Visiting the Japanese Internment Camps Museum in McGehee, Arkansas

April 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 […]

Touring the Old Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 18, 2024 On March 30 (Saturday), we rode into Vicksburg to tour the Old Courthouse Museum. It sits at the top of a hill overlooking over the Yazoo Canal and Mississippi River. We parked the motorcycle and started taking pictures. The garden surrounding the old courthouse is beautiful. The dogwood trees, azaleas, and Irises […]

The Salvaged and Displayed Cairo

April 12, 2024 While we were in the Vicksburg National Military Park, we got to tour the salvaged Cairo. It was a gunboat; powered by steams, with a paddle wheel and covered with iron plates. We arrived at the Cairo by riding down the hill to the parking lot at the boat and museum. The […]

Vicksburg National Military Park

April 11, 2024 While we were in Vicksburg, MS, we rode the motorcycle around the Vicksburg National Military Park on March 29. The weather was perfect for riding. We rolled in and the gate was open. A sign said to purchase tickets for entry into the park at the Visitor Center. We walked around outside […]

The Old Depot Museum in Vicksburg, MS

April 9, 2024 On March 28, after Bruce finished making friends with a visiting cat, we walked around to the front of the Old Depot Museum. We paid to tour the museum and got our Vicksburg Passports stamped after paying. The museum has lots of exhibits of trains, planes, boats and ships models. They also […]

Walk Along the River in Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 6, 2024 After touring the Catfish Row Museum on March 28, we walked towards the Yazoo Canal to get a closer look at the paddle boat on the water. We noticed this sign on the way to the water. The signs with information about the Confederate Army are red and the signs with information […]

Lunch and a Visit to Catfish Row Museum

April 4, 2024 On March 28 (Thursday), we rode back to downtown Vicksburg to do some more touring. We stopped at Rusty’s Riverfront Grill for lunch. I had an oyster po’boy with a baked sweet potato as my side. The bread was good French bread and the oysters were plump and juicy. They were nicely […]

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 […]

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 […]