Desperately Seeking Mercury

June 28, 2022 Last Wednesday (June 22), we got up early to see the planet alignment. This was just before 5:00 am. Nox was excited to go with us, so we put the harness on her and let her come with us. I took some pictures of the alignment. In the first picture below, Jupiter […]

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 […]

Hiking at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA

June 21, 2022 I wanted to go hiking along the trails in the woods instead of the trails in the sun. I want the cool woods instead of the bight sunshine beating down on me. Poverty Point State Park has a few trails in the woods: Jesse James Trail, Outlaw Trail, Hardbottom Trail, and Macon […]

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 […]

Walk Around Poverty Point State Park, LA

June 16, 2022 We’ve been taking walks around the park. Here are pictures of some of the campsites. As we walked along the paths, I got some pictures of local wildlife. We walked to the water and along the boardwalk. I haven’t seen any alligators or bears that the signs warn about. I am okay […]

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 […]

White Sands National Park, New Mexico

June 7, 2022 While my ankle is still sore and swollen, I still want to get out and see things. I really wanted to see the White Sands National Park. Bruce drove the truck to the Visitor Center and parked. It was about a 30 minute drive from the RV park to the Visitor Center. […]

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 […]