We just got back from our first camping trip of the season last night (hopefully the first of several, but we'll see)! Weleft Sunday afternoon and headed down to Lake Ouachita--stayed at the Joplin campground between Hot Springs and Mt. Ida, Arkansas. It was a beautiful area: beautiful clear lake, nice scenic ozark style mountains, good weather for the most part. Sunday night we got rained on around 1 am but it didn't last too long--then Monday night was awesome with a little cooler temps and wonderful breeze. Tuesday was hot and sunny, but we packed up and headed into Hot Springs for part of the day. Now we know exactly what we were missing in Hot Springs: nothing. Sorry, if you've been there and loved it I'm sure you found something worth being excited about--but we didn't. Maybe if you stayed in one of the resorts or something it would be enjoyable, I don't know. We toured Hot Springs State Park's refurbished bath house--it's been restored to original 1915 condition. That was a little bit interesting. We walked around the downtown shops area, but didn't find any that really intrigued us...except Vicki's Coffee Corner where Ryan enjoyed an iced caramel latte. Before getting back on the road, we ate at the Cracker Barrel, which always seems to be a good bet for good country cookin'. :) 
These pictures are a few from our trip. If you'd like to see more, visit our Flickr page. Go to the "Our Trips" collection, then the "Lake Ouachita June 08" folder. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdmagsam/Have a Wonderful week, everyone! :)
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