Travel: Hot Springs National Park 2023-05-04 - Hot Springs, Arkansas - Photo by Graham Waggener. In the early 1800's, a bustling town grew up around the hot springs of the Washita in Arkansas to provide services for health seekers. The resultant bathing industry led to Hot Springs becoming known as the "American Spa." Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park consists of eight bathhouse buildings that were constructed between the years of 1892 and 1923, during the height of the bathing industry. The Ozark bathhouse was completed in the summer of 1922. Today, the Ozark houses the Hot Springs National Park Cultural Center. The Center features gallery spaces for displaying artwork from the park's Artist-in-Residence Program and other temporary exhibitions. Read more at www.nps.gov. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Taking first place in talent at FBLA 2023-05-03 - Louisville, KY - Photo from FBLA. Jack Fishback, first place winner in the FBLA State Talent Show, will join fellow winners in national competition in June. Adair County High School did a great job at the state level according to FBLA Director JR Thompson. He said ACHS students did well in tough competition against thousands of students from all across the Commonwealth. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Winning students at FBLA State Convention 2023-05-03 - Louisville, KY - Photo from FBLA. Winning second, fourth and fifth places in state competition at the FBLA convention were: Bailey Watts, Business Communications, second place; Natalie Grace Gilbert, Publication Design, fourth place; and Braylon Breeze, Public Service Announcement, fifth place. Congratulations to all the ACHS winners who will be going on to compete in nationals in June. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Full moon rising over the park 2023-05-03 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The full moon peeked through trees over Veterans Memorial Roadside Park around 7pmCT Wednesday evening. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Harvesting spring goodies, 2 of 2 2023-05-03 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes, "A trick to getting little mouths to eat fresh greens is growing it yourself and letting the little hands help harvest it. They like to pick their 'favorite leaf' and gladly eat it come meal time! Pictured are some hand picked favorites of my garden helper. Eager to help and eager to eat healthy! That's a win-win!" Paired photo: Harvesting spring goodies, 1 of 2 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Harvesting spring goodies, 1 of 2 2023-05-03 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes, "April showers bring May flowers. Don't plant until after Derby Day... A few gardening colloquialisms we often hear. Some ring true and some have exceptions such as the spring garden! We planted things that like cool weather such as salad greens and potatoes back in March. Now we are getting in good harvests of the salad greens and some root vegetables like radishes to start freshening up our diets!" Paired photo: Harvesting spring goodies, 2 of 2 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: White Pocket 1 2023-05-03 - Northern Arizona - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking. Robert writes, "White Pocket lies in a remote region of the Paria Plateau and is part of the Vermillon Cliffs National Monument. Six miles Northwest of here lies the ever-popular 'Wave'. The Wave has restricted access, it's nearly impossible to get a permit, and for now, the White Pocket is still open for anyone that wants to visit. However, our guide mentioned there's talk of White Pocket likely going to a permit system as well, due to its growing popularity. It takes a little over two hours to get here from Kanab, Utah. Half of the ride is dirt/gravel/sand and requires high clearance 4 wheel drive. There are a few tour companies in Kanab that will take you here. We were very happy with the one we chose... a friendly tour guide that gave us all the time we wanted for picture-taking. He was also very knowledgeable of the area and pointed out numerous spots that might get overlooked, or rushed by. We spent hours exploring this one square mile of geological WONDER!!!" More from Robert's trip: Travel: White Pocket 1 Travel: White Pocket 2 Travel: White Pocket 3 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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