The Louisiana State Cotton Museum

April 26, 2024 We got a nice clear day in Lake Village on April 12. I wanted to go see the Louisiana State Cotton Museum in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Google claimed the museum was open, so we geared up and headed out. The museum is in Louisiana on Hwy 65 across the highway from Lake […]

Rain and More Rain, a Bit of Overflow at Lake Chicot

April 26, 2024 We got a lot of rain while staying at Pecan Grove RV Park. After the rain let up, we crossed the highway to see Lake Chicot. It was up over the bulkheads. We walked out along the pier and when we came back, there was a loud splash under the pier on […]

And Finally, the Reason We Went to Arkansas, the Total Eclipse of the Sun

April 26, 2024 The day before the solar eclipse (April 7), Bruce and I checked the weather forecast and decided that Hot Springs, Arkansas was still a good place to try to see the total solar eclipse. On Monday (April 8), we got up at 4:00 AM to drive to Hot Springs. We wanted to […]

A Walk Around McGehee and Wiley A. McGehee Memorial Park

April 24, 2024 After our visit to the Japanese Internment Camps Museum in McGehee, we needed to walk around and process the information in the museum. McGehee has two pocket parks that we explored. After walking around for a bit, we geared up and rode towards Hwy 65. Once we were on Hwy 65, we […]

Visiting the Japanese Internment Camps Museum in McGehee, Arkansas

April 22, 2024 With the rain having stopped, we decided to ride the motorcycle to McGehee and tour the Jerome-Rohwer Interpretive Museum and Visitors Center. We decided to eat BBQ in McGehee before touring the museum as they have “Hoots,” which is on the Arkansas BBQ trail. We found Hoots to have outstanding BBQ and […]

Walking Around Historic Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 19, 2024 After our visit to the Old Courthouse Museum, we rode the motorcycle a short distance to the historic downtown area and parallel parked the motorcycle. We walked around enjoying the scenery. We stopped in at the small side garden at Audubon Place. The center of Monroe Street was dedicated to our men […]

Touring the Old Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 18, 2024 On March 30 (Saturday), we rode into Vicksburg to tour the Old Courthouse Museum. It sits at the top of a hill overlooking over the Yazoo Canal and Mississippi River. We parked the motorcycle and started taking pictures. The garden surrounding the old courthouse is beautiful. The dogwood trees, azaleas, and Irises […]

The Salvaged and Displayed Cairo

April 12, 2024 While we were in the Vicksburg National Military Park, we got to tour the salvaged Cairo. It was a gunboat; powered by steams, with a paddle wheel and covered with iron plates. We arrived at the Cairo by riding down the hill to the parking lot at the boat and museum. The […]

The Old Depot Museum in Vicksburg, MS

April 9, 2024 On March 28, after Bruce finished making friends with a visiting cat, we walked around to the front of the Old Depot Museum. We paid to tour the museum and got our Vicksburg Passports stamped after paying. The museum has lots of exhibits of trains, planes, boats and ships models. They also […]

Walk Along the River in Vicksburg, Mississippi

April 6, 2024 After touring the Catfish Row Museum on March 28, we walked towards the Yazoo Canal to get a closer look at the paddle boat on the water. We noticed this sign on the way to the water. The signs with information about the Confederate Army are red and the signs with information […]