Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
April 26, 2024 We got a nice clear day in Lake Village on April 12. I wanted to go see the Louisiana State Cotton Museum in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Google claimed the museum was open, so we geared up and headed out. The museum is in Louisiana on Hwy 65 across the highway from Lake […]
Read More The Louisiana State Cotton MuseumApril 26, 2024 We got a lot of rain while staying at Pecan Grove RV Park. After the rain let up, we crossed the highway to see Lake Chicot. It was up over the bulkheads. We walked out along the pier and when we came back, there was a loud splash under the pier on […]
Read More Rain and More Rain, a Bit of Overflow at Lake ChicotApril 26, 2024 I have had a couple of falls in the last few days. The first fall was on Monday (April 22). I was getting off of the motorcycle when I slipped. I was fully geared up and I fell on my butt and hands. If I hadn’t been wearing gloves, my hands would’ve […]
Read More Current News, A Couple of FallsApril 26, 2024 The day before the solar eclipse (April 7), Bruce and I checked the weather forecast and decided that Hot Springs, Arkansas was still a good place to try to see the total solar eclipse. On Monday (April 8), we got up at 4:00 AM to drive to Hot Springs. We wanted to […]
Read More And Finally, the Reason We Went to Arkansas, the Total Eclipse of the SunIn reading “Ottolenghi Simple: a Cookbook,” I came across a recipe for Cornbread with Chedder, feta, and jalapeños. It sounded delicious and I had most of ingredients on hand. I made a couple of mistakes in making this cornbread, but it still came out wonderfully. My first mistake was not realizing that the thawed frozen […]
Read More Cornbread as a MealApril 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 […]
Read More A Walk Around McGehee and Wiley A. McGehee Memorial ParkApril 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 […]
Read More Visiting the Japanese Internment Camps Museum in McGehee, ArkansasApril 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 […]
Read More Getting Information about the Solar Eclipse at Arkansas Welcome CenterApril 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 […]
Read More Traveling to Pecan Grove RV Park Outside of Lake Village, ArkansasApril 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 […]
Read More Walking Around Historic Vicksburg, Mississippi
