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See Park Video Fort Smith National Historic Site originally established as a fort to keep the peace as Cherokee and white settlers migrated west into lands already peopled by the Osage. Later this was the site of Judge Issac C. Parker's court. We visited both the...
We left the DFW area this morning and headed north into Oklahoma. Tonight we are camped on the shores of Clayton Lake. Tomorrow we'll venture onto the Talimena Scenic Byway into the Ouachita Mountains.
Yesterday was Hampton AR to Mount Pleasant TX with stops at Poison Springs State Park, White Oak Lake State Park, and the Hope Visitor's Center. Today we are traveling Texas backroads all the while watching the Texas DOT website so as to avoid any flooded roads.
We're at Tailgater's in Hope, Arkansas, across from the Visitor's Center/Amtrak station. Thought we'd get a little refreshment before heading across the street to learn a little more about the town that is Bill Clinton's birthplace.
Along our way west from Sardis we stopped at the sign welcoming visitors to Sledge MS, the birthplace of Charley Pride. There despite high grass and muddy ditches, we located the cache hidden there. An amazing aspect of this was that the cache contains it's original...
Awakened this morning under some wonderful big oaks in John W Kyle State Park northwest of Oxford MS on the shore of Sardis Lake. We had some trouble locating this campground last evening. Rumor is there is also a COE campground here but we don't...
We spent a most salubrious morning enjoying the fact that we didn't have a things to do list with which to deal. Eventually we wandered out to explore this highest state park in Georgia. We did Geocache type known as an EarthCache and learned a number of...
Our first night out and it's going well. We left home in time to stop by the yarn shop in Franklin and easily found a parking spot for truck and T@B. We pulled into a state park on a Friday night without a reservation and scored a pretty campsite at about...
Yes, we'll admit it, it was the prospect of a geocache find that lured us to Oliver Mill Park but it was the beauty and the history of the place that kept us hiking around the area. It's a place where river herring return to spawn annually, an archeological site, the...
After yesterday's day in camp, we were ready to get out and about today. Mid-morning we began making our way east on US-44 toward Plymouth. First stop was at a Dunkin' Donuts for coffee and Boston Kreme donuts. Then we went in search of geocaches. Along the way we...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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State Park Video In the aftermath of the Siege of Vicksburg and the Fall of Richmond, General Lee retreated west in with a plan to obtain badly needed supplies at Farmville before turning south to meet up with General Johnston’s forces at Raleigh, North Carolina but...
Visitor Center Video What a meaningful Memorial Day this has been. Since our trip this morning from South Forty Campground near Petersburg, Virginia to Pocohantas State Park, near Chesterfield, Virginia east of Richmond would have taken only half an hour, we headed...
Isle of Wight Video With an estimated driving time of two hours between overnight stops today, we had time for to head into the historic town of Smithfield, Virginia to visit the most delightful Isle of Wight County Museum where Teresa enthusiastically greeted us and...