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Tag: north carolina

  • Trip planning: Spring quickie to the mountains

    Trip planning: Spring quickie to the mountains

    We went on this little trip in April 2023. This post has been edited to include where we actually went! We haven’t had the Airstream out since November (despite only finishing the Big Trip #4 posts just a few weeks ago–it took us a while to write everything up!), and we’re itching to hit the…

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  • One night in Asheville, NC (visit #11)–Florida in January trip

    One night in Asheville, NC (visit #11)–Florida in January trip

    We were in Asheville in December 2021 as part of our Florida in January trip. Read about our many Asheville visits here. Blah blah blah Asheville. I know, you’re bored, but we were heading south on our Florida odyssey, so of course we stopped in Asheville. Also, Interstate 85 between Charlotte and Greenville is a…

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  • One night in Lake Lure, NC–Quickie Fall Loop

    One night in Lake Lure, NC–Quickie Fall Loop

    We visited Lake Lure in November 2021, as part of our quickie fall loop from Erwin, TN to Asheville to Lake Lure. Lake Lure is a tiny town with a pretty recreational lake nestled in the mountains less than an hour from Asheville. There’s not much to the town that isn’t lake-related, so in the off-season,…

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  • Three days in Asheville, NC (visit #10)–Quickie Fall Loop

    Three days in Asheville, NC (visit #10)–Quickie Fall Loop

    We visited Asheville in November 2021, as part of our quickie fall loop from Erwin, TN to Asheville to Lake Lure, NC. Read about our many other Asheville visits here. This was our tenth time taking the Airstream to Asheville! Can you tell we love it? I know everyone is bored with my Asheville posts, but…

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  • Quickie fall loop: Erwin, TN – Asheville, NC – Lake Lure, NC

    Quickie fall loop: Erwin, TN – Asheville, NC – Lake Lure, NC

    We did this loop from November 15 to November 20, 2021. We live in central Virginia, and when we want to take the Airstream out for a few days our usual quickie destination is Asheville. We’ve been there a bunch of times and it checks all the boxes for us: great food, beer, cocktails, hiking,…

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  • Four days in Boone, NC (visit #2)

    Four days in Boone, NC (visit #2)

    We visited Boone in August 2021. Read about our first visit to Boone in May 2021 here, and our third in September 2023 here. We also visited Floyd, VA on this trip. After spending two nights in Boone in May, we knew we had to go back and explore more. We barely scratched the surface…

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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 Asheville, NC (visit #9)–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    Two nights in Asheville, NC (visit #9)–RV Caravan with Friends trip

    We were in Asheville in May 2021 during our RV Caravan with Friends trip. Yes, I just published a trip planning post for a trip we finished months ago. The info is still useful, right? Read about our many other Asheville visits here. I know, I know, you’re sick of me writing about Asheville. Well,…

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  • Trip planning: NC/WV/VA RV caravan with friends!

    Trip planning: NC/WV/VA RV caravan with friends!

    Oh boy! This will be a different kind of trip for us! While we’re mostly spending time in places we’ve been before, we’re doing it in a new way: our besties have rented an RV and will be parking next to us! We finally convinced our friends to try RVing and they’re hooked. She has…

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  • One night in Charlotte, NC (visit #4)–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Charlotte, NC (visit #4)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Charlotte in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth Trip. 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 in Atlanta, we needed a night with full hookups to clean the Airstream (including…

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