A Walk Around McGehee and Wiley A. McGehee Memorial Park

April 24, 2024 After our visit to the Japanese Internment Camps Museum in McGehee, we needed to walk around and process the information in the museum. McGehee has two pocket parks that we explored. After walking around for a bit, we geared up and rode towards Hwy 65. Once we were on Hwy 65, we […]

Visiting the Japanese Internment Camps Museum in McGehee, Arkansas

April 22, 2024 With the rain having stopped, we decided to ride the motorcycle to McGehee and tour the Jerome-Rohwer Interpretive Museum and Visitors Center. We decided to eat BBQ in McGehee before touring the museum as they have “Hoots,” which is on the Arkansas BBQ trail. We found Hoots to have outstanding BBQ and […]

Getting Information about the Solar Eclipse at Arkansas Welcome Center

April 21, 2024 On April 3 (Wednesday), we walked from the RV park to the Chicot Coffee & Cafe across from the Lake Village Arkansas Welcome Center. We had breakfast sandwiches; I had camomile tea while Bruce had a cup of coffee. The patio outback faces Lake Chicot. It has a pretty mural painted on […]

Traveling to Pecan Grove RV Park Outside of Lake Village, Arkansas

April 18, 2024 We finished packing up the RV and left Vicksburg, Mississippi on April 1 (Monday) to head to Arkansas for the total eclipse of the sun. We drove through some light rain in Louisiana. We arrived during lunch time and had to wait for the office to open. The lady at the office […]

Walking Around Historic Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 19, 2024 After our visit to the Old Courthouse Museum, we rode the motorcycle a short distance to the historic downtown area and parallel parked the motorcycle. We walked around enjoying the scenery. We stopped in at the small side garden at Audubon Place. The center of Monroe Street was dedicated to our men […]

Touring the Old Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 18, 2024 On March 30 (Saturday), we rode into Vicksburg to tour the Old Courthouse Museum. It sits at the top of a hill overlooking over the Yazoo Canal and Mississippi River. We parked the motorcycle and started taking pictures. The garden surrounding the old courthouse is beautiful. The dogwood trees, azaleas, and Irises […]

The Salvaged and Displayed Cairo

April 12, 2024 While we were in the Vicksburg National Military Park, we got to tour the salvaged Cairo. It was a gunboat; powered by steams, with a paddle wheel and covered with iron plates. We arrived at the Cairo by riding down the hill to the parking lot at the boat and museum. The […]

Vicksburg National Military Park

April 11, 2024 While we were in Vicksburg, MS, we rode the motorcycle around the Vicksburg National Military Park on March 29. The weather was perfect for riding. We rolled in and the gate was open. A sign said to purchase tickets for entry into the park at the Visitor Center. We walked around outside […]

The Old Depot Museum in Vicksburg, MS

April 9, 2024 On March 28, after Bruce finished making friends with a visiting cat, we walked around to the front of the Old Depot Museum. We paid to tour the museum and got our Vicksburg Passports stamped after paying. The museum has lots of exhibits of trains, planes, boats and ships models. They also […]

Walk Along the River in Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 6, 2024 After touring the Catfish Row Museum on March 28, we walked towards the Yazoo Canal to get a closer look at the paddle boat on the water. We noticed this sign on the way to the water. The signs with information about the Confederate Army are red and the signs with information […]