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Tag: boondocking

  • One night in Denver, CO (visit #3)–Big Trip #3

    One night in Denver, CO (visit #3)–Big Trip #3

    We visited Denver in October 2020 during Big Trip #3. Read about our first visit in 2016 here during Big Trip #1, and our second visit in 2018 here during Big Trip #2. Snow was coming! We went to Denver a day early so we could turn east for home ahead of the storm. This…

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  • One night in Telluride, CO–Big Trip #3

    One night in Telluride, CO–Big Trip #3

    We visited Telluride in mid-October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. We were supposed to have two nights in Telluride, but we screwed up the dates and missed our first night, and our second night was the very last night the campground was open for the year. Too bad–we would have liked another day…

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  • One night in Valley of the Gods, UT (visit #2)–Big Trip #3

    One night in Valley of the Gods, UT (visit #2)–Big Trip #3

    We stayed in Valley of the Gods in October 2020, during Big Trip #3. Read here about our first visit in 2016, during Big Trip #1. I spilled the beans about a super boondocking spot in my last post, so might as well keep rolling with the theme and tell you about another one. Valley…

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  • Two days just outside Capitol Reef National Park, UT–Big Trip #3

    Two days just outside Capitol Reef National Park, UT–Big Trip #3

    We visited Capitol Reef in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our first visit to Capitol Reef here in 2016. After fueling up with a delicious breakfast outside Escalante, we zipped down the road to Capitol Reef National Park. We’d been to Capitol Reef before, and based ourselves in the little town…

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  • One night in Logan, UT–Big Trip #3

    One night in Logan, UT–Big Trip #3

    We visited Logan in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. With a one-day gap between Ketchum and our next stop, Park City, we looked for a spot along the way to spend the night in the woods with easy access to a morning hike, like we had in Stanley. We found it in Logan!…

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  • One night in Stanley, ID–Big Trip #3

    One night in Stanley, ID–Big Trip #3

    We visited Stanley in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Tiny Stanley is an outdoor adventurer’s town. It’s in the middle of nowhere, has a grocery, a couple cool-looking restaurants, and that’s about it… except for the scenic Salmon River and towering Sawtooth Mountains sprinkled with gorgeous alpine lakes. We were there for the…

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  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    We visited Organ Pipe in November 2018, during Big Trip #2. This magical land of desert delights is an International Biosphere Reserve, home to virtually all the organ pipe cacti in the US. The organ pipe cactus, with is cluster of upright stems growing from a single low trunk, is named for its resemblance to…

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  • Joshua Tree National Park

    Joshua Tree National Park

    We visited Joshua Tree in November 2018, during Big Trip #2. We finally got to California in the Airstream! Bugsy got a new state! (She’s up to 36 now!) For some reason–ignorance, I guess–we weren’t sure if Joshua Tree was worth rearranging our schedule and driving many extra hours to visit. The answer is yes.…

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  • Grand Canyon North Rim

    Grand Canyon North Rim

    We visited the North Rim in October 2018, as part of Big Trip #2. The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is visited by only 10% of all Grand Canyon visitors. It’s a 24-mile hike across rim-to-rim, but driving from the South Rim Visitor Center to the North Rim Visitor Center it’s 212 miles! We…

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  • One day in St Francis, KS–Big Trip #2

    One day in St Francis, KS–Big Trip #2

    We were in St Francis in October 2018 as part of Big Trip #2. Omaha to Denver is a long haul, and we wanted to get to Denver early in the day to avoid Friday afternoon traffic, so we needed an overnight stop. In the interest of getting Bugsy a new state (me too, actually!),…

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