today was about beating the rain. We got up early as the forecast for late morning was showers. We started from our hotel to the Exxon gas station where I had a homemade glazed donut and OJ! Yum! We headed out and saw many deer and a freight train go under the bridge we were on. We made it to Plains where we stopped at the Butcher, deli and bakery all in one and had another donut which was actually just as delicious!!! We got a deli sandwich to go and headed up what I called “Devils Tower” straight up, plateau, straight down. After that we had a few heartbeat hills and we arrived in Hot Springs where our hotel has a couple of hot mineral spring pools that are 90 plus degrees!
