Author: lauren
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One night in New Ulm, MN–Big Trip #3
We visited New Ulm in August 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Where? Yes. We were heading to Fargo from Charles City, and didn’t want to drive a million hours, so looked for a small town with character in Minnesota to stop at for the night. Our first choice was Red Wing (no offense, New…
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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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Two nights in Indianapolis, IN–Big Trip #3
We visited Indianapolis in August 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. And we’re off! We packed our face masks and hand sanitizer and hit the road for the Covid-killing sunshine and fresh air of the Rockies. First stop after a long driving day from VA was Indianapolis, home to good beer, interesting touristy stuff,…
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Trip planning: Northern Rockies, California in the fall: What’s open in the national parks?
This planning post was for what ended up being Big Trip #3 in fall of 2020! UPDATE! Here are the places we ended up visiting on this trip: Big Trip #3 Catch-up #1 Big Trip #3 Catch-up #2 Big Trip #3 Catch-up #3 and the retrospective post! If you look at our maps, you may…
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AirstreamDog trip maps
Ahoy! With travel paused for the foreseeable future due to Covid-19, I’m spending my trip-dreaming time cleaning up old posts and better organizing the blog. One item on my AirstreamDog wishlist has been adding layers to our AirstreamDog Places map breaking out the itineraries for each of our bigger multi-destination trips. I think it’s helpful…
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Trip planning: the Smokies in the Spring
Expecting to travel this Spring with the current COVID-19 situation may be wishful thinking, but what better way to distract myself from the news than by dreaming about adventures? Before all this pandemic crap we were going to go to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in April. Hopefully even though we can’t go this Spring,…
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One night in Charlotte, NC (visit #3)–Southeast Lollipop trip
We were in Charlotte as part of our Southeast Lollipop trip in January 2020. Read about our first two Airstream trips to Charlotte in 2017 here and here, and our fourth in 2021 here. Charlotte’s an easy overnight stop for us when taking the Airstream south or home to VA from the South. The campground…
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One night in Montgomery, AL–Southeast Lollipop trip
We were in Montgomery as part of our Southeast Lollipop trip in January 2020. For a dose of culture, a tasty meal, and a relaxing drink after a long day of driving, we chose Montgomery as our stopover between New Orleans and Atlanta. Montgomery is packed with important historical sites and some solid bar and…
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Four days in New Orleans, LA (visit #1)–Southeast Lollipop trip
We were in New Orleans as part of our Southeast Lollipop trip in January 2020. Read about our second visit in 2021 here and our third visit in 2024 here. A big city has to be special for us to take the Airstream there: in addition to having fun and/or interesting things to do and…
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Three days in Eastpoint, FL (visit #1)–Southeast Lollipop trip
We were in Eastpoint in early January 2020 as part of our Southeast Lollipop trip. Read about our second visit in February 2021 here. From St Augustine, it was an uneventful 4.5-hour drive across the top of Florida to Eastpoint, on the so-called Forgotten Coast of Florida’s panhandle. This area feels completely different to other parts…
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