Bittersweet. Our last stop on our road trip was Congaree National Park in South Carolina. Once mistakenly called a swamp, this flood plain is home to a lot of little critters! Most abundant were the salamanders and the spiders! They were everywhere. So the big thing to do is to walk on the boardwalk trail … More Congaree National Park (South Carolina)

Plains, GA is super small so we stayed overnight in Americus, GA for the night. The next morning we drove the 15 minutes or so to Plains, GA. What’s there you might ask?Everything you could ever imagine related to President Jimmy Carter and peanuts. While his presidential library is located in Atlanta, and we weren’t … More Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through.

Two full days spent in Alabama and we probably didn’t even scratch the surface of what we could of seen. However, we did get to a lot of highlights, learned a lot, and left with a lot to think about! Our order of stops went as such: Birmingham, Selma, Tent City, Montgomery, and Tuskegee. We … More Alabama Civil Rights Trail

Less than 24 hours is all we spent in Mississippi with only two main destinations we tried to make the most of it! We got up early and went to Vicksburg National Military Park. One of, if not the most deceive southern battle of the Civil War. Located on the Mississippi River it was under … More Mississippi: Vicksburg National Military Park and Jackson

  No plans. No Reservations. And No Idea what we were getting ourselves into! That sort of sums up our experience at Hot Springs National Park, the smallest park in the national park system and the only one that surrounds a city.   We had no hotel or camp reservations as we arrived on a … More Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas)

  The time we spent in Oklahoma was short and sweet. However we managed to pack in two great museums and two great meals.   From Wichita, KS we drove directly south to Oklahoma City, OK.   Trip Advisor lead us to a trendy restaurant downtown, and within walking distance of the museum, to Kitchen … More Oklahoma!

  After Colorado we wanted to check out Kansas prove yourselves wrong that it wasn’t just flat land full of corn, sunflowers, tornados, and lawless cowboys. Turns out all true, but also some other pretty cool stuff!   As we drove from Colorado we visited the western portion of Kansas first. Pretty flat, lots of … More We’re not in Kansas anymore!

  Many of the signs that greet you when you cross the border to Colorado say: “Welcome to Colorful Colorado”. They really did get that right! Colorado is just amazing. Along all of our drives so far in the state we have seen just gorgeous landscapes that vary between alpine forests, mountains, plains, and more. … More Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Great Sand Dunes National Parks (Colorado)

  We spent a total of two nights in Denver and the first evening all of our travels caught up with us. We stuck close to the hotel and walked to a sushi restaurant nearby. I didn’t even take any pictures but dang was it good! John got a seared duck breast and we soon … More Camp Dietz Live from Denver and the Red Rocks

After driving about as far as we could from our visit to Dinosaur National Monument, we stopped at a KOA in Craig, Colorado. We found a decent place for dinner and got a good night sleep. While I only took one picture while at the campground, this KOA had the nicest bathrooms we have ever … More ‘cause the Rocky Mountain Way is better than the way we had