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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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  • 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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  • Five days in Fort Collins, CO–Big Trip #1

    Five days in Fort Collins, CO–Big Trip #1

    We visited Fort Collins in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. I have a strange personal attachment to Ft Collins. I had never been there, didn’t know much about it other than its general location north of Denver, but for some reason for something like twenty years I’ve always had a thought in the back…

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  • Four days in Durango, CO (visit #1)–Big Trip #1

    Four days in Durango, CO (visit #1)–Big Trip #1

    We visited Durango in April 2016, during Big Trip #1. Read here about our second visit in 2020, during Big Trip #3. Durango, like Flagstaff, is a town that we could see ourselves living in. Super outdoorsy, with breweries and restaurants and a neat little downtown area. This was another place where we extended our…

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  • A day in the Airstream life–Big Trip #1

    A day in the Airstream life–Big Trip #1

    We wrote this post during Big Trip #1. I thought it would be interesting to share with you an example of a typical day for us on the road. But what is a typical day? Sometimes we’re coming setting up camp, or going and breaking down camp, or settled in a place and cooking meals and…

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  • Three Days in Ft Davis, TX–Big Trip #1

    Three Days in Ft Davis, TX–Big Trip #1

    We visited Ft Davis in March 2016 as part of Big Trip #1. On our big wish-list map of places we want to hit on this trip, we have two dots in far southwest Texas: Big Bend National Park, and the town of Marfa. Marfa is on several “best small towns” lists that we came…

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  • Four days in Fredericksburg, TX (visit #1)–Big Trip #1

    Four days in Fredericksburg, TX (visit #1)–Big Trip #1

    We visited Fredericksburg in March 2016 as part of Big Trip #1. Read about our second visit in 2018 here and our third visit in 2024 here. Greetings from charming Fredericksburg! You may have noticed a glaring omission in our route through Central Texas… We very much looked forward to spending time in Austin on…

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