Current News – Big News – Our Offer on a House Was Accepted

August 31, 2024 Between touring the Shoals area quad cities (Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals and Florence), we found a buyer’s agent (Donna Brown) to show us houses. We wanted some land with the house, with 5 acres being the minimum. This had been our dream before being bitten by the RV bug. Donna was great […]

Butterfly Weed in Grass Next to RV Park

August 31, 2024 I noticed a a plant with bright orange flowers in the grass between the woods and the RV Park. Many times, I noticed this plant had many orange butterflies sipping nectar from the flowers. The plant is commonly called butterfly weed and is a native species of milkweed. The main butterflies I […]

Venus at Sunset in Tuscumbia, Alabama

August 30, 2024 On Wednesday (August 28), I noticed Venus in the sunset. On some of these pictures, you might have to view them individually to see Venus in the upper left.

My Youngest Sister Visits Us

August 30, 2024 Yesterday, my youngest sister stopped by to visit us on the way back from her vacation in Tennessee and Kentucky. While we weren’t on the direct path to their home in Mississippi, it wasn’t to far out of her way. We had a great visit. She had a great time seeing the […]

Walking Around Historic Downtown Florence, Alabama

August 30, 2024 On August 23 (Friday), in the evening, we rode the motorcycle into the historic downtown of Florence. We parked the motorcycle and walked through the vibrant downtown thronging with people to Jake’s Place Bistro and The Bake Shop. We picked Jake’s Place due to the excellent reviews. There was live music, a […]

Flower of the Day

August 30, 2024 Found in a ditch, this cardinal flower was a bit of brilliant color against a green background.

International Dog Day

August 26, 2024 My friend Jeanne from aJeanneinthekitchen.com posted that today was International Dog Day. Nox convinced me that she wanted to have her own post.

Visiting the Veterans Memorial Park in Florence, AL

August 26, 2024 On Saturday (August 24), we rode to the Wilson Dam Road and crossed the Tennessee River on top of the Wilson Dam. It was beautiful. We rode to the Florence Veterans Memorial Park along the Tennessee River. We parked by the playground and walked towards the Veterans Memorial. We waited until the […]

Another Alabama Sunset

August 26, 2024 We’ve seen several beautiful sunsets here in the Shoals.

Tuscumbia Railways Museum

August 26, 2024 On August 22 (Thursday), we rode to the Tuscumbia Railways Museum. We were sure it was going to be open since Google claimed it was temporarily closed. Google was wrong; the museum was open. The Tuscumbia Railways Museum, shown on Google maps as Tuscumbia Railways, is near downtown Tuscumbia. They have several […]