Bath House

Today we will take a break from the cold wet trail and recover a bit. This gives us a chance to wash and dry our clothes before we venture out again. It also means we will check out the bath house.

After we finished laundry and I updated the blog and pictures, we headed to the Buckstaff Bath House. We got the traditional bath package. You strip down and wrap yourself in a towel and enter the bath area. A guy takes your towel and has you climb in a tub, which is 6ft long, deep, and comfy. They then pump in the hot spring water to bring the temp up to 105 or so. You soak for 20 min, then you get a nice loufa scrub. Then you get a sitz bath, which is sitting while water runs down your backside. Then off to a private steam room...you can really smell the minerals and it works up a good sweat. Then you lay down on a bed, they put a steaming towel under you and on top of you and wrap you up in a sheet. Then you rinse in a shower with 100 heads shooting water from every side. A quick pat down, then off to the cooling room with fans on the ceiling to help you air dry. Then the finale which consisted of a full body swedish massage. Overall, it was about 1:40 of pampering and relaxation - well worth it.

After the batch house, we headed to McClard's Bar-B-Q restaurant. It is another landmark and apparently Bill Clinton's favorite; lots of famous pictures on the wall for a very tiny place. I had ribs and fries and a tamale and topped it all off with pecan pie. Mmm, good.

Now that we were relaxed, clean, and well-fed, it was time to go back to the bike shop...cuz if we aren't biking, going to the bike shop must count for something. I bought warmer tights, warmer gloves, and a new tube. Only needed the tube, but I was wanting a heavier weight tight and they were 40% off. Back at the hotel to figure out our next game plan.

On a side note, I noticed that I picked up a touch of poison ivy the other day. Seems to be getting worse. Hate that. Must have been one brief fall, but that's all it seems to take with me nowadays. On well, hopefully it will get better soon.

Also, the camera batery died and I don't have the battery charger. I hoped that it would charge being connected to the computer, but I guess it doesn't work that way. So, no more pictures from this point forward :-(