Greenville Cypress Preserve

July 1, 2022 On Tuesday (June 28), the weather was in the 70’s and 80’s. Since it was so nice outside, we decided to do outside things. We geared up and rode across the Mississippi River into Mississippi. Bruce stopped so I could get a picture of the Welcome to Mississippi sign. We rode a […]

Heading 63 Miles to Arkansas RV Park

June 29, 2022 Our last day at Poverty Point State Park, LA was Monday (June 27). Check out time was 1:00 pm, so we had a lot of time to get ready to go. We had hoped to stay past the 4th of July, but the park was full that weekend. Earlier, I found us […]

Off to a Safari

June 28, 2022 On Saturday (June 25), we decided to go on a safari. Bruce reserved a spot for the 1:00 pm tour. We drove the short distance from Poverty Point State Park to the Wild Country Safari Park. The gift shop has several birds. We paid to be driven in the open aired school […]

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 […]