The Springs Towns

Arkansas has so many beautiful rivers, streams and lakes. Once upon a time ... Hot Springs, Eureka Springs and Siloam Springs were healing waters. Very interesting history to these three little towns. I grew up a hop skip from Hot Springs and lived on the lake a couple of years ago. Hot Springs has fountains you can still fetch water from... the taste is sensational! they have also revitalized Bath House Row... there are a couple of working bathhouses now. The springs from Eureka and Siloam are too contaminated to drink... There are other springs in Arkansas you can still drink from... but very very few. sigh

Here's more pictures of Eureka and Siloam .... I'm in Oklahoma City --- not too thrilled with the Route 66 route... I'm just not into little towns with not too much --- I mean there is a Round Barn and a museum and old buildings --- following the route is really tedious.... you're on it and then you're not.... not worth the effort, to me. It has been so chopped up.... bikers seem to enjoy this route. There are lot of bars and eateries and such for the bikers.

My plans as of this moment ... 7:18pm is to head for Boulder, Colorado... why? because I did a search for healthiest cities and it came up as number one for walking and healthy food. I would like to go somewhere to fill m'soul as well as get healthy .... tired of being tired. Tired of driving and trying to enjoy .... nah... driving for an hour then stopping and ... well? I'm just cynical and I have been and seen most of this 'type' of scenery ... Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas is just not my cup of tea... I thought I would enjoy the Route 66 thing... but --- not my thing....

Mountains, and streams and such .... soooo onward - it's 11 hours from Oklahoma City to Boulder. I do love Colorado and the gas isn't as high there as it is in California.... then --- as of right now, :D I would like to boogie on up to the upper midwest on down to Asheville, North Carolina... I've been that route too but I love that scenery. I might go on up to Door County, Wisconsin again. Jeeeeeez that's beautiful... and I do like Asheville, a lot.

Eureka Springs is multi leveled... one way going all the way up to the historic and absolutely breahtaking Crescent Hotel. I've stayed there in the past and walked everywhere. Too steep for this old woman now! ... wish I had gotten pictures. They used to have this great cat over 20 years old... jeez can't remember his name... great cat - always on the front porch.

Hard to see the uppermost level with a car parked by its residence and then the middle level is yet another residence with a table and umbrella on its deck... So very damn cool!

Lots of places ---- no smoking! and pick up yer damned butts!

Ahhhh they did put him back together again!

Siloam Springs --- is this beautiful or what... cute little ol town

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I do read my blog list blogs at night all snugged up in Homer but blast! sometimes the  blogs won't take comments... I don't know why .... I can type stuff in and it says it's ready to publish ... click publish ... and everything goes away! soooo even though I'm not commenting... I'm reading! could be just the coverage wherever I'm parked for the night... usually at Walmart.

Well? tomorrow ... we'll see where I'm going. I have been on the road to so and so and then go so and so.. Hahaaa... whatever!