Adventures of Camper Dan

New Orleans: Naughty and Nice

April 22 – 26, 2016: Michael flew back from New Jersey – he had a great time at the Underworld show in NYC whilst I enjoyed relaxing in the sun on Grand Isle, Louisiana – and we met up in New Orleans at our campground.

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Frank Lloyd Wright: Rosenbaum House

April 13, 2016: The Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum House is an Usonian home in Florence, Alabama. We stopped to tour the home while traveling on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1940.

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Chattanooga and the Arts

April 9 – 12, 2016: I sneaked this destination onto our itinerary. Chattanooga, Tennessee is another city I’ve been hearing a lot about and I had it, alongside Asheville, on my ‘possible places to live in the future’ list. Chattanooga has decent weather and is becoming known as an affordable, more liberal, southern city with tech

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Great Smoky (and Snowy) Mountains National Park

April 7 – 9, 2016: When we departed Asheville we headed towards the southern entrance of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (also a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve) despite a weather forecast that potentially included snow.

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Awesome Asheville

April 3 – 7, 2016: I had really been looking forward to visiting Asheville, North Carolina because I have it on my list of potential future places to live. It did not disappoint. It was just the right mix of outdoorsy, hippie, artsy, and foodie for my taste.

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Blue Ridge Parkway (and surrounding area)

March 31 – April 3, 2016: Leaving Charlottesville, we entered the Blue Ridge Parkway at the northern most entrance (where we exited Shenandoah National Park) and proceeded to drive six miles before our first stop.

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