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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]