High Falls State Park in Alabama

September 14, 2022 On Monday (September 12), I was feeling ready to try a short, level trail hike. The reviews I read for High Falls State Park talked about the easy trails. The park also allows dogs, so we decided to take Nox and a picnic lunch. We packed Costal Cheddar Cheese, crackers, heirloom cherry […]

Warfield Point Park in Mississippi

July 19, 2022 We visited Warfield Point Park in Mississippi, along the Mississippi River. We bought Nox along. The boardwalk was not usable and was blocked off with a No Thru Traffic sign on the side closest to the parking lot. The large sign was in sad shape. We walked over to the pavilion and […]

Lake Chicot State Park, Arkansas – Part 3 – Campground and Back Home

July 7, 2022 See https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/07/06/lake-chicot-state-park-arkansas-part-2-hiking/ for part 2. Bruce hooked Nox into her car harness and cleaned up. He hoped to prevent poison ivy/oak from causing a rash. We then drove through the campground in the state park. Along the lake shore, the campsites were back in sites and good for small RVs. I didn’t […]

Lake Chicot State Park, Arkansas – Part 2 – Hiking

July 6, 2022 See https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/07/06/lake-chicot-state-park-arkansas-part-1/ for the welcome center at the state park. Bruce and I looked at the map of the state park. It was mostly an RV park with a short hiking trail. The trail head was just past the welcome center on the opposite side of the road. The trail started off […]

Lake Chicot State Park, Arkansas – Part 1

July 6, 2022 Last Friday (July 1), we decided to check out Lake Chicot State Park. It is on the northeast end of the oxbow. Lake Chicot is a beautiful oxbow lake, the largest in North America. We decided to take Nox, since we were planning to do some hiking. Since we were taking Nox, […]

Winterville Mounds Outside of Greenville, MS

July 2, 2022 After our visit to the Greenville Cypress Preserve (https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/07/01/greenville-cypress-preserve/), we headed to the Winterville Mounds. The museum was closed due to renovations. It is an interesting building, as it mimics a mound. There is a picnic area and a long pond at the font of the site. To get to the mounds, […]

Desperately Seeking Mercury

June 28, 2022 Last Wednesday (June 22), we got up early to see the planet alignment. This was just before 5:00 am. Nox was excited to go with us, so we put the harness on her and let her come with us. I took some pictures of the alignment. In the first picture below, Jupiter […]

Morning Walk at Sunrise in Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA

June 23, 2022 Nox woke Bruce up needing to go out at 4:45 am. Bruce moving about woke me up. He took Nox for a walk and when he got back, he asked if I wanted to see the planetary alinement. I said, “yes.” I quickly got dressed. On the way outside, I grabbed my […]

Hiking at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA

June 21, 2022 I wanted to go hiking along the trails in the woods instead of the trails in the sun. I want the cool woods instead of the bight sunshine beating down on me. Poverty Point State Park has a few trails in the woods: Jesse James Trail, Outlaw Trail, Hardbottom Trail, and Macon […]

Evening Walk Around Poverty Point State Park with Nox

June 19, 2022 We had a lovey walk yesterday evening. The sunset was spectacular and Nox enjoyed the cooler evening. Nox doesn’t enjoy walking in the heat. We saw various flowers and animals while we were walking. When we stopped to admire the sunset for a while, Nox got bored with standing and lay down […]