World of Autism

We traveled south today, to the town of Hot Springs.  It’s named for the amazing springs that run through the town, and the people who live (and visit) here can take their water bottles to the springs andd fill-r-up!  The water is about 90 degrees, and delightful. 

We’ve been here before, and enjoyed both the beautiful waterfalls in town, and swimming at Evan’s Plunge, an indoor swimming pool made from the hot springs.  They bubble up from the river rock covered bottom of the pool, keeping the water warm and clean year round.

Today, however, we were headed to the outskirts of Hot springs, to a place called the Mammoth Site.  This is a giant pre-historic sink hole where many giant Mammoths lost their lives, going in to drink the water and then being unable to get out of the hole.

The whole place is inside a huge building, and it has a tour that lasts about 30 minutes.  The partially excavated sink hole is in the middle of the room, with cat walks over and around it for us to walk on.

Lucas really liked the tour, because as we moved from place to place, we had to put on earphones at the various stopping points to hear our tour guide.  The moving around combined with the wearing of headphones seemed to keep his interest (not to mention the giant skeletons!)

I suspect Lucas feels a bit like Indiana Jones on these excursions, and that’s another thing he likes to relate to.  He’s seen Indy finding “bones”, hiking through the woods, dealing with snakes (like Lucas did at Reptile Gardens), etc.

Tags: Traveling with autism. //