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Tag: state parks

  • A weekend in Denver (visit #2)–Big Trip #2

    A weekend in Denver (visit #2)–Big Trip #2

    We were in Denver in October 2018 as part of Big Trip #2. Read about our first visit in 2016 here during Big Trip #1. Read about our third visit in 2020 here during Big Trip #3. We did this on our first Big Trip: camped in the Airstream beside our friends’ house in Northeast Denver.…

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  • Five days in Asheville, NC (visit #6)

    Five days in Asheville, NC (visit #6)

    We visited Asheville in September 2018. We also visited Sylva as part of this short trip. …and we’re back in Asheville. As I mentioned in my Sylva post, we needed a quick trip to knock the dust off our Airstreaming skills before our next Big Trip in a couple weeks. You may know that we…

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  • Trip planning: Asheville, Nashville, Pisgah/Nantahala…

    Trip planning: Asheville, Nashville, Pisgah/Nantahala…

    In my opinion, trip planning is almost as exciting as trip taking! We’re starting to think about our biannual Asheville Airstreaming pilgrimage, and wondering what other explorations we can cram in while we’re out and about. Right now, we’re leaning toward a few days in Nashville in our favorite parking lot campsite, a couple days…

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  • Two days in Branson, MO–Big Bend Loop

    Two days in Branson, MO–Big Bend Loop

    We visited Branson in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. Branson wasn’t on our initial itinerary for this trip, and then the NYT’s list of 52 Places to Go in 2018 was released–and Branson’s on the list! It’s on the way from Medicine Park to St Louis, and the route from Branson…

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  • Three days in Fayetteville, AR–Big Bend Loop

    Three days in Fayetteville, AR–Big Bend Loop

    We visited Fayetteville in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. I was surprised at how much I liked Fayetteville, not having really known much about it going in. We had mostly considered it a base from which to do some hiking in the Ozarks, but in addition to that, from the…

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  • One day in Terlingua, TX–Big Bend Loop

    One day in Terlingua, TX–Big Bend Loop

    We visited Terlingua in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. How do I describe Terlingua… It’s a tiny ghost town in the desert with nightly live music and delicious margaritas. It’s famous for its annual chili cookoff–which is actually two competing cookoffs, and one giant party–every November. It’s a surprising little…

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  • Two days in Destin, FL–Winter Loop to Austin

    Two days in Destin, FL–Winter Loop to Austin

    We visited Destin in January 2017 as part of our Winter Loop to Austin trip. Destin is a bit of a sprawling beach destination, spreading from the ocean to the bay along a busy main drag, and it has many faces: partially-vacant strip malls, touristy beach bars and seafood restaurants, fancy yacht clubs and golf courses and a Whole Foods,…

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  • Winter trip brainstorming, Part II

    Winter trip brainstorming, Part II

    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! We’re brainstorming a winter Airstream trip from VA to somewhere warmer. In Part I, we looked at Coastal SC and GA. Part II is all about Florida beaches.…

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  • Four days in Canaan Valley, WV

    Four days in Canaan Valley, WV

    We visited Canaan Valley in November 2016, while full-timing in the Airstream. In the early Aughts, J and I (and Bugsy’s two dear departed predecessors) spent a lot of time in the Potomac Highlands of eastern West Virginia, hiking and biking in spectacular spots like Dolly Sods Wilderness, Seneca Rocks, and Spruce Knob – Seneca Creek Backcountry. We…

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  • One day in Louisville, KY–Big Trip #1

    One day in Louisville, KY–Big Trip #1

    We visited Louisville in June 2016 during Big Trip #1. It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say we were in Louisville for one day. We arrived in late afternoon and left in late morning, but we managed to fit in a little bit of exploring. Louisville seems like a fun town; I’d like to…

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