bugsy running on lone rock beach with the airstream and f-150 in the background
  • One night in Mesilla, NM–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Mesilla, NM–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Mesilla in February 2021 when on our Winter Warmth Trip. The day started so wonderfully: we drove from Bisbee to Chiricahua National Monument for a gorgeous hike through the hoodoo wonderland. It was a cold day, and we laughed at the snow flurries because we were in the Desert Southwest! Ha! Snow

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  • Two nights in Bisbee, AZ–Winter Warmth trip

    Two nights in Bisbee, AZ–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Bisbee in February 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. From Lost Dutchman up near Phoenix, we swung south again almost to Mexico for the last stop on our delightful little tour of Arizona. Bisbee is a small hamlet built into a hillside south of Tucson, full of art galleries, copper

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  • Two nights at Lost Dutchman State Park, AZ–Winter Warmth trip

    Two nights at Lost Dutchman State Park, AZ–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Lost Dutchman in February 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Lucky us: we left one absurdly beautiful Arizona state park and headed to another. From Catalina State Park just north of Tucson it’s a 1.5-hour drive up to Lost Dutchman State Park, east of Apache Junction, a suburb of Phoenix.

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  • Two nights in Catalina State Park, AZ–Winter Warmth trip

    Two nights in Catalina State Park, AZ–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Catalina in February 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our second visit in 2023 here. If you’re anywhere near Tucson, just go to Catalina State Park. Just go! Only about 20 minutes north of Tucson, Catalina is insanely gorgeous, the hikes are (mostly) dog-friendly, and the campground is

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  • Four nights in Tucson, AZ (visit #2)–Winter Warmth trip

    Four nights in Tucson, AZ (visit #2)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Tucson in early February 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our first visit in 2019 here, our third in 2022 here, and our fourth in 2023 here. And I finally wrote a Tucson Favorites post! It’s a long drive from Marfa to Tucson! We don’t normally like to

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  • One night in Marfa, TX–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Marfa, TX–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Marfa in February 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Marfa is a surprising place: a charming, half-hippie, half-cowboy little town waaaay out in southwest Texas. It’s known for a thriving art scene and the mysterious Marfa Lights, it has a walkable little downtown, and some good food and drink options.

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  • Two days in Big Bend National Park (visit #4)–Winter Warmth Trip

    Two days in Big Bend National Park (visit #4)–Winter Warmth Trip

    We were in Big Bend from February 1 to February 3, 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our past visits here: late 2018, early 2018, and 2016. We love Big Bend! Is it our favorite National Park? Maybe! It’s too hard to choose, but Big Bend is in the running for

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  • One night in Alpine, TX (visit #3)–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Alpine, TX (visit #3)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Alpine in January 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our past visits here: 2019, 2018, and a couple hours in 2016. After some big city fun in Austin and San Antonio, we shot west toward our probably-favorite (but man that’s a hard choice to make) National Park. We

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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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  • Three days in Austin, TX (visit #4)–Winter Warmth trip

    Three days in Austin, TX (visit #4)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Austin in January 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our previous visits here: 2017, 2018, and 2019, and our Snowmaggedon experience in 2021 here; and our subsequent visit in 2024 here. Austin made us forget all about our disappointing stopover in Vidor! I need to write an Austin

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