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Tag: winter

  • One night in Westlake, LA–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Westlake, LA–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Westlake in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth trip. Hooray! This is the last post from our Winter Storm Uri series! In February, we drove into the cold and snow in Mesilla and it got worse in Fort Stockton and was absolutely awful in Austin. After being stuck in Austin for a…

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  • Three, no, two nights in Austin, TX (visit #5)–Winter Warmth trip

    Three, no, two nights in Austin, TX (visit #5)–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Austin in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth Trip. Haha!! Read about our previous visits here: 2017, 2018, and 2019, and earlier on this trip in 2021; and our subsequent visit in 2024 here. Have you been following our winter weather saga? We dummies left sunny Arizona and headed into the icy…

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  • One night in Fort Stockton, TX–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Fort Stockton, TX–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Fort Stockton in February 2021 during our Winter Warmth Trip. This may be the shortest review of Fort Stockton ever written. We left frozen Mesilla, foolishly thinking conditions would improve as we headed east. Wrong! The roads were total crap! It was so cold out! We eventually made it to the Fort…

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  • One night in Mesilla, NM–Winter Warmth trip

    One night in Mesilla, NM–Winter Warmth trip

    We were in Mesilla in February 2021 when on our Winter Warmth Trip. The day started so wonderfully: we drove from Bisbee to Chiricahua National Monument for a gorgeous hike through the hoodoo wonderland. It was a cold day, and we laughed at the snow flurries because we were in the Desert Southwest! Ha! Snow…

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  • Winter trip brainstorming, Part I

    Winter trip brainstorming, Part I

    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! Because when it’s cold outside, we spend most of our time in our tiny metal tube, so we thought it would be nice to take said tube to warmer…

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