These are glass art by Chihuly in a fountain in front of the William J Clinton Presidential Center. . There is a large Chihuly exhibit at the Clinton presidential library. 
It was hard to resist taking pictures. 
The library is in Little Rock, Arkansas - it is the only presidential library I have been to. We both agreed it is well done as a presentation of the Clinton years. When we arrived in Little Rock on Saturday, it was our plan to get a place to camp and take in some bike trails and see more of the city... So much for making plans we tried two parks and both werefull.
We drove on to Hot Springs. 
We got a place to camp in the National Park late Saturday. It had been several weeks since we were in a town on a Sunday morning, so we found a church service to attend before exploring. It worked out great, the church we went to was only a couple blocks from the park.
What a unique park! I know they are all unique or they wouldn't be parks - but historic bath houses! What a surprise. 
The Buckstaff
The Ozark now an art gallery.
The porch of the Fordyce also the park visitor center & a museum. 
A view from inside the old cage type elevator as I was preparing to experience a traditional bath at the Buckstaff. There are no more photos of that part of my day. Believe me, it was great... 20 minute soak in deep whirlpool tub (with nifty board for a shorty like me to keep from sliding under)... Hot pack wrap... Steam bath... Sitz bath... Needle shower. All very nice. 
After all that water, one more view of glass, this is the ceiling in the men's bathroom at the Fordyce. jb
The Buckstaff The Ozark now an art gallery. The porch of the Fordyce also the park visitor center & a museum. The Fordyce looks like a bath house ready to be used but instead you get to explore the whole building and learn about the bath industry from days gone by. 
These are steam baths. 
Needle shower and sitz bath (lower right).
Gymnasium on the third floor.
These are steam baths. Needle shower and sitz bath (lower right).Gymnasium on the third floor. The Historic District that is the main park sits on about 50 hot springs. An average of 700,000 gallons of water flow from the springs every day. Average temp of 143 degrees. It is completely odorless and tastes fine.
There were crowds of people at this station every time we passed. They were filling many large jugs with the hot water. 
It flows into landscape gardens. 
And ornamental fountains. Scientists have calculated that it takes about 4000 years for water from the surface to sink down, heat and rise again to flow from these springs. Wow.
There were crowds of people at this station every time we passed. They were filling many large jugs with the hot water. It flows into landscape gardens. And ornamental fountains. Scientists have calculated that it takes about 4000 years for water from the surface to sink down, heat and rise again to flow from these springs. Wow. There are nine large bath houses owned by the park service. Two are still bath houses, two are currently not in use. The rest have varied uses such as a gallery, brew pub, emporium, visitor center and administration offices.
A view from inside the old cage type elevator as I was preparing to experience a traditional bath at the Buckstaff. There are no more photos of that part of my day. Believe me, it was great... 20 minute soak in deep whirlpool tub (with nifty board for a shorty like me to keep from sliding under)... Hot pack wrap... Steam bath... Sitz bath... Needle shower. All very nice. After all that water, one more view of glass, this is the ceiling in the men's bathroom at the Fordyce. 
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