bugsy running on lone rock beach with the airstream and f-150 in the background

Tag: north carolina

  • One day in Charlotte, NC (visit #1)–Winter Loop to Austin

    One day in Charlotte, NC (visit #1)–Winter Loop to Austin

    This post is about our visit in early 2017 as part of our Winter Loop to Austin trip. Click to read about our subsequent visits in late 2017, early 2020, and early 2021. Campground If you google “campgrounds in Charlotte,” you’ll see several dots outside Charlotte’s I-485 perimeter loop, and just one dot inside the circle:…

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  • 36 hours in Asheville, NC (visit #2)–Winter Loop to Austin

    36 hours in Asheville, NC (visit #2)–Winter Loop to Austin

    We visited Asheville at the very end of 2016, as part of our Winter Loop to Austin. Read about our first visit in early 2016 here, and bazillion visits later you can just skip ahead to our favorites here. We love Asheville! Despite being sick, we still managed to visit a few new breweries (and one old…

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  • Winter trip brainstorming, Part I

    Winter trip brainstorming, Part I

    This brainstorm was for a trip in early 2017. See Part II and Part III of the brainstorm, and read about what we actually ended up doing! Because when it’s cold outside, we spend most of our time in our tiny metal tube, so we thought it would be nice to take said tube to warmer…

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  • Two days in Blowing Rock, NC–Big Trip #1

    Two days in Blowing Rock, NC–Big Trip #1

    We visited Blowing Rock at the end of Big Trip #1, in spring 2016. Read about our second visit in September 2023 here. Blowing Rock was our last camping stop of the trip. While we had mixed feelings about the adventure coming to a close (a regular-sized bed! and a regular-sized bathroom! and our friends…

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  • Two days in Asheville, NC–Big Trip #1

    Two days in Asheville, NC–Big Trip #1

    We visited Asheville in March 2016 at the start of Big Trip #1. Read about our many other Asheville visits at this link. We started our trip (after a stopover at my sister‘s in Burlington, NC) in Asheville, known as Beer City, USA. There is so much to eat and drink in this hip little…

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