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  • Big Trip #4 – Best places we ate

    Big Trip #4 – Best places we ate

    While we were working on the Big Trip #4 Retrospective post, I had fun putting this one together. No, it’s not about our favorite restaurants! Here are the best places we ate on Big Trip #4, in chronological order:

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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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  • 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 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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  • Big Bend National Park (visit #3)–Big Trip #2

    Big Bend National Park (visit #3)–Big Trip #2

    We visited Big Bend in December 2018 during Big Trip #2. Read about our other visits here: 2021, early 2018, and 2016. Early December must be one of the best times to visit Big Bend National Park. The campground and trails were quiet and sparsely populated, the weather was pleasant, and look at that color in the…

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  • Grand Canyon National Park – South Rim

    Grand Canyon National Park – South Rim

    [FOR GRAND CANYON NORTH RIM, SEE HERE!] [This is the original GCNP post from Big Trip #1 in 2016, updated with details from our 2018 visit on Big Trip #2.] If you’re planning a visit to the Grand Canyon, GET THERE EARLY! Even in late March and mid-November, outside tourist season, the park got crowded quickly.…

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  • Airstream Living: Organization

    Airstream Living: Organization

    (That picture is from when we loaded our new Airstream for our first trip, two years ago!) This time of year, everyone is interested in organization and streamlining their homes, right? Those concepts are especially important when you live in a tiny house, and even more so when you share your tiny house with another…

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  • 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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  • The Other Co-Most Valuable Winter Airstream Gadget: a space heater

    The Other Co-Most Valuable Winter Airstream Gadget: a space heater

    A while ago I wrote about the fabulous job our excellent new dehumidifier has been doing to keep our tin can home dry all winter while we three creatures are doing a lot of indoor exhalation. Its co-MVP for Airstream winter comfort is… drumroll… a Vornado space heater! [Update: our Vornado has since conked out and been…

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  • Co-Most Valuable Winter Airstream Gadget: our new dehumidifier

    Co-Most Valuable Winter Airstream Gadget: our new dehumidifier

    In December, I put together a list of our favorite gadgets and gizmos that make our RV life happier. One of those gadgets was our cute little dehumidifier that would sit on the kitchen counter or bedside table and merrily chug away, pulling moisture from the air. Occasionally we’d see some water on the wall or…

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