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Hello, everybody. I'm Leora Anderson.
Thanks for having me back again.
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Hot Springs National Park is located in Arkansas and in the central part
of Arkansas.
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People used to go to the Hot Springs because of the therapeutic baths, and
they've been around for more than 200 years to treat rheumatism and other
ailments.
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I don't have rheumatism, but I still like to go and take advantage of the
soothing natural mineral bath water.
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. Hot Springs .
Are you comparing my age to your mother's age?
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There're lots of things to do in the Hot Springs area.
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There're lots of outdoor recreation and water sports.
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There're the fresh mountain air and beautiful clear lakes for fishing and
water sports and golfing.
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And you can visit the baths and the spas,
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And they have art galleries and national landmarks.
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You can also visit the world famous diamond mines.
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So, you can pay money and dig around in the dirt and see if you can find
some diamonds.
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I've been there, and I paid a lot of money to dig in the dirt, but I
didn't find any diamonds.
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I think it was about 10 dollars to spend the entire day on my hands and
knees digging in the dirt, and I didn't come home with any diamonds.
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You may
drink and bathe in the hot spring waters.
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Yellowstone Thermopolis . , .
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Visitors
come to Hot Springs from all over the world.
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Did you
know the proper way to pronounce A-R-K-A-N-S-A-S?
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That's
correct, and they're one of the few states that passed a law on the proper way
to pronounce the name of their state.
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130 'ar-kan-sas' , 'ar-kan-saw' 'ar-kan-saw' .
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I guess you
would be made of fun of.
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No, I don't
think so.
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Arkansas
harvests rice, and they produce poultry, sorghum, cotton, soybeans, and also
grapes.
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So, if
there's grapes there, that means there's wineries there, right?
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You may
drink and bathe in the hot spring waters.
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Visitors
come to Hot Springs from all over the world.
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Arkansas Hot Springs National Park .
, Leora Andersen . . .
Bye, bye,
it was nice being with you again.
