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Tag: hiking

  • Glacier National Park

    Glacier National Park

    We visited the west side of Glacier National Park in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3, and the east side in September 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Glacier National Park is popular! All this popularity means crowds in the campgrounds, crowds in the parking lots, crowds on the scenic drives, and…

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  • Four days in West Glacier, MT–Big Trip #3

    Four days in West Glacier, MT–Big Trip #3

    We visited West Glacier in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Theodore Roosevelt National Park put us into hyper-hiking mode, and we were so excited to get to Glacier National Park! Our sincere hope was that we’d arrive late enough in the season that we would miss the crowds but still get great weather…

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  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    Theodore Roosevelt National Park

    We visited TRNP in late summer 2020 as part of Big Trip #3, and again in late summer 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. We’ve now been to Medora, North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park twice, and both times had an incredible experience because 1) the scenery is gorgeous, and 2) it’s not…

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  • Big Trip #3 Catch-up #1

    Big Trip #3 Catch-up #1

    Yes, I’m behind posting about Big Trip #3, and I’m just going to get slower because we’re into the good hiking territory now and that’s pretty much all we’re doing. And drinking beer. So in an attempt to keep you caught up if you’re following along in real time, here’s where we’ve been so far,…

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  • Trip planning: the Smokies in the Spring

    Trip planning: the Smokies in the Spring

    Expecting to travel this Spring with the current COVID-19 situation may be wishful thinking, but what better way to distract myself from the news than by dreaming about adventures? Before all this pandemic crap we were going to go to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in April. Hopefully even though we can’t go this Spring,…

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  • Three days in Eastpoint, FL (visit #1)–Southeast Lollipop trip

    Three days in Eastpoint, FL (visit #1)–Southeast Lollipop trip

    We were in Eastpoint in early January 2020 as part of our Southeast Lollipop trip. Read about our second visit in February 2021 here. From St Augustine, it was an uneventful 4.5-hour drive across the top of Florida to Eastpoint, on the so-called Forgotten Coast of Florida’s panhandle. This area feels completely different to other parts…

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  • Three days in Fayetteville, WV–Misty Mountain Week trip

    Three days in Fayetteville, WV–Misty Mountain Week trip

    We were in Fayetteville in September 2019; we also visited Asheville and the Misty Mountain Music Festival on this week away. Read about our second visit in 2021 here, our third visit in 2022 here, and our fourth visit in 2023 here! After Asheville, the next stop on our way to the Misty Mountain Music…

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  • Three days in Asheville, NC (visit #7)–Misty Mountain Week trip

    Three days in Asheville, NC (visit #7)–Misty Mountain Week trip

    We were in Asheville in September 2019; we also visited Fayetteville and the Misty Mountain Music Festival on this week away. The Airstream had been parked all summer after we got home from our Maine trip, alone and lonely (except for the collection of black widows hanging out around the chocks and levelers), until we…

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  • Trip planning: Asheville NC and Fayetteville WV

    Trip planning: Asheville NC and Fayetteville WV

    This planning post was for a trip to Asheville and Fayetteville in September 2019. …but our ultimate destination isn’t either of those places. It’s our Airstream’s old home Misty Mountain Camp Resort in Crozet, VA, for the Misty Mountain Music Festival, a weekend of Virginia performers and local food, beer, and crafts. This will be…

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  • Two days in Camden, Maine–Acadia Loop trip

    Two days in Camden, Maine–Acadia Loop trip

    We visited Camden in May 2019 during our Acadia National Park trip. Campground After leaving Bar Harbor, we wanted to explore Central Maine’s coast, so we spent two nights at Megunticook Campground near the towns of Camden, Rockport, and Rockland. It’s a super friendly park, with a sweet doggy in the office and lots of space…

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