Visiting the Coke-Cola Museum in Vicksburg, MS

April 3, 2024 After our tour of the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum, we walked the short distance to the Coke-Cola Museum. The lady at the front desk let us buy a Coke ice cream float and after we paid the entry fee, allowed us to walk around the museum with the floats. She […]

Touring the Former Flagship of the COE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

April 3, 2024 We got a lot of rain in Vicksburg, MS on March 25 (Monday). We stayed home and played with Nox until she was tired out, which happens very quickly these days. After all, she is 15 years old. The weather cleared up by Tuesday (March 26), so we headed to historic downtown […]

Weekend in Vicksburg, Mississippi

March 29, 2024 We spent Saturday (March 23) running errands such as ordering and picking up medication and grocery shopping. We treated ourselves to lunch at the Gumbo Pot Restaurant. We ordered fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. I ordered a half oyster po’boy and a cup of gumbo. Bruce ordered a seafood platter. The […]

An Adventure on the Way to Vicksburg, Mississippi

March 25, 2024 On Friday (March 22), we left Dry Creek Water Park in Mt Olive, Mississippi at 11:09 am. The plan was to reach Quilly’s Magnolia RV Park just past 1:00 pm, check in time. We started down Hwy 49, which is a 4 lane divided highway with full access. Just past Mendenhall, Mississippi, […]

Pictures from Dry Creek Water Park in Mt Olive, Mississippi

March 23, 2024 Dry Creek Water Park is a beautiful pine wooded park, with butterflies flitting underneath the pine trees. We saw a few dragonflies and moths as well. We even spotted one firefly. At sunset, the fish would jump up from the lake, splashing down into the water reflecting the pinks, purples, oranges, and […]

Visiting Family While at Dry Creek Water Park in Mt Olive, Mississippi

March 23, 2024 We had a lovely time visiting with my family while staying at Dry Creek Water Park. It is only a few miles from my youngest sister’s home. She stopped by with her husband, her oldest son (my nephew) and his son (my great-nephew, who is six, about to be seven in a […]

Really, Mom!

March 20, 2024 Nox’s paw is much better. It still hasn’t healed completely. I took this series of pictures.

A Walk Around Downtown Quincy, Florida

March 20, 2024 This post is out of order, as it is about our day in historic downtown Quincy, Florida on March 12. We decided to try out a restaurant that mostly got rave reviews in downtown Quincy, Big Papa’s Chop House. We rode the motorcycle to downtown Quincy and parked across the street from […]

Through Stop and Go Traffic, Over Flooded Rivers, Through Pouring Rain to Mississippi We Go

March 19, 2024 We did most of prep for leaving on March 14 (Thursday) and we were able to pull out of Flat Creek Family Campground and RV Park on Friday (March 15) at 9:30 am. The drive started out pleasant enough. We pulled into a rest area on I-10 to for a bio break […]

Cooking with a Campfire

March 17, 2024 While in Flat Creek Family Campground and RV Park, we had a couple of campfires. The first campfire, we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows over it. The second campfire, I placed an aluminum foil packet of a sliced onion and red bell pepper with Berber spice mix and a drizzle of olive oil […]