Sticker for Missouri

August 11, 2022 Last week, we were in Missouri, so we got to add a new sticker to our USA map. We already had a sticker for Illinois, so we didn’t get to add a new sticker this week.

Made It to Lake Sara Campground in Effingham, IL

August 5, 2022 We left our previous campground at 11:00 am this morning. We took I-57 most of the way from Sikeston, Missouri to Effingham, Illinois. We will not be getting a new state sticker since we spent the night in Illinois when we picked up our RV. We went over the Mississippi River and […]

On to Sikeston, Missouri Along I-55

August 1, 2022 Bruce did most of the packing up this morning so I could stay off my ankle. I have decided once we find a place to stay for a while that I need to go and see a doctor. The Mississippi River had risen from all the rain yesterday. We left Tom Sawyer’s […]

On to West Memphis, Arkansas at the Tom Sawyer’s RV Park

July 27, 2022 We have signed up for one of the Forest River Owners Rally. The Forest River Owners Group aka FROG Rally is at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, Goshen, IN, USA starting August 14 and goes to August 20. We are taking a slower trip to get there. We packed up and headed […]

Visiting Lakeport Plantation House in Arkansas

July 12, 2022 With the weather being so hot, we decided to do something indoors. I had wanted to see the Lakeport Plantation House. It is the only river plantation house left in Arkansas. We drove past corn and cotton fields to get there. There were very large magnolia trees and pecan trees in the […]

Greenville Mississippi Welcome Center and Grocery Run

July 8, 2022 On Saturday, we decided to go for a motorcycle ride to see the Greenville Mississippi Welcome Center and then get some groceries. We arrived at the Welcome Center and explored the outside first. The building was used in the 1984 Worlds Fair. We walked along the outside balcony before going inside. The […]

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, […]

Arkansas Welcome Center in Lake Village, AR

July 5, 2022 Across Hwy 65 from the RV park, is an Arkansas Welcome Center. We were told by several people that we should check out the welcome center. We walked to the north end of the RV park, waited for traffic to clear, then crossed the highway. The welcome center was small, but beautiful. […]

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, […]