River Heritage Park in Florence, Alabama

September 15, 2024 On September 8 (Sunday), we rode the motorcycle to River Heritage Park in Florence, Alabama. This is a beautiful park on the top of the bluff overlooking the Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River. It has a smooth paved trail down to the river. The paved trail goes along the river all […]

Visiting with Friends at Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Alabama

September 6, 2024 On Wednesday (September 4), we meet some friends halfway between their camping spot in Guntersville, Alabama and our camping spot in Tuscumbia, Alabama. We drove along alternate US Hwy 72 to Huntsville, crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama. We passed the Space Center. We parked and walked around Big Springs Park […]

Old Railroad Bridge in Sheffield, Alabama

September 3, 2024 We rode the motorcycle along Hwy 72 to the Tennessee River, turning off into a parking lot that lead to Ashe Blvd. Once we started downhill on Ashe Blvd, we could see the parking lot for the old railway bridge. We parked, took off our gear and looked around the parking lot. […]

A Walk Around Downtown Tuscumbia, AL

August 23, 2024 On August 20, we rode the motorcycle to Walmart to get Bruce’s scripts transferred to the local Walmart pharmacy. We then rode to downtown Tuscumbia to look around. Since it was hot, we decided to stop in at the Palace Ice Cream Parlor. It was a beautiful old building with delicious ice […]

Riverfront Park along the Tennessee River in Alabama

August 14, 2024 After our visit to Tuscumbia Spring Park on Sunday (August 11), Bruce wanted to see the Tennessee River. I asked Google to take us to the nearest park on the Tennessee River and it provided directions. We went through a very sketchy part of town, before getting on major streets again. The […]

The Riverwalk in New Madrid, Missouri

August 10, 2024 After riding around Sikeston, Missouri on August 8th, we rode home to the RV. Nox was happy to see us. We hung out at the RV for a while, then we decided to go to the Riverwalk in New Madrid. After walking Nox, we got geared up and headed out. We rode […]

Wildlife in Tin Cup Park

August 1, 2024 Here are some pictures I’ve taken our walks in Tin Cup Park and at Dakota Ridge RV Park. We see a lot of Brewer’s blackbirds in the Dakota Ridge RV Park. According to my Merlin Bird ID app, Brewer’s blackbirds are uncommon. Yesterday was the first time we’ve seen magpies in […]

Bee Bum Bag

July 14, 2024 We went to Golden, CO to see the Mines Museum of Earth Science. After getting parked, Bruce realized that he forgot his computer glasses, which meant he couldn’t see the labels or exhibits very well. We did some walking around Golden, but didn’t go into the museum. We stopped in at Bjorn’s […]

Walking West on the Clear Creek Trail from Golden, CO

June 20, 2024 Earlier this week, a friend asked if we’d like to have breakfast and go walking beside Clear Creek on Thursday. That sounded like fun to me, so we agreed to meet at the Bridgewater Grill in downtown Golden at 8:30 AM. This morning, Bruce drove to Golden and parked at the welcome […]

View from Ridge

June 11, 2024 We like to walk up the ridge behind the Dakota Ridge RV Park. Nox will try to walk up the ridge. Sometimes, she can make it, other times she will needed to be carried the rest of the way up. The views are beautiful from the ridge.