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Big Trip #3 Retrospective
Big Trip #3 was in Fall 2020; you should also read about Big Trip #1 in 2016, Big Trip #2 in 2018, and Big Trip #4 in 2022! This trip was a little weird. Wildfires altered our route: our initial trip plans included Oregon and California, but after experiencing the smoke in Montana, we rerouted.…
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Two nights in Asheville, NC (visit #8)–Big Trip #3
We were in Ashville in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our Asheville favorites here. Asheville is generally our first or last (or both) stop on any Airstream trip. We love this city–great hiking, food, beer, cocktails, and campground. It checks all our boxes! We’ve written extensively about our Asheville stays and…
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One day in Pigeon Forge, TN–Big Trip #3
We were in Pigeon Forge in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Pigeon Forge (and Gatlinburg next door), to us, is only worth visiting as a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We did not like the town at all, but if you have read this blog at all you should not be…
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One night in Nashville, TN (visit #5)–Big Trip #3
We were in Nashville in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our first Nashville visit in May 2017 here, our second visit in December 2017 here, our third visit in October 2018 here, our fourth visit in December 2018 here, our fifth visit in October 2020 here, and our sixth visit in November…
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One night in Memphis, TN (visit #2)–Big Trip #3
We were in Memphis in late October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our first visit in 2017 here, and subsequent visits in 2022 here and 2023 here. We are flying back East! Colorado to Kansas to Missouri to Tennessee (sort of), where we could take it easy for a day. We…
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One night in Joplin, MO–Big Trip #3
We visited Joplin in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Joplin is a medium-sized town on Route 66 near the interstate. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Bonnie and Clyde hid out there, and Janis Joplin is unaffiliated with it. We chose it as a stopover for convenience, Route 66 history, and the fact…
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One night in Dodge City, KS–Big Trip #3
We visited Dodge City in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. After leaving Denver, we started hightailing it across the Midwest toward home, picking kind of random places to spend our next two nights. First stop: Dodge City, Kansas, a six-hour drive southeast from Denver. We knew of it as a Wild West town,…
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One night in Denver, CO (visit #3)–Big Trip #3
We visited Denver in October 2020 during Big Trip #3. Read about our first visit in 2016 here during Big Trip #1, and our second visit in 2018 here during Big Trip #2. Snow was coming! We went to Denver a day early so we could turn east for home ahead of the storm. This…
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One night in Breckenridge, CO–Big Trip #3
We visited Breckenridge in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. After visiting the charming ski towns of Telluride and Crested Butte, we were excited to experience one more before turning for home. Breckenridge isn’t like those two pretty, quaint, happy little towns! It’s much glitzier; everything seems shiny and bigger and buzzier. We much…
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Two days in Durango, CO (visit #2)–Big Trip #3
We visited Durango in October 2020, during Big Trip #3. Read here about our first visit in April 2016 during Big Trip #1. Durango was one of our favorite stops on Big Trip #1, to the point where we wondered if we could live there. This time around it didn’t charm us quiiiiite so much.…
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