Made It to Lake Sara Campground in Effingham, IL

August 5, 2022 We left our previous campground at 11:00 am this morning. We took I-57 most of the way from Sikeston, Missouri to Effingham, Illinois. We will not be getting a new state sticker since we spent the night in Illinois when we picked up our RV. We went over the Mississippi River and […]

Nox’s Little Pink Belly

August 3, 2022 Yesterday, Bruce put the Missouri stickers on our USA maps. We also went to Lambert’s Cafe. It was really fun and if you enjoy Southern food, very good. Today, I am sitting with Nox. She was showing me her little pink belly and I wanted to share her nuttiness with you.

On to West Memphis, Arkansas at the Tom Sawyer’s RV Park

July 27, 2022 We have signed up for one of the Forest River Owners Rally. The Forest River Owners Group aka FROG Rally is at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, Goshen, IN, USA starting August 14 and goes to August 20. We are taking a slower trip to get there. We packed up and headed […]

How Nox Ranks Campgrounds

July 25, 2022 Nox enjoys traveling with us and she is excited when we get to a new campground. The following items are important to Nox: No burs – Nox hates stepping on burs. Interesting smells – Nox loves to have lots of interesting things to sniff. Fenced play area aka dog park – Nox […]

Nox Hanging Out with Me

July 21, 2022 Since I hurt my ankle again, (see https://retirementrvdream.com/2022/07/12/ouch-i-really-did-that/ for the original story) Nox has been a sweetie pie. She keeps me company on the theater seating while I am icing my ankle, compressing it, and keeping it raised. Yes, you can see mosquitoes bites on my legs. We went hiking before I […]

Warfield Point Park in Mississippi

July 19, 2022 We visited Warfield Point Park in Mississippi, along the Mississippi River. We bought Nox along. The boardwalk was not usable and was blocked off with a No Thru Traffic sign on the side closest to the parking lot. The large sign was in sad shape. We walked over to the pavilion and […]

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 […]