bugsy running on lone rock beach with the airstream and f-150 in the background
  • Three days in Big Bend National Park (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • Three days in Nashville, TN (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop

    Three days in Nashville, TN (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop

    We were in Nashville in December 2017 as part of our Big Bend loop. [Read about our other Nashville visits here: #1, #3, #4, #5, and #6, or skip to our Nashville Favorites post!] After we took the Airstream to Nashville last Spring, we knew we wanted to return for the food, drink, and fun,…

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  • Trip planning: looping out to Big Bend

    Trip planning: looping out to Big Bend

    This planning post was for a trip to Big Bend in January 2018. We visited Big Bend on our three-month trip two years ago and, because we were based in Ft Davis, an hour and a half from the entrance to the park, we spent just ONE DAY in the park. One measly day! We knew…

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  • Two days in Savannah, GA (visit #1)–Short Southeast Loop

    Two days in Savannah, GA (visit #1)–Short Southeast Loop

    We were in Savannah in November 2017 as part of a short Southeast loop. Read about our second visit in 2022 here. J and I had not been to Savannah, so we wanted to spend as much time as possible wandering around and soaking up the history and architecture of the city. Our internet research…

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  • One day in Greenville, SC–Short Southeast Loop

    One day in Greenville, SC–Short Southeast Loop

    We were in Greenville in November 2017 as part of a short Southeast loop. We only had 24 hours in Greenville–lunchtime to lunchtime–but we packed a lot of activity in to that time: lots of walking, followed by snacks, beer, dinner, beer, nightcap, and BISCUITS! Campground Ivy Acres RV Park is lovely, with large pull-through sites…

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  • Greenville SC – Atlanta – Savannah – Charlotte – Burlington NC–Short Southeast Loop

    Greenville SC – Atlanta – Savannah – Charlotte – Burlington NC–Short Southeast Loop

    We did this little loop in November 2017. We love Airstream trip planning! Our challenge for this latest trip: plan a loop that would include visiting family in Atlanta (overlapping with the implosion of the Georgia Dome) and visiting family in Burlington, NC (overlapping with Thanksgiving). The implosion was on the Monday of Thanksgiving week, which…

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  • Eight days in Asheville, NC (visit #4)

    Eight days in Asheville, NC (visit #4)

    We visited Asheville in October 2017. Check this link to see our many other Asheville posts! Yes, we took the Airstream to Asheville again! Are you tired of hearing about Asheville? Because I have more to say about it. I plan to do a quick overview of this eight day trip, and then a separate…

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