Restoration Park in West Monroe, LA

June 24, 2022 Since we had to go into West Monroe to pick up our prescriptions, I looked online to see what sort of attractions were in the area. Restoration Park looked interesting. It started out as a sand and gravel strip mine and when the mining operation was done, people used it as a […]

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 […]

Poverty Point World Heritage Site – Part 3 – Walking Trail

June 18, 2022 The ranger provided us with a hiking trail guide for the 2.6 mile (4.2 km) trail. The trail is mostly flat and easy to walk. There is normally one climb to get to the top of the large Mound A. Unfortunately, the trail to the top of Mound A was closed due […]

Poverty Point World Heritage Site – Part 2 – The Museum

June 17, 2022 The museum at Poverty Point World Heritage Site is small, but dense. It has a lot of artifacts and information. This post is picture heavy because I found so many items interesting and want to share them. I enjoyed the pictures they had above the cases. It helped me understand how the […]

Poverty Point World Heritage Site – Part 1

June 17, 2022 The Poverty Point World Heritage Site is 16 miles from the Poverty Point State Park that we are staying in. Today, Bruce drove us to the Poverty Point World Heritage Site. We passed corn fields and soy bean fields. We pulled into the small parking lot and Bruce parked next to a […]

Touring a Pistachio Ranch

June 10, 2022 While in Alamogordo, NM, I wanted to tour a pistachio grove, but I didn’t want to walk on my sore ankle. I noticed Pistachio Land had open air tour buses. I felt I could easily do a sitting tour. So on Wednesday, we walked over to Pistachio Land since it was just […]

The Heart of the Desert

June 7, 2022 I thought you might enjoy seeing the view from the kitchen on the utilities side taken Sunday evening. Sunday night, as Bruce was taking Nox for a walk, he called back into the RV to let me know there was a beautiful sunset. I sat on the steps of the RV and […]

Checking Out Ellis, KS – Part 2

May 21, 2022 See https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/05/20/checking-out-ellis-ks-part-1/ for earlier in the day. We walked along a gravel road that is next to the scaled down train tracks. We saw the old brick buildings that had been part of the railroad roundhouse. We noticed a park and as we walked around, we realized it was a town RV […]

Checking Out Ellis, KS – Part 1

May 20, 2022 Yesterday (May 19), my friend contacted me and we made plans to meet up. She also made some suggestions of places to see and some restaurants to try. I wanted to see the train museum in Ellis, KS. I love trains. It runs in the family as my great-grandfather was a train […]

Hiking the McKay Hollow Trail in the Monte Sano State Park, AL

May 15, 2022 Bruce’s friend had been on most of the hiking trails at Monte Sano, but he hadn’t hiked the McKay Hollow Trail. It is marked as difficult on the hiking map. You can either start from the playground parking lot or hike another trail to get to the other end of the trail. […]