Ditto Landing in Alabama

September 28, 2022 Last weekend, we meet up with friends at Ditto Landing parking lot near Huntsville, AL. We walked along the Tennessee River Greenway trail. It is an easy walk, level and flat. The scenery was stunning! While we were walking, we noticed a sculling class. The teacher was in a motorboat with a […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Couple of Parks in Hays, KS

May 25, 2022 While we were in Hays, KS, last week, I planned to go to the Fort Hays State Historical Site. We got there too late and the buildings were closed. The name Frontier Historical Park sounded interesting and it was across the highway from the Fort Hays State Historical Site. I saw it […]

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. […]

Japanese Tea Garden at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, AL

May 15, 2022 On Saturday (May 14), we met up with Bruce’s friend in the picnic parking lot of Monte Sano State Park. We planned to go hiking in Monte Sano State Park. This was our old stomping grounds, as we lived in Huntsville in the early 90’s and often went hiking on Monte Sano. […]

Sunset Drive Walking Trail in Guntersville, AL

May 11, 2022 Post updated on May 12, 2022 to add more about the cormorant picture. Yesterday (May 10), we rode the motorcycle to Guntersville to walk the Sunset Drive Walking Trail. We first parked at a spot near the City Harbor. We walked along the dock to the City Harbor center. We walked out […]

Cathedral Caverns State Park

May 11, 2022 On Sunday (May 8th), Bruce and I rode the motorcycle to Cathedral Caverns State Park. We meet up with friends at the gift shop parking lot around 9:45 am for the 10 am tour. Bruce and I removed our gear and stowed it in the motorcycle case. As we walked away, I […]