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Tag: campgrounds

  • One night in Erwin, TN–Quickie Fall Loop

    One night in Erwin, TN–Quickie Fall Loop

    We were in Erwin in November 2021, as part of our quickie fall loop from Erwin to Asheville to Lake Lure, NC. Read about our second visit in September 2023 here. I say “in Erwin, TN,” but we didn’t actually go into Erwin proper. We did see a sign for Union Street Taproom, so there’s

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  • Two nights in Floyd, VA (visit #1)–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    Two nights in Floyd, VA (visit #1)–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    We were in Floyd from May 22 to May 24, 2021, as part of our week-long RV caravan with friends, and we returned in August! Floyd is a wee tiny town with an awesome name just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the mountains of southwest Virginia. It’s a scenic 2.5-hour drive from Fayetteville WV, our

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  • Two nights in Boone, NC–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    Two nights in Boone, NC–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    We visited Boone in May 2021, as part of our week-long RV caravan with friends. Read about our second visit in August 2021 here, and our third in September 2023 here. Boone and Blowing Rock are neighboring towns in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina, less than a two-hour drive from Asheville, our previous stop.

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  • Two nights in Bronson, FL–Winter Warmth trip

    Two nights in Bronson, FL–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Bronson in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth Trip. Read about our second visit in 2022 here. This horse girl has always wanted to visit Ocala, the Horse Capital of the World. Might as well swing through the area on the way from Eastpoint, on the panhandle, to Atlanta. Well, it’s kind

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  • One night in Pensacola Beach, FL–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Pensacola Beach, FL–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Pensacola Beach in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth trip. We left New Orleans heading toward Eastpoint, FL with a one-night gap in our itinerary to fill. Pensacola is about halfway between the two towns, and there’s an RV campground at Pensacola Beach that looked promising and had an available site. We

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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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  • One night in Ocean Springs, MS–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Ocean Springs, MS–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Ocean Springs in January 2021, as part of our Winter Warmth Trip. We left Atlanta and headed west, stopping for a night in Ocean Springs, MS, a posh and bustling little beach town full of eating and drinking establishments. It’s a quainter alternative to larger Biloxi across the bay. The main commercial

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  • One night at Ridgway State Park, CO–Big Trip #3

    One night at Ridgway State Park, CO–Big Trip #3

    We visited Ridgway in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Ridgway State Park has been on our wish list map since our first Big Trip in 2016, and it made a good place to relax, reset, and come down from our Crested Butte high as we began the long loop toward home. The main

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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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