A Day Exploring Near Princeton, Illinois

July 9, 2023 On July 5, 2023, we decided to go for a motorcycle ride and see some local sights before buying some groceries. Since it was Wednesday, we expected the visitors center at the Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park to be open. We rode to the visitors center and found it closed. I took […]

Cody Park Railroad Museum in North Platte, NE

June 23, 2023 After our tour of the Golden Spike Tower, we rode the motorcycle to the Cody Railroad Museum. The last bit, Google sent us down a dirt road and showed us parking on the dirt road and climbing over the tall fence to get to the railroad museum. It was easier to ride […]

The Golden Spike Tower in North Platte, NE

June 21, 2023 I was very excited to see the Golden Spike Tower. It is an eight story tower overlooking the largest rail yard in the world. The tower is not owned by Union Pacific and is operated and owned by a nonprofit organization. The satellite photos of the rail yard are impressive, as well. […]

Leaving the Great Salt Plains State Park for Ellis, Kansas

May 30, 2023 We packed up the RV on May 19 and headed west on OK 11 and then north along US 281 until we hit I-70. We took I-70 west straight to Ellis, KS. Luckily, it wasn’t raining as we packed up and hitched up. It started raining on us as we drove west […]

Acadiana Park in Lafayette, Louisiana

May 1, 2023 As both us were feeling almost back to normal, we decided to go for a short hike/walk. In looking at the map, Acadiana Park was close by and it got good reviews. It is a city park of 150 acres with 6 miles of trails and a campground. http://naturestation.org/pages/about-us Since they allow […]

Getting to Frog City RV Park in Dustin, LA

April 18, 2023 On Saturday (April 15), we got up and took Nox for a walk. We closed up the RV and left our overnight Harvest Host spot around 9:15 am. We easily pulled back onto west I-10 and headed to Louisiana. We had a small amount of rainfall as we drove through Mississippi. We […]

A Ride with Friends to Fairhope, AL

April 13, 2023 On Monday (April 10), there was a knocking on our door. A new friend, Ann, from across the road stopped by to ask us, in her charming Irish accent, if we’d like to join them for a ride. That sounded fun to us. The weather was beautiful, sunny skies in the 60s […]

The Strawberry Festival in Loxley, AL

April 11, 2023 It poured rain most of Saturday (April 8, 2023), so we spent the day inside the RV instead of going to the Strawberry Festival, On Sunday, the rain had stopped. It was a cool (in the 50s degrees F) day. I still wanted to go to the Strawberry Festival at the Loxley […]

West Pensacola in Florida, Road Trip – Part 1

April 3, 2023 We need to pick up Nox’s medicine from a CVS in Florida since our veterinarian’s office can’t call in the prescription for out of state. West Pensacola is very close to where we are staying, so it isn’t a big deal to ride to the CVS. We rode the motorcycle to the […]

Elberta German Sausage Festival in Elberta, Alabama

March 27, 2023 On Saturday, we decided to go to the Elberta German Sausage Festival that benefits the Elberta Fire Department and other local nonprofits. The German Sausage Festival is held twice a year, the last Saturday of March and the last Saturday of October. We had wanted to take the motorcycle, but with rain […]