A peek at Life on the Road
4/3 – Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas Diamonds are actively mined in Africa, but the ninth most productive diamond mine is located in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. This is one of a kind location where the general public can visit and dig for diamonds and keep what they find. Over 30,000 diamonds have been retrieved from … Continue reading Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas
4/2/22 William J. Clinton Presidential Library Occasionally I have writer’s cramp, where I just don’t have the inspiration. Both Linda and I had a good day in Little Rock. We like to include some city experience in our travels, Little Rock is near, and we would like to visit the Bill and Hill Library, and … Continue reading Little Rock Arkansas
3/31 – It’s a long drive day to Lake Catherine State Park in Arkansas, 10 hours in the saddle today with breaks. The drive was 85% on local roads. The park is beautiful with spacious sites and full hook ups, and plenty of retired folk and their varied camping rigs. The park is on the … Continue reading Hot Springs Nat’l Park, Arkansas
3/29 – Destination: Mobile Alabama. During trip planning, I reviewed a number of the cities for their history, looking to visit a well known civil rights location such as Selma Alabama. When traveling, our wish list is always longer than is practical. Destinations must be on our route or within a reasonable driving distance. … Continue reading Mobile, AL, Battleship SS Alabama
3/27-31 Born on the Bayou, Credence Clear Water Revival… I was told the Gulf Coast shoreline is scenic and a great place to visit. The Mississippi coast is rather short, between Louisiana and Alabama, but we have to agree, the ocean drive on US 90 is a great beach front drive. While are clusters … Continue reading Davis Bayou, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ocean Springs, MS
3/24, 25 DoSota State Park, Fort Payne, AL Yea !! We will stay here for a couple of days and enjoy. The DeSota State Park is on top of Lookout Mountain overlooking the valleys to the west and east. The access roads are steep narrow and twisty, only one approach and the same exit are … Continue reading 3/24-25 DeSota State Park, AL
I had decided I would not continue the blog on this trip, and I fully expected I would get the itch. While it is personally satisfying to create these short accounts of life on the road, it is also full of technical frustrations and consumes quite a bit of time during travels. When an interesting … Continue reading 2022, Spring, Southbound
October 31, 2021, Boo ! North-West Trip Summary What a great experience for Linda and I on this trip. We had a great time on this adventure exploring the northwest. There are always challenges; long driving days, cold rainy weather, mechanical problems to resolve, two people cooped up in a tin can for 7 … Continue reading 2021, North-West Trip Summary
Sat 10/22 – Tues. 10/26/21, (and Driving East, SD to NH) The return to the east coast starts today with a short 5 hour jaunt to Mitchell South Dakota, home of the world’s only corn palace. The original Corn Palace in Mitchell was created in 1879, and was one of over 20 corn harvest … Continue reading The Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD
Thursday 10/21 Toward the end of the drive on Iron Mountain Road in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I pulled over and saw two smaller birds harassing a large bird. We watched and felt the large bird may be an eagle. Watching the large bird soar away and over head, it had fingered … Continue reading Golden meets Bald Eagle, SD
Retired and Loving It 