Lake Chicot State Park, Arkansas – Part 3 – Campground and Back Home

July 7, 2022 See https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/07/06/lake-chicot-state-park-arkansas-part-2-hiking/ for part 2. Bruce hooked Nox into her car harness and cleaned up. He hoped to prevent poison ivy/oak from causing a rash. We then drove through the campground in the state park. Along the lake shore, the campsites were back in sites and good for small RVs. I didn’t […]

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, […]

Rude Nox

July 4, 2022 One evening last week, we were walking Nox when a little light brown dog came running up. It was just a tad larger than Nox. The dogs sniffed each other and then the other dog took off running. Nox tried to follow, but her leash wouldn’t allow her to run off. Nox […]

Nox Ready for a Walk

July 3, 2022 After we got back from Winterville Mounds (https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/07/02/winterville-mounds-outside-of-greenville-ms/), we lazed about, reading and playing on the computer. When it was evening, Nox decided she needed to go for a walk. I put her harness on her and Bruce carried Nox down the steps. The sky was beautiful. We walked to the back […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nox Hiding from a Snake

June 19, 2022 ****Warning Picture of Snake in the Blog Post**** Nox asking to go outside. “Okay, Nox! We’ll take you outside!” Oh no, a snake on the trail. It is just a harmless snake. Nox didn’t like the snake. Once we got home, she buried herself under her towel to hide from the snake! […]

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 […]

Taking Nox for a Walk in Poverty Point State Park, LA

June 15, 2022 Our campsite is one campsite away from a sidewalk trail. This trail has been mowed on both sides and has nice grass. This sidewalk trail goes through some dense brush. Here are some pictures I took while walking Nox. Nox is very happy with the grass beside the sidewalk trail. It doesn’t […]