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  • One night in Tuscaloosa, AL–Tucson for Christmas trip

    One night in Tuscaloosa, AL–Tucson for Christmas trip

    We were in Tuscaloosa in January 2024, as part of our Tucson for Christmas trip. Between New Orleans and Atlanta (our next scheduled destination), we had an open night. Where to stop? Mobile left us with too much driving the next morning, Birmingham doesn’t have a convenient RV campground, maybe return to Montgomery? Or Tuscaloosa? College towns…

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  • One night in Knoxville, TN — Tucson for Christmas Trip

    One night in Knoxville, TN — Tucson for Christmas Trip

    We were in Knoxville in mid-December 2023, as part of our Tucson for Christmas trip. Our Tucson for Christmas trip has begun! We’re heading west–I’m typing this from cold, rainy Amarillo, and I hit publish in Arizona! Since we’re rushing out West as quickly as reasonably possible, we replaced our usual first stop of Asheville…

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  • Two nights in Ellensburg, WA–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in Ellensburg, WA–Big Trip #4

    We visited Ellensburg in mid-September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Looking to break up the seven-hour drive between Sandpoint and Mount Rainier, we stopped for a couple nights in Ellensburg, Washington. It’s a cute college town, home to Central Washington University, and a historic downtown full of interesting architecture. The highlight of the…

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  • Two nights in Fargo, ND (visit #2)–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in Fargo, ND (visit #2)–Big Trip #4

    We were in Fargo in early September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Read about our first trip to Fargo in 2020 here. The drive to Fargo from Grand Rapids was a pretty one, through forests and past lakes on smaller roads. We arrived in Fargo at one of our favorite campgrounds with a simple…

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  • Two nights in Madison, WI–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in Madison, WI–Big Trip #4

    We were in Madison in August 2022 as part of Big Trip #4 When planning Big Trip #4, we only gave ourselves one night in Madison, and pretty quickly regretted that decision. And then–good news!–we wanted to leave Michigan City a day early, so we ended up with two nights in Madison. It’s a fun…

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  • Two nights in Streetsboro, OH–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in Streetsboro, OH–Big Trip #4

    We were in Streetsboro in August 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. After our stopover in Fayetteville, we spent a couple days in Streetsboro to explore Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Our campground is on the very eastern edge of Streetsboro, and downtown Streetsboro doesn’t seem like anything special, no offense. The town of Hudson,…

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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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  • Four days in Boone, NC (visit #2)

    Four days in Boone, NC (visit #2)

    We visited Boone in August 2021. Read about our first visit to Boone in May 2021 here, and our third in September 2023 here. We also visited Floyd, VA on this trip. After spending two nights in Boone in May, we knew we had to go back and explore more. We barely scratched the surface…

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  • Two nights in Boone, NC–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    Two nights in Boone, NC–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    We visited Boone in May 2021, as part of our week-long RV caravan with friends. Read about our second visit in August 2021 here, and our third in September 2023 here. Boone and Blowing Rock are neighboring towns in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina, less than a two-hour drive from Asheville, our previous stop.…

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  • Four days in St Augustine, FL (visit #1)–Southeast Lollipop trip

    Four days in St Augustine, FL (visit #1)–Southeast Lollipop trip

    We were in St Augustine as part of our Southeast Lollipop trip in January 2020. Read about our second visit in 2022 here. Pretty little St Augustine is VERY touristy, especially around the holidays. Here’s the first impression I jotted down on our initial trip into downtown: “Holy hell people everywhere.” The holiday crowds were…

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