Tired, Itchy and Hot. Days 55 to 60, Lake Catherine State Park, Hot Springs, AR.

Coal plant seen from campsite@ Lake Catherine State Park. Has absolutely nothing to do with this post. But rainbows and waterfalls are irresistible. 

We are in a doldrum. Its 100°F every day.  The humidity's embracing us like a wet sweater. Both Keith and I picked up some kind of itchy toxin (mine was poison ivy). Keith thinks he was allergic to algae in the Buffalo River.  (Who knows.  It's as good a guess as any).  And we were go-go-going. Everything was so exciting.

As a change of pace we are now in the middle of a 10-day stay at Lake Catherine State Park in Hot Springs; we have decided to keep our feet in Arkansas through Labor Day.  We'll go for short strolls, groom Django, read, and take it easy until we get bored.  Then we will maybe go for a swim once our itchies clear up.

The best thing about Hot Springs is the hot springs. There are collection faucets all over town. Bring a jug and get 130F mineral-rich water.  For 100 years wealthy and poor alike came to Hot Springs for the water cure. But Keith and I have found a  new application.  Soaking our legs in a bath of hot springs mineral water actually relieved the itching.  Its a new discovery waiting to be patented.