Battleship Memorial Park – Part 3 – Aircraft Pavilion

March 19, 2023 After touring the battleship USS Alabama, we headed back inside of the Aircraft Pavilion. The Aircraft Pavilion had mini theaters set up in front of the various aircrafts using old theater seats or folding chairs in front of large screen TVs. These mini theaters were playing history programs about the wars and […]

Battleship Memorial Park – Part 2 – The USS Alabama

March 18, 2023 See the previous post for Part 1. This post is about our self guided tour of the USS Alabama. This is another picture heavy post. After we paid, we stopped at the restrooms before following the signs to the USS Alabama. We walked up the first ramp (there are two ramps). On […]

Blythe Island Bunnies at Night

February 16, 2023 On February 10 (Friday), we headed back to Blythe Island from Jekyll Island after visiting with my father-in-law. I wanted to see the harbor lights across the South Brunswick River from the pier at the marina in Blythe Island Regional Park. Bruce drove to the pier area and parked the truck. We […]

Phenix City Riverwalk in Alabama

November 10, 2022 I wanted to see the Columbus Riverwalk in Georgia, so yesterday (November 9), we headed over to Historic District in Columbus. Once in the Historic District, we started looking for parking, but the parking garages weren’t designed for a 22 foot long dually truck. Other parking lots were reserved and we didn’t […]

Ellerslie Park in Harris County Georgia

November 7, 2022 This morning, we rode the motorcycle to Pop’s Place. It is a cafeteria style restaurant with good home style Southern cooking. After eating, Bruce asked me if I wanted to do anything. I said, “Let me check the attractions in this area.” Nothing came up, so I agreed to just go home. […]

Red Top Mountain State Park in Georgia

October 25, 2022 On Saturday (October 22), Bruce and I went to Red Top Mountain State Park on Lake Allatoona. It is a beautiful park with a $5 parking fee at the time of this post. The welcome center is well inside the park. The welcome center has a little store and a back porch […]

Olde Rope Mill Park in Woodstock, GA

October 22, 2022 After our hike in Lewis Park, Bruce drove us to the Olde Rope Mill Park. It is a historical area with the remains of a dam, sluice, and rope mill. There are trails used heavily by mountain bikes and trails that only allow mountain bikes. We walked around the entrance first, before […]

Lewis Park in Woodstock, GA

October 21, 2022 On October 14 (last Friday), we decided to explore the area a bit since the rain had stopped. I found a local park that wasn’t to far from Victoria Campground. When we got there, we found a small gravel parking lot, closed toilets, a pavilion, and a playground. A temporary toilet had […]

Hiking on the Cutchenmine Trail in the Lake Guntersville State Park in Alabama

October 1, 2022 One of Bruce’s friends from Huntsville, AL has a Class B RV (camper van). He came down and stayed several days in the Lake Guntersville State Park. He worked during the day and we got together after 5:00 pm to go hiking. We drove into Lake Guntersville State Park and picked him […]

Stopping by Guntersville Dam in Alabama

September 30, 2022 On the way home from Ditto Landing, we stopped by Guntersville Dam. At the dam site, there was a picnic pavilion, toilets, and a shaded concrete path with picnic tables along it. We walked along the shaded path to where it ended by turning into steps leading to another parking lot. We […]