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Glampsgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, glampers!

This time of year I spend a lot of time wiping tears from my eyes.  The crisp smell of the air alone will cause me to cry.  The girls think I’m crazy, and TJ always laughs a little as he pulls out a hanky for me, but I can’t help it, its all too wonderful!  And there is just so much to be thankful for.  TJ and I are avid avoiders of the whole Black Friday nonsense and the immediate jump into Christmas as you clear the plates from the Thanksgiving table, so glamping with the best of friends for a long weekend outdoors was the perfect alternative.  Last year we started what we hope to be a semi-regular tradition: Glampsgiving.

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Posted by Laura Shanks

Photographer | Dreamer | Airstreamer
Timothy Egan Worst Hard Time S C Gwynne books for reading when camping in texas and oklahoma

Glamper Lit: Texoma

Dear glampers,

I think we’ve purchased each of these books at least three times because I keep slipping them into people hands before they can say no and I know I’ve forcibly suggested them to many more.  Yes, these books are that good.  And, I’m going to say it, and it may sound a little preachy here, but they are books that are important to read.  Each one tells the human experiences of this area.  Experiences that are so influenced by natural forces that it’s almost as if the Earth could be described as a central figure.

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Posted by Laura Shanks

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Palo Duro Canyon State Park Camping

Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Do you ever get so tired of looking at the same walls day in and day out that you just pull out your camper and bring along every bell and whistle just so you feel like maybe you fulfilled the promise of that tiny house board you’ve been cultivating on Pinterest which you know will never really happen but at least you could feel like you live in a photoshoot at some romantic locale just for that one weekend?  (Because really, that is tiny! I mean, where do you store the waffle iron? But… but it’s so cute! and really… I am a minimalist, right? Right?)  Of course you do, you are a glamper!  And that’s just what we did at Palo Duro Canyon.

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Posted by Laura Shanks

Photographer | Dreamer | Airstreamer
Camping in southwest oklahoma

Every Rose Has its Thorns: Quartz Mountain Nature Park

Ah… spring has arrived in southwest Oklahoma.  And it’s only sticking around for 2 weeks!  So ready, set, glamp!

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Posted by Laura Shanks

Photographer | Dreamer | Airstreamer

Wichita Mountain National Wildlife Refuge

Greetings Glampers!

As we all hunker down and await the peak of winter, now is the perfect time to start daydreaming of Springtime Glamping!  Naturally, Laura and I initially think big.  Grand Canyon?  Yellowstone?  Badlands?  So many choices!  But for us, our go-to first camp of the season is our local favorite, the Wichita Mountain National Wildlife Refuge.

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Posted by Laura Shanks

Photographer | Dreamer | Airstreamer

Accidental Boondocking

Happy 2015, glampers!

 

We thought it might be silly to kick off the year with our tale of…. The Accidental Boondock (queue campy horror music).

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Posted by Laura Shanks

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I Like Ike

Greetings Glampers!

Before we turned the Labor Day corner into Autumn, Laura and I wanted to sneak in one last “Hotter ‘n 100 Degrees” Texoma summer season glamping experience.  Luckily, the weather gods were more than happy to oblige (104 degrees!  Yeesh!) as we discovered a new gem in Northern Texas: Eisenhower State Park.

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Posted by Laura Shanks

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Lake Superior Split Rock Lighthouse

Minnesota: Lake Superior

Dear glampers,

 

So first we went north, then we went *more* north.  After two months of 100 degree days at home, we couldn’t get close enough to the north pole.  However, we did settle for the north shore of Lake Superior.  It was totally rad.  Except the part where our beloved dog Blue tore her other ACL.  But it was still just as rad, AND we built up our triceps caring around that poor 50-pound dog.

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Posted by Laura Shanks

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Glamping road trip to duluth minnesota

Minnesota: Duluth

Dear glampers,

 

It was with a touch of madness that we embarked on our 2,200 mile glamping trip to Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin last year.  There were things we needed to be in the area to do, baptisms, wedding celebrations, family visits, so why not turn it into one big old glamping trip?! And our first big trip after buying the Airstream just a couple of months earlier.  So off we went, two adults, two children (our youngest was 18 months), and two 50+ lb dogs (one of whom had a torn ACL).

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Posted by Laura Shanks

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Recommended books about Santa Fe New Mexico

Glamper Lit: New Mexico

Being consummate nerds, we read, A LOT.  And I mean, really… reading and glamping… can life get better?!  So we are adding a new feature to the blog: Glamper Lit.  We’ll find books, both fiction and non-fliction, written about an area we’ve explored on our glamping excursions and discuss them and we hope to hear other reading recommendations from you!

Up first, two books written about the Santa Fe area:

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Posted by Laura Shanks

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