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  • Two nights in San Luis Obispo, CA–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in San Luis Obispo, CA–Big Trip #4

    We visited SLO in late October 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. San Luis Obispo was originally supposed to be the next stop after Santa Cruz. We pictured ourselves doing the entire scenic drive along Route 1 through Big Sur in one day from top to bottom; instead, we did the top half of…

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  • Two nights in Santa Cruz, CA–Big Trip #4

    Two nights in Santa Cruz, CA–Big Trip #4

    We were in Santa Cruz in mid-October 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. We made it to the California coast! Our original itinerary had us staying in Monterey at Monterey County Fair RV Park, but they scheduled an event overtop of our stay and canceled everyone’s reservations. Nice. So we reevaluated and decided that…

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  • One night in Marina, CA–Big Trip #4

    One night in Marina, CA–Big Trip #4

    We were in Marina in mid-October 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Marina was a last-second one-night stop on the way from the interior national parks in Northern California (Kings Canyon and Sequoia) to our originally-planned first stop on the coast, Santa Cruz. We thought we’d be able to visit Monterey from Santa Cruz,…

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  • Two nights in Homosassa, FL–Florida in January trip

    Two nights in Homosassa, FL–Florida in January trip

    We were in Homosassa Springs in January 2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Spoiler: FINALLY WE SAW MANATEES AND IT WAS GLORIOUS!!! In our original route-planning, we were shooting for a stay in Crystal River, just north of Homosassa, but couldn’t get a campsite there. Both towns are wintertime manatee meccas as the…

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  • Two nights in Venice, FL–Florida in January trip

    Two nights in Venice, FL–Florida in January trip

    We were in Venice in January 2022, as part of our Florida in January trip. From Fort Myers Beach we drove an hour and a half north to Venice, a seaside city with beaches, a canal (hence the name), and a cute little downtown strip. Venice seemed like an ok town–nice enough but didn’t grab…

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  • A week in Key West, FL–Florida in January trip

    A week in Key West, FL–Florida in January trip

    We were in Key West in January 2022, as part of our Florida in January trip. Our week in Key West might be the longest we’ve ever camped in one place, other than when we lived in the Airstream for six months. We figured we should stay awhile since it’s so far away, and because…

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  • Four days in Park City, UT (visit #2)–Big Trip #3

    Four days in Park City, UT (visit #2)–Big Trip #3

    We visited Park City in October 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. Read about our visit in 2018 here during Big Trip #2. Park City is a fun stop. The hiking is incredible, the food and cocktails are delicious, and with a big commercial area near the campground, you can easily restock supplies and run…

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  • Five days in Wilson, WY–Big Trip #3

    Five days in Wilson, WY–Big Trip #3

    We visited Wilson in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3. We had a plan for the Tetons: spend a couple days in Grand Teton National Park and do some hiking in the park, then move to the Jackson Hole area for a couple days to check out Jackson and hike with Bugsy outside the…

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  • Yellowstone National Park

    Yellowstone National Park

    We visited Yellowstone in September 2020, as part of Big Trip #3.

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  • Tarantulas!

    Tarantulas!

    All through my formative years, my aunt and uncle had a pet tarantula. A strange choice of pet, no doubt, but Uncle Jim loves the Desert Southwest more than just about anyone else I know, so I guess it made an odd sort of sense. My first tarantula-cousin was a male named Fred who came…

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