That Time We Accidentally Visited Hot Springs Twice

Donetta Dalman
Road Life Magazine
Published in
5 min readJun 14, 2024

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This is why I keep a list of places we’ve been

There’s a great view of the surrounding area from the top of the hill in the park. ©Donetta Dalman

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I recently read this story from another Medium writer whose writing I enjoy and it reminded me of our story about Hot Springs National Park so I thought I’d share and maybe give you a laugh.

My husband, James, and I had dreamed of a nomadic lifestyle for over 10 years and in 2020 we were finally able to make that happen. We sold our house and almost everything we owned and we hit the road. Now that we’ve been traveling for almost 4 full years now, we’ve seen a lot of things and we’ve been a lot of places.

I say all that to say — sometimes things get a little mixed up in my mind and I forget where we’ve been.

One of the things we love to do in our travels is visit National Parks. If we’re going to be anywhere near one as we drive through a state, you better believe I’m going to try to fit that in to our itinerary. ;)

Last summer we were heading out to North Carolina from Oklahoma for my company’s annual convention and I was looking to see what we could do along the way. Of course Arkansas is the first state we would get to so I started looking at the map to see what might be cool to stop and see there. As I mentioned, I’m always a sucker for…

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Donetta Dalman
Road Life Magazine

I'm a wife, mom, fragrance specialist, full-time traveler, photographer, and voracious reader. I love to explore the great outdoors and take tons of photos.