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(1) photos taken with Cannon... |
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9AM... killing time cruising Hot Springs early in the morning while waiting for the alligator farm to open... |
... cruising "Bath House Row" on Central Avenue...
Timeline of Bathhouse Row
Late 1700s - Local Indian tribes used the hot springs water to bath.
The origins of the waters are reported to be 4,000 years old.
1803 - The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory and sends an expedition by
William Dunbar and George Hunter to explore the springs.
1832 - U.S. Government buys hot springs land as 1st federal area protecting a natural resource.
1877 - Private claims to land settled.
1884 - Hot Springs Creek is channeled and now runs under Central Avenue.
1921 - Hot Springs Reservation is made a National Park. (nps.gov/hosp)
Bath House Row, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa. 1888
(americasbesthistory.com/abh-hotsprings.html)
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... cruised out to the north end of Central Avenue...
... passed a school for math???... our kind of place...
... it's still not time yet... cruise through town again...
... passed DeSoto Rock Shop... not open yet... we'll be back...
... back out Whittington Avenue again towards alligator farm...
... and back towards town again...
... hey... we've still got time to kill... lets check out West Mountain...
... wow... nice view of Hot Springs from the summit... |
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... continue cruising Whittington Ave towards town and back to farm again... |
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(2) photos taken with Nikon... |
(alligatorfarmzoo.com)
The Arkansas Alligator Farm was founded in 1902 and is the only alligator farm (now or in the past) in Arkansas;
sooooooo, in 1951 when my dad, a captain in artillery was called back into the service at Fort Sill (near Lawton OK) to
teach artillery to young officers, one of the things he did was he brought the family to Hot Springs where one of the things
we did was visit an alligator farm - HAD to be this very same one in this very same place!!!
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... when we paid admission I wondered why there was a loaf of bread lying next to the cash register...
Jamie handed us a hand full of slices of bread to feed the critters in the petting zoo (NOT for the alligators)...
this grey goat was the largest and insisted on getting ALL the bread... pushed any others out of the way if we
tried to approach one of them, so, began tossing over the fence to others...
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... and fallow deer... so timid and curious and timid...
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... ok... here are the chompers...
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... come on in... the water's fine...
... they look SOOOOO HAPPY... (thinking about us juicy little morcels)...
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... come'ere... I wont bite... promise... (king's X)...
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... we can't make a purse out of you... you're waaaaaay tooooo cute...
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(3) photos taken with Cannon... |
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... more alligator farm photos taken by Babydoll... lovely... |
(alligatorfarmzoo.com)This concludes the Arkansas Alligator Farm visit... if you are ever in Hot Springs, or Little Rock AR for that matter,
be sure to stop in to this cool place!!! |
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(4) photos taken with Cannon... |
... the "hot springs" are in plain sight and we had driven by them several times but still
ended up asking where they were and stillllll had trouble finding them...
... finally... the hot springs... |
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... yup... that's hot alright... |
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... oh yeah... that's hot... |
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(5) photos taken with Cannon... |
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DeSoto Rock Shop on Central Avenue... they're open now... |
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... now that's a cool idea... |
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... got this quartz crystal at DeSoto's... |
... Ron Coleman's Rocks & Gems...
... address for the shop on publications is incorrect... but...
while following Siri to the shop we come across ALLLLLLLLL THEEEEEEEEESE ROCKS... and...
this was the place!!! |
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... reeeeeally tempted to buy this black quartz crystal for $65...
... but it was $65... hard to justify $65... almost went back for it... |
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... did buy a handfull of rocks from out back... |
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(6) photos taken with Cannon... |
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... on the road to Memphis... |
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... and to think I had originally planned on going through Memphis without stopping to see Graceland... What was I thinking?!?!?... |
Palestine AR/Loves 3054mi ?:??pm?ST 52of [25]
155.6mi in 259miRTE ?:??hrs w/27.6avg mpg
5,885G 1.559/G $9.41
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(7) photos taken with Cannon... |
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... to Comfort Inn & Corkys in Memphis... |
... state line right here in the middle of the Mississippi River...
... shades of "The Birds" in Bodega Bay???... naaaaa.... we're coming up on dusk and these critters are flying more like bats... |
... arrive at Quality Inn 2892mi/5pm...
Quality Inn & Suites Memphis, off @ Sycamore View Rd/EXIT 12
1335 McRee Street, Memphis, TN 38134 901.372.2700
Room 113
view over the fence from our window
website: choicehotels.com/tennessee/memphis/quality-inn-hotels/tn266?source=yext
"Recovering from knee replacement surgery, 1st floor room or elevator please, thank you"
King Room - Non-Smoking, Breakfast included, cable TV, desk, Coffee machine, A/C,
Iron, Desk, Hairdryer, Bathroom, Bathtub or shower, Telephone, Cable channels,
Wake up service/Alarm clock,Free WiFi is available in all rooms
REVIEW (not submitted, guest review invitations expire after 28 days):
Would have been: Clean, economical, most satisfactory.
Leisure trip / Couple / King Room - Non-Smoking / Stayed 1 night
What could have been better? Wi-Fi workd but was slooooow
Most important to us is cleanliness - A+ on that, next in importance we liked the price,
the EXTRA LARGE room was nice, HARD high king bed was GREAT for our backs, and other
things we appreciated were breakfast included in room rate, couch, chair, ottoman, desk,
cable TV, free Wi-Fi and location; would stay here again.
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(corkysmemphis.com)
Dinner at Corky's:
Dinner: outstanding (DANGEROUS - ate so much desert had to be "to go)
Service: outstanding (waiters were ON TOP OF IT!)
S: Rib/Pork Combo Dry,Unsweet Tea
R: Pork Plate,Root Beer
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... a few photos Sharon took w/her phone... |
PLUS 1 QT Banana Pudding (to go), 1Bt Sauc Original, 1 Bt Shk (dry rub)
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... flyers picked up along the way... |
breakfast at Roadway Inn the next morning:
(don't recall... dint record...)
S: ...,OJ,coffee
R: ...,OJ,coffee
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