Category: South Central
One day in Abilene, TX–Big Bend Loop
We visited Abilene in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. When plotting the route for this trip, we had some definite destinations that needed to be connected by unknown intermediate points. Abilene was one such point, chosen because it has a few breweries and a campground not too far from town.…
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One day in Terlingua, TX–Big Bend Loop
We visited Terlingua in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. How do I describe Terlingua… It’s a tiny ghost town in the desert with nightly live music and delicious margaritas. It’s famous for its annual chili cookoff–which is actually two competing cookoffs, and one giant party–every November. It’s a surprising little…
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Three days in Big Bend National Park (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop
We visited Big Bend in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. Read about our day trip to Big Bend in 2016 here, and our subsequent third visit here and fourth visit here. We made it! Big Bend National Park was the itinerary-shaping destination for this Airstream journey, and it was absolutely…
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Two days in Alpine, TX (visit #1)–Big Bend Loop
We visited Alpine in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. Read about our subsequent visits here: late 2018, and 2021. West Texas is a really unique and wonderful place. It’s hard to describe the culture–kind of artsy hippie meets the Wild West–and the physical setting is otherworldly. On our big trip two years…
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One day in Fredericksburg, TX (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop
We visited Fredericksburg in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. Read about our first visit in 2016 here and our third visit in 2024 here. Fredericksburg is a wee German-rooted town an hour west of Austin, and since we enjoyed our stay when we went through on our two years ago…
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Five days in Austin (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop
We visited Austin in early January 2018 as part of our Big Bend loop. Read about our other Austin visits here. This was our second stay at our favorite urban campground, Pecan Grove, smack dab in the middle of one of our favorite cities, Austin. Read about our first stay here (and third here and…
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One night in Lafayette, LA–Winter Loop to Austin
We visited Lafayette in January 2017 as part of our Winter Loop to Austin trip. Read about our second visit in 2024 here. From Austin, we had a long day of driving to spend the evening with friends in Lafayette, LA. We stayed at the Scott KOA, but didn’t really spend any time there, except…
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Austin: Exploring the City–Winter Loop to Austin
This post is from our visit in January 2017 when we took a Winter Loop to Austin trip! We loved Austin. Did I mention that when telling you about our eating and drinking exploits there? It may not seem like it from my other Austin posts, but we actually did a lot around the city that…
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Austin: Drinking–Winter Loop to Austin
This post is from our visit in January 2017 when we took a Winter Loop to Austin trip! We were in Austin for eight days, and we visited TEN breweries. You’re welcome–our job is to research local beer for you, and we take our job very seriously. We also had a few drinks at non-brewery locations, including cocktails, coffee/tea,…
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Austin: Eating–Winter Loop to Austin
This post is from our visit in January 2017 when we took a Winter Loop to Austin trip! We ate SO much and drank SO much in eight days in Austin that since coming home, we’ve been on a strict exercise regimen. It was so, so worth it. We had some phenomenal food experiences in…
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