Our campsite at Sandy Lake RV was too tight to extend the awning. In fact, it was too close to set a couple of chairs out. As it turned out, it rained quite a few of the days we were in Dallas, so there was really no opportunity for outdoor relaxation. We made a few trips out shopping and worked through plans for storing the coach for a month in Tennessee while we visit my mom. We had a few goals in mind like changing our mailing address (our forwarding service address changed) and doing the taxes. Neither of those tasks excited us enough to get finished, and we didn't have anything else in the area to see so it was best to just move on.
The drive today was long by our old standards, but in Texas, this was just another average day on the road, taking us to Hot Springs, AR (310.8 miles, 73,255.8 miles total). While we did not spend a lot of time in Texas, it hit me that we drove a lot of miles in Texas - more than 1,000.
There were a couple of Interstate highway changes on our route that put us way up in the air - this ramp from IH-635 to IH-30 must have been more than 100 feet off of the ground!
Our plan was to camp in Hot Springs National Park, but with no reservation system in place, you just had to drive in and see if there was room. We parked at a close Walmart and drove the car into the park to see what was available. The park was pretty full and all of the sites that would have been long enough for our coach were taken, except for sites with no hook-ups. We registered ourselves on site 41 and brought the coach in. Since setting up just meant engaging the parking brake and leveling the coach, we were relaxing to the sounds of the babbling creek outside our door within a few minutes.
Gulpha Gorge Campground in Hot Springs National Park is small, but very nice - backing right up to Gulpha Creek.
There was plenty of daylight remaining and we couldn't think of any reason why we shouldn't take a quick drive around town. We saw enough to know there was plenty there to keep us busy for the next few days.
Driving around Hot Springs, steam was plentiful.
Hot water "jug fountains" (143 degrees - almost hot enough to brew tea) are located around the park and town. Drinking the hot springs water is perfectly normal, even encouraged.
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