Spring Break Part 1

I get two Spring Breaks this year! Woo hoo! I spent the past week with my girl Barbara. We spent a couple of nights in Eureka Springs ghost hunting, laughing, hiking, laughing, shopping and did I mention, laughing. I really can't remember the last time I laughed so much. We drove up to Eureka Springs the long winding way. The day was grey and overcast. A perfect set up to our anticipated visit to the haunted Crescent Hotel. On our journey into town we visited the famed Pivot Rock and the Natural Stone Bridge. About the time I would think that we were on the wrong road, a sign would appear pointing us onward. By the end of our trip I would learn about driving down roads just to see what is there.We explored a little and finally checked into the Crescent. Our room was on the 4th floor and seemed perfectly normal. There were a couple of areas that spooked us. We went on the ghost tour that night and it was a blast. We heard about the history of the Hotel and the ghosts that we would be staying with. Our tour guide seemed to think that those of us that were religious were tainted and unable to truly believe in spirits. So I guess I'm tainted. Now I will admit that there were a couple of incidents that can not be explained away so... One odd thing is the fact that we both woke up at 3 a.m. exactly the first night. Very strange. Oh, and have you noticed that blankets have magical powers that keep spirits and things away. We both had to chuckle that no matter how hot we were, we did not want any appendage exposed to the air. We spent our first full day walking around Eureka Springs shopping and just taking it all in. It was a nice day and we enjoyed our hike. That night we had a fabulous dinner in the Crescent Dining room then went ghost hunting again. Little did we know that we would discover something, well strange, about our own room. Needless to say we had some discussion about checking out. We ended up staying but slept with a light on. You would have thought we were little kids. Yesterday when we got home we discovered that we had some orbs in our photos. Orbs are evidence of spirits. I can't explain it. Pretty strange. The scary part was there were a couple in our room. I don't think I would voluntarily stay there again. I wouldn't push my luck. I know I won't ever go there for a massage. That floor gives me the creeps! Maybe because the hall to the massage rooms leads on to the morgue! Anyway, we had the best time and Barbara had to go home all too soon to study for her last few weeks of law school. Hopefully we will be able to do this again soon!