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Tag: waterfalls

  • Two nights in Asheville, NC (visit #13)

    Two nights in Asheville, NC (visit #13)

    We visited Asheville in April 2023, as part of our Spring in the mountains quickie. We’ve been to Asheville too many other times to link here; see our Asheville Favorites post for a summary. This little springtime trip didn’t quite go as planned: we swapped around our first few days and landed in White Sulphur…

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  • Kings Canyon National Park

    Kings Canyon National Park

    We spent three days in Kings Canyon in early October 2022 as part of Big Trip #4. From Yosemite, we continued south to the next Northern California national park, Kings Canyon. Do you know anything about Kings Canyon? Because we didn’t until we started researching. Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park are adjacent…

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  • Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite National Park

    We spent three nights just outside Yosemite in early October 2022 as part of Big Trip #4. From Reno, it was a long (and expensive! gas prices in California!) 4.5-hour drive to our next campground near Yosemite National Park. Our route took us up Tioga Pass, the highest elevation highway pass in CA, and a…

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  • Three nights in Lake Tahoe, CA & NV–Big Trip #4

    Three nights in Lake Tahoe, CA & NV–Big Trip #4

    We visited Lake Tahoe in early October 2022 as part of Big Trip #4. J and I had been to Lake Tahoe before: we went skiing at Homewood a million years ago, and while we don’t remember where we stayed or ate, or even all the people we traveled with, that bright blue lake framing…

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  • Lassen Volcanic National Park

    Lassen Volcanic National Park

    We spent two nights near Lassen Volcanic in early October 2022 as part of Big Trip #4. We had originally booked three nights for our Lassen Volcanic stop, but after being underwhelmed by our first hike, we decided to leave a day early. No offense, Lassen. It’s hard to compete with the other national parks…

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  • Crater Lake National Park

    Crater Lake National Park

    We visited Crater Lake in late September 2022 as part of Big Trip #4. Crater Lake National Park has been on my wishlist for a loooong time. It’s spectacularly gorgeous, but once you’ve done some hikes and stopped at the overlooks, you kind of get the idea. We’d planned on spending three nights there and…

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  • One night in Great Falls, MT–Big Trip #4

    One night in Great Falls, MT–Big Trip #4

    We visited Great Falls on Labor Day, 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Edited because apparently I’ve offended people: We were in town for less than a day, so obviously we don’t know the town at all or what it’s like to live there. This is a travel blog, and all I do is…

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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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  • One day in Pigeon Forge, TN–Big Trip #3

    One day in Pigeon Forge, TN–Big Trip #3

    We were in Pigeon Forge in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3.  Pigeon Forge (and Gatlinburg next door), to us, is only worth visiting as a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We did not like the town at all, but if you have read this blog at all you should not be…

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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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