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Retracing old steps
Fifty years ago (!) I lived in northeastern Oklahoma for a few years. Since we were sort of in the neighborhood, having just experienced the eclipse in Atkins, Arkansas, I wanted to spend a few days visiting old haunts in the area. Our travels took us to Beaver Lake in the northwest corner of Arkansas,…
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Eclipse!
One of the things I love about RV traveling is taking advantage of the unplanned events that pop up along the way. With a small adjustment to our itinerary, we were able to be in the path of totality for the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. And so we set a course for Atkins,…
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Mobile
We didn’t travel far to our first stop after Gulf State Park. Mobile is just up the road aways, at the head of Mobile Bay. We needed to stock up on a few things at Costco, and we wanted to poke around a little bit in this place that we had only passed through on…
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Snowbirds
Gulf State Park Here we are at Gulf State Park, ready to enjoy the warm breezes and bright sunshine of an Alabama spring. And we did have some lovely spring-like days. We also had a good number of stormy, chilly ones. The red “beach closed” flag was flying more than not. Still, we had plenty…
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On the road again …
It’s been quiet here at WandaFree for quite a while. We’ve had busy times that have kept our attention at home and in other places. It’s finally time to get Wanda out of storage and back on a trip. And what a trip we have ahead of us! We left home on February 29 and…
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Day 42 – Natchez
It’s October 27, and it’s been exactly six weeks since we left home and started this long journey. Today we visited the city of Natchez, Mississippi. We spent the morning touring Stanton Hall, the largest mansion in a city of large mansions. We also took a carriage ride through the center of the city with…
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Day 41 – on the Trace to Natchez
On October 26 we drove from Vicksburg to Natchez, the next-to-last stop on our tour. Our route took us over two storied highways of the South, US Highway 61, also known as the Blues Highway, and the Natchez Trace. We began on Highway 61, starting in Vicksburg and going just past the turn for the…
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Days 39 & 40 – Vicksburg
On October 24 we traveled from Memphis to Vicksburg. And on October 25 we spent a VERY full day touring Vicksburg. This was probably the most packed day of the tour. A little background about Vicksburg. The town sits high on the banks of the Mississippi, or at least it used to. What, wax it…
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Days 37 & 38 – Parkin mounds and a park for Gracie
October 22 and 23 were free days for us. As we have tried to do on this trip, we looked for things to do that could include Gracie. On the 22nd we visited Parkin Archeological State Park in Parkin, Arkansas, about a half hour drive from where we were staying. This turned out to be…
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Day 36 – Memphis, Civil Rights Museum
This day, October 21, was devoted to another side of Memphis’s role in America history. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on the balcony of his room in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Dr King’s influence in the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s was so enormous that the…
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The wanderings of two women and their dog
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