Hot Springs, AR – Oct. 11, 2025

Stop #16

So this stop I almost forgot about! This was another KOA stop and it was just in the middle of nowhere. Again, these final stops are sort of rushed. My mind has switched to how the heck I am going to pack up everything and why did Paul buy so much extra stuff that is packed underneath. My girlfriend has more stuff than I do. I guess we are headed home with some firewood too.

At this stop, I just focused on trying to do some laundry because they actually had rolls of quarters you could buy. Paul really liked this place. He wasn’t with me at the start, so he has no idea how nice RV places can be. For me, this just felt like a stopover. Nothing really to do. The pool was even closed. Paul likes to sit outside, and that is great; I like to sit inside. The weather is increasingly warm and depressing as we start to move further south. How do we, as Texans, deal with the heat?

For our movie choices, we tried to watch Sling Blade. For some reason, Amazon was being sticky, so we ended up renting the movie Mud. Both of these were filmed in Arkansas. Paul fell asleep, so I took Mud to my “room,” pulled the curtain, and finished watching. I am going to miss this fort-like feel of a bed. Paul would sleep in the dinette fold-out, and I got the bed with the dogs and kitten. I did have to sleep backwards and diagonal, but this is making me question my bedroom setup at home. How do I get a curtain on tracks to enclose my entire bed?

Next stop: Thackerville, Oklahoma (Winstar Casino)