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Tag: towns

  • Two days in Alpine, TX (visit #1)–Big Bend Loop

    Two days in Alpine, TX (visit #1)–Big Bend Loop

    We visited Alpine in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. Read about our subsequent visits here: late 2018, and 2021. West Texas is a really unique and wonderful place. It’s hard to describe the culture–kind of artsy hippie meets the Wild West–and the physical setting is otherworldly. On our big trip two years…

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  • One day in Fredericksburg, TX (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop

    One day in Fredericksburg, TX (visit #2)–Big Bend Loop

    We visited Fredericksburg in January 2018 as part of our Big Bend Loop trip. Read about our first visit in 2016 here and our third visit in 2024 here. Fredericksburg is a wee German-rooted town an hour west of Austin, and since we enjoyed our stay when we went through on our two years ago…

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  • One day in Unicoi and Johnson City, TN

    One day in Unicoi and Johnson City, TN

    We visited Unicoi and Johnson City in May 2017 while full-timing in the Airstream in Virginia. We also visited Nashville on this trip. We needed a stopover to break up the drive from Nashville to Charlottesville and wanted to be able to fit in a hike, so chose to stay at Woodsmoke Campground in Unicoi,…

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  • Two days in Mobile, AL–Winter Loop to Austin

    Two days in Mobile, AL–Winter Loop to Austin

    We visited Mobile in January 2017 as part of our Winter Loop to Austin. From Lafayette, it’s an easy four-hour drive on I-10 and I-12 to Mobile. Campground We stayed at Shady Acres Campground, a peaceful, no-frills campground in a neighborhood a short drive from downtown Mobile. We appreciated that we were able to cobble…

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  • One night in Lafayette, LA–Winter Loop to Austin

    One night in Lafayette, LA–Winter Loop to Austin

    We visited Lafayette in January 2017 as part of our Winter Loop to Austin trip. Read about our second visit in 2024 here. From Austin, we had a long day of driving to spend the evening with friends in Lafayette, LA. We stayed at the Scott KOA, but didn’t really spend any time there, except…

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  • Instagram roundup to buy some time

    Instagram roundup to buy some time

    Do you follow Bugsy on Instagram? If you do, you know that I’m once again way behind in posting trip updates. Here’s what I’m working on to catch you up on the rest of the Austin trip, plus a long weekend Airstreaming in Virginia Beach and Wilmington, NC: Austin drinking Austin exploring Lafayette, LA Mobile,…

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  • One night in Grapevine, TX–Winter Loop to Austin

    One night in Grapevine, TX–Winter Loop to Austin

    We visited Grapevine in January 2017 as part of our Winter Loop to Austin trip. After two days in Memphis, we wanted to hightail it to Austin as quickly as possible, which meant a long day of driving. Eyeballing the map, it seemed that the Dallas area was a good distance to shoot for, so…

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  • We’re home: quick summary of our Winter Loop to Austin trip

    We’re home: quick summary of our Winter Loop to Austin trip

    Hello from Virginia! We returned home Friday from our 3-week loop through the Southeast to Austin. If you follow Bugsy on Instagram, you already know our general itinerary: It was a great trip and I have lots to say about it, but since I tend to be slow to get the recaps out, here are a…

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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 III

    Winter trip brainstorming, Part III

    This brainstorm was for a trip in early 2017. See Part I and Part II of the brainstorm, and read about what we actually ended up doing! We finish our sun-seeking brainstorming exercise here, after discussing Coastal South Carolina and Georgia in Part I, and the beaches of Northern Florida and the Panhandle in Part…

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