Catherine's Landing & Hot Springs

This year for Spring Break, we decided to head to Arkansas to visit family. It's been a while since we've seen several family members, so this trip was perfect timing. 

We packed our camper and left early Saturday morning to meet my parent's in Hot Springs. 

It's not a road trip through Texas without a stop in West at the Czech Stop for Kalaches. 

While we drove, Gretchen worked on her friendship bracelets. 

We arrived at Catherine's Landing around 3 in the afternoon and set up our camper right next to my parent's. We thought it would be fun to spend our first weekend here and camp and it's not far from my parent's house so they met us. 

The girls made a beeline to the playground and buried Adalyn in the rocks all the way up to her neck. 

They convinced us that it would be a good time to go swimming even though it was in the 60s, but the pool was supposedly heated- spoiler alert- it wasn't! After a few minutes the girls were done. 

This girl was trying to warm up. 

and so was she. 

Catherine's Landing is a beautiful spot just south of Hot Springs. There are cabins and yurts and lots of camping spaces. There's a pool, splash pad, playground, hiking, a zip line, kayak rentals- we seriously could've stayed here for days and not get bored. 

The guys cooking dinner. 

After dinner, Adayn lost her tooth! The tooth fairy came to see her at the campground. 

And we all cooked smores. 

There was a 100% chance of rain on Sunday and we were not excited about it. Thankfully, the rain wasn't suppose to move through until the afternoon, so we opted to head downtown in the morning. We took water bottles and filled them up at the public hot springs fountain. 

Hot Springs dyes their fountains green for St. Patrick's Day. 

We explored bath house row. 

And even tried out a tub! 

The bath houses here are famous and we told the girls about DJ and I having a bath in one when Gretchen was just a few months old!

I didn't realize this, but bathhouse row is a national park. The girls completed 7 activities in a guide book and go their junior park ranger badges! 

We made our way to the hot springs, and the water felt wonderful! 

And then we went over to the Arlington hotel. 

Our morning was perfect walking around down town. The girls enjoyed seeing the city and exploring! Check back next week to see how we spent the afternoon!