One night in Tulsa, OK–Big Trip #4
We were in Tulsa in early November 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Tulsa’s not quiiiite on the way home to VA from AZ, but it’s well worth the extra hour of driving if you’re traveling I-40 through Oklahoma, as...
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Three nights in Palm Springs, CA–Big Trip #4
We were in Palm Springs in late October 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. The main reason we wanted to go to Palm Springs as we headed east from Oceanside on the coast was for its signature Desert Modern architecture–the...
Indiana Dunes National Park
We visited IDNP in August 2022, as part of Big Trip #4 Indiana Dunes National Park, like Cuyahoga Valley National Park, is an urban park. It’s one of the newest national parks in the US, protecting an important shoreline ecosystem...
One night in Savannah, GA (visit #2)
We were in Savannah from 2/3 to 2/4/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Read about our first visit to Savannah in 2017 here. Savannah was the last official stop on our Florida trip; after Savannah, we parked in my...
One night in Jekyll Island, GA
We were in Jekyll Island from 2/2 to 2/3/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Jekyll Island is an enchanting place. It’s a former millionaires’ vacation paradise turned into a state park in 1948, and is home to miles of...
Four nights in St Augustine, FL (visit #2)
We were in St Augustine from 1/28 to 2/1/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Read about our first visit to St Augustine in 2020 here. Our itinerary called for three nights in Ormond Beach followed by three nights in...
One night in Charlotte, NC (visit #4)
We were in Charlotte from February 28 to February 29, 2021. Read about our previous visits in 2020, late 2017, and early 2017. Charlotte is an easy first or last stop, just over three hours south of home. After boondocking...
Three nights in New Orleans, LA (visit #2)
We were in New Orleans from February 19 to February 22, 2021. Read about our previous visit in 2020 here. We almost didn’t go to New Orleans. After our Texas ordeal, we kind of wanted to shoot straight across to...
Two days in San Antonio, TX
We were in San Antonio from January 29 to January 31, 2021. 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...
One night in Charles City, IA
We were driving from Indianapolis to Fargo 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 City, Iowa,...