Park 1: First stamp in NP Passport



Bathhouse Row & Arlington Hotel

Park 1: Hot Springs Nat'l. Park, AR:  April 24: Our first stop on our National Parks journey was our hometown of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, which is the longest preserved area in the national park system.  In 1832, President Andrew Jackson set aside the hot springs as a special reservation, and it became a national park in 1921.  The park preserves 5,550 acres containing 47 thermal springs that produce 700,000 gallons of water daily at 143 degrees!  OK, that is our first and last commercial, we promise. 

Odometer: 1,692  miles.