Hot Springs Off-road Park (by Asher)

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Before here, I thought we had a nice Jeep

We arrived in the dark. It's a little nerve wracking to be in a thirty nine foot RV driving on curvy roads in the dark. When the RV crests a hill, there's a split second where you can't see anything while the top of the hill is blocking the headlights.

On Saturday, the day after we got there, we got an off-roading lesson by a nice guy named Melvin. But first, a little background is in order.

Hot Springs Off-road Park has over a thousand acres and trails for all levels of difficulty. We haven't done a lot of trails in the Jeep and mom booked this place so that we could do more. So, we went out on the trails following Melvin. He took us on multiple trails, including two Jeep Badge of Honor trails. (We now have those two badges on our Jeep!) 


Later that day we went back out on the trails by ourselves. We only did the easy ones. 

Jeep picture at a pretty overlook


Flexing at Flex Rocks

We stopped at a popular hard hill to watch people come up it. 

I brought the drone

These people try crazy stuff in their Jeeps. He probably would make it if it wasn't wet


Since this place is private property, kids are allowed to drive as long as there's an adult watching. We all got to drive a little bit on a gravel road. Dad had to help Caleb and Jordan with the petals but I drove on my own.

Hot Springs National Park was a big let down. We were all expecting something like Liard River Hot Springs in Canada and were disappointed when we found out that there were only personal spas that cost way too much. There was a museum that was made to look how the bathhouse looked when it was running and there was a mountain drive (although calling it a mountain drive was a bit of a stretch).

I'm pretty sure this is manmade. Not the spring part, to be clear, the pool part


Location: Hot Springs Off-Road Park, 2100 Millcreek Rd, Hot Springs, AR 71901, USA

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