Recap of Hot Springs/Little Rock

It's hard to believe it's been a full week here in Hot Springs, AR! It's definitely been a busy week! Here's a recap of where we've been this week:

1. Bathhouse Row
2. Fordyce Bathhouse (National Park Service Visitor Center) See previous blogs for info
3. Bus tour of the city
4. Gangster Museum - See previous blogs for info
5. Garvan Woodland Gardens - The best part of this site was the Anthony Chapel and the chimes - loved them
6. Bill Clinton's boyhood home and High School
7. Ansel Adams: Early Works at the Museum of Comtemporary Art which is located in a bathhouse on bathhouse row.

In Little Rock we toured:

1. Clinton Presidental Library and Museum (and gift shop). That's where the above picture was taken. That was awesome! So much to see and read. I was especially awed by the monthly binders which contained his daily schedule. Unreal! He seemed to have meetings every 15 minutes ALL DAY!
2. MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History - which is housed in the ansenal building where MacArthur was born. There was a good film on the MacArthur/Truman issue, and there were rooms of pictures and exhibits from all the wars starting with WWI through the Vietnamese War.
3. Old Statehouse Museum where Bill Clinton announced his decision to run for president which had an interesting exhibit on Badges, Bandits and Bars - Arkansas Law and Justice. I especially enjoyed the inaugural gowns of the first ladies.
4. Historic Arkansas Museum which included the tours of three original homes build in the 1840's. There was also an exhibit on guns, knives, and a large exhibit on the Indians of Arkansas.

It's Friday night at 8 p.m. and the RVers are starting to roll into the campground. We've had a quiet week with only 5 other RV's in our section. It was great -- quiet, and the showers were always available!

Tomorrow we're off to Fort Smith!