for a cheap hotel since the weather was unpredictable for the night to come. We did some more relaxing and went to a local mexican restaurant where we were two of their seven customers and the server reminded Nadeen and I of our friend Juanita.
Now we're off to Texas!!!
Amanda
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