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  • One night in Tulsa, OK–Big Trip #4

    One night in Tulsa, OK–Big Trip #4

    We were in Tulsa in early November 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Read about our second visit in 2023 here. Tulsa’s not quiiiite on the way home to VA from AZ, but it’s well worth the extra hour of driving if you’re traveling I-40 through Oklahoma, as we were when heading from Sayre to…

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  • Three nights in Palm Springs, CA–Big Trip #4

    Three nights in Palm Springs, CA–Big Trip #4

    We were in Palm Springs in late October 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. The main reason we wanted to go to Palm Springs as we headed east from Oceanside on the coast was for its signature Desert Modern architecture–the local spin on mid-century modern, adapted for a sunny, leisurely lifestyle. J also wanted to…

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  • Indiana Dunes National Park

    Indiana Dunes National Park

    We visited IDNP in August 2022, as part of Big Trip #4 Indiana Dunes National Park, like Cuyahoga Valley National Park, is an urban park. It’s one of the newest national parks in the US, protecting an important shoreline ecosystem on Lake Michigan, and providing accessible nature experiences to people who live in near cities.…

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  • One night in Savannah, GA (visit #2)–Florida in January trip

    One night in Savannah, GA (visit #2)–Florida in January trip

    We were in Savannah in February 2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Read about our first visit to Savannah in 2017 here. Savannah was the last official stop on our Florida trip; after Savannah, we parked in my sister’s driveway in NC for a night, and then went home. Originally we’d planned on two…

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  • One night in Jekyll Island, GA–Florida in January trip

    One night in Jekyll Island, GA–Florida in January trip

    We were in Jekyll Island in February 2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Jekyll Island is an enchanting place. It’s a former millionaires’ vacation paradise turned into a state park in 1948, and is home to miles of beaches, a resort, a cluster of “cottages” (historic vacation-home mansions of the richy rich), bike paths,…

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  • Four nights in St Augustine, FL (visit #2)–Florida in January trip

    Four nights in St Augustine, FL (visit #2)–Florida in January trip

    We were in St Augustine in January 2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Read about our first visit to St Augustine in 2020 here. Our itinerary called for three nights in Ormond Beach followed by three nights in St Augustine, but the longer we were in Ormond Beach, the more we wanted to leave…

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  • One night in Charlotte, NC (visit #4)–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Charlotte, NC (visit #4)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Charlotte in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our previous visits in 2020, late 2017, and early 2017. Charlotte is an easy first or last stop, just over three hours south of home. After boondocking in Atlanta, we needed a night with full hookups to clean the Airstream (including…

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  • Three nights in New Orleans, LA (visit #2)–Winter Warmth trip

    Three nights in New Orleans, LA (visit #2)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in New Orleans in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth trip. Read about our previous visit in 2020 here and our subsequent visit in 2024 here. We almost didn’t go to New Orleans. After our Texas ordeal, we kind of wanted to shoot straight across to Florida for guaranteed sun and warmth. But…

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  • Two days in San Antonio, TX–Winter Warmth trip

    Two days in San Antonio, TX–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in San Antonio in January 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. In all our gallivanting around Texas, we’d never taken the Airstream to San Antonio. We’ve seen Austin and San Antonio as an either/or, can’t stop at both, and we love Austin so much that it has always won. Well, it…

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  • One night in Charles City, IA–Big Trip #3

    One night in Charles City, IA–Big Trip #3

    We visited Charles City in August 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. We were driving from Indianapolis to Fargo on Big Trip #3, and didn’t want to kill ourselves with a long haul. Where should we stop? Well I have first cousins once removed (I always need to refer to a chart) in Charles…

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