Our Airstream Blog

This blog is a journal of our Airstream journey! We don't live in the Airstream anymore but, there are lots of great posts to dig through if you'd like to see what life in an Airstream for a couple of years looked like for my husband and I! Look back through the archives at where all we traveled and how fun it all was!

Panama City Beach, Florida

Hello Luxe Land Yacht readers!

Well, its been a bit since our last update and if you're wondering where we are now, then this post will fill you in.

Since November we've been parked in beautiful Panama City Beach, Florida!

We really like it here, can you see why? We've got some exciting things coming up on the horizon so check back in with us again soon!

Georgia Tech Homecoming

While traveling south from Great Smoky Mountains NP toward Florida, we stopped off at Georgia Tech for Homecoming!  Hard to believe Matt graduated 5 years ago!  We enjoyed some special homecoming events on Friday (like the Mini 500 tricycle race) and the football game on Saturday.

Campus is partially divided by I-75/85 that goes right through midtown Atlanta.  The downtown skyline makes for a great backdrop for the football games.  Can you spot an olympic torch in the photo?!

"Pomping" large displays with tissue paper is part of the Homecoming competition between various campus organizations.  Unfortunately high winds left this 30'+ tall display in a pile on the ground by the next morning.

New Clough building - named after a former university president.  Seen the movie "The Internship"?  It was filmed in and around this building!

Matt's old mailbox in the middle - only if he could remember the combination...

Glen freshman dorm undergoing a complete renovation.  It's right across the street from the football stadium!  Oh good memories.

Ouch, a bit morbid for Homecoming don't you think!?

The classic Wrambin' Wreck!

Nice halloween costume - it's Tech Tower and the "T" is missing!

Enjoyed a low country boil at the Delta Chi Fraternity house - great to see brothers again.  Excited to see the house expansion come to life.

Zach.  I need not say more.

Go TECH!  Great to have a Homecoming Victory!  If it just wasn't so cold...

Before leaving Atlanta we made a point to visit the High Museum of Art.  Not nearly as large as Boston's fine arts museum, but still a very good experience.

Classic European fine art.

Wow, can you believe that the veil is made of stone?  What talent it took to carve this marble statue.

Our favorite, Mr. Monet, proudly on display.  Well, all the impressionist fine art is pretty spectacular.

Now we're headed south to Florida, ready to escape the cold!

Tahoe Tuesday

This week I'd like to wish Matt a happy birthday!!! His Birthday is on Thursday, I hope Matt and Michelle let me have some birthday cake.

In other news, I've been lounging on this awesome beaver skin Matt and Michelle got when they were in Yellowstone last summer before I was even their cat! It's luxurious and right in front of the window which is perfect.

Have a good week! Love, Tahoe

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

After spending some time on the Blue Ridge Parkway and in North Carolina we headed west over to Great Smoky Mountain National Park. What a pretty place to visit in the fall!

We were lucky enough to arrive during the Elk Rut.

We got to do some trout fishing in the National Park. Fishing in the streams and rivers of this park was really fun and took us off the hiking trail to some pretty and more remote spots.

Here I am at the top of the park looking out over the mountains. There was a great observation tower, it was a tough hike to get up to it!

Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited National Park in the country!

We also got some local culture in when we stopped by a plow festival at a farm near our campground. Here's a square dance club performing.

Next we're off to Atlanta!

Tahoe Tuesday

Hey everybody. You know when somebody tells you what to do so you glare at them like this-

Well, sometimes Michelle and Matt tell me what to do like, don't lay on the induction cook top because it could cook me if it was hot but, I enjoy a warm stove top once in a while.

Maybe I'll ask for a hot pad for Christmas, that would be nice!

I also have a video for you this week. I dropped a piece of food in my water bowl and had to fish it out. I think I like wet food. Maybe I'll also ask for some wet cat food for Christmas!

Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway that stretches from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. The parkway provides 469 miles of scenic beauty along the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Blue Ridge Parkway has several visitors centers, campgrounds, and exits to cute little towns along the route.

We started the Blue Ridge Parkway on a foggy morning in Shenandoah National Park and hopped on and off the parkway all the way to the Smoky Mountains.

This time of year is especially pretty because of the fall leaves. There are endless beautiful views along the drive. The road is a well maintained two lane highway.

One of our favorite stops along the parkway was Asheville, NC. If you like handmade crafts and art then Asheville is the place for you! Asheville is dedicated to crafts and art with hundreds of shops to explore and places to take classes to learn a new craft.

This is the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There were tons of handmade items such as Jewelry, Quilts, Furniture, Wood Crafts, Pottery, Clothes, and so much more!

Along with driving and seeing the beauty of the mountains, there's plenty of hikes along the parkway. We especially love hiking to waterfalls and there were several we got to see!

The Blue Ridge Parkway isn't the only National Parkway in the USA. A National Parkway is a highway for recreational driving along a historic route that's maintained by the National Park Service. Other National Highways include the Natchez Trace in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Colonial Parkway in Virginia, Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Parkway that connects Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.