Jacqueline’s Jaunts

01 June 2025, R&R Winery, Greenwood Springs, Mississippi to KOA Journey North Little Rock, Arkansas Jeeps - 4 We said our goodbyes to Ruth, and we were on our way to North Little Rock, Arkansas. We had a four-hour drive ahead of us. Today’s drive is one of the longest drives on our way home. Most of the county roadways were OK. The highway was better. Everything is green and lush. The sky is blue and full of cotton balls.  We crossed into Tennessee at 1:20 PM. THE INTERSTATE IS HORRIBLE!!!! They win the prize right now for the worst roads. Then we crossed into Arkansas at 1:33 PM. The part of Arkansas we crossed into was a jog so it was quick from one state to another. It was still an hour to the KOA in North Little Rock. We made it about 3:40 PM. Thank goodness our coach’s insulation is sound because we are close to the highway. We are here for two nights.  In the evening, we walked in the park, and you could hear the traffic. Glad we are a little bit away from the road....

31 May 2025, Red Bay, Alabama, Tiffin Service Center to R & R Winery, Harvest Host, Greensprings, Mississippi Today’s drive was mainly on county roads. When we crossed into Mississippi, we didn’t see a sign for about a mile, and then we almost missed it. I had Barry stop, and I walked back to the sign, about 60 feet.  We arrived around 3:00 PM. Once parked and set up, it’s time for wine tasting. Whoever thought we would be wine tasting in Mississippi? The winery has a cool tasting room. The tasting room looks like a dining room. A couple was tasting when we entered. We ended up talking to them for an hour. Both are X-ray techs in a hospital about 45 miles from here. We never stopped talking about kids, family, retirement, bugs in the south, health care, wine tasting, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  Ruth and Rich Romanowski own R & R Winery . Ruth informed us that the winery was having its last Saturday of the month dinner with live music. They do this on the 2nd and...

30 May 2025, Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama, to Red Bay, Alabama, Tiffin Service Center Jeeps – 16 We left Oak Mountain around 10:00 AM. Our next destination is Red Bay, Alabama, to the Tiffin Service Center. As we were leaving Oak Mountain, we stopped at an area where there was a lake. The area had ski jumps, wakeboard rails, and a large water park. There was a beautiful pavilion on the shore. This park has so much to offer. Unfortunately, it’s in Alabama, as it would be an excellent location for our Family Picnic, which we hold every summer.  We arrived at Tiffin around 1:00 PM. We checked in at the office and then drove to our site. Barry contacted Shawn Cole to let him know we arrived. The purpose of our trip here is to take an orientation tour of our coach and discuss a few other matters. Since we were going through Alabama, we might as well take advantage. We had to cancel a few other stops, but we felt it was worth it.  We learned quite a bit from Shawn, especially ab...

29 May 2025, Andersonville, Georgia to  Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama Jeeps- 2 We were up early. We needed to meet Cynthia Stormcaller at the Little Drummer Boy Museum to pay our Campground fee before we left this morning. She is the Curator of the museum, as well as the Director of Tourism for Andersonville. She also does tours at Andersonville National Cemetery and Park. Very knowledgeable about the area.  The museum is a treasure trove of original artifacts from the Civil War. The uniform display is a notable highlight. There are artifacts from Gettysburg, Shiloh, Andersonville, and other notable battles. There is a mannequin dressed in a full silk dress with the history behind it posted in front of it. All the displays feature a history of each piece. My favorite uniform was the Zouave Drummer Boy uniform. The uniform is in excellent condition. According to the card, there is only one other known uniform in the Little White House Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Another f...

28 May 2025, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park and Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm, Plains, Georgia Plains, Georgia, was only a 30-minute drive from Andersonville and our destination for the day. We visited the  Jimmy Carter National Historical Park .  We needed to buy a few groceries and some cold medicine for Barry. We found a Walgreens in Americus on the way to Plains. We stopped and picked up everything on our Walgreens list. We will stop by a grocery store on the way back.   Plains was only another 10 minutes from Americus. Our first stop was the Plains High School Museum and Visitor Center for Passport Book Stamps. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter attended high school here. What a great job they have done preserving the building and making it into a museum honoring the Carters. The museum has done an excellent job of covering Jimmy and Rosalynn’s time spent here in addition to some of his early political career. There are a lot of great quotes from Jimmy Carter on the w...