They say Virginia is for Lovers. History Lovers, apparently! The last part of our journey was throughout Virginia to check out some famous presidential homes and historical sites! Virginia is full of them so the few that they managed to see was just scratching the surface. When we left Shenandoah National Park we drove about … More Presidential Pageantry in Virginia.

Time to head back into the wilderness. We departed Cleveland, Ohio and drove about 7 hours to our first stop in Virginia. We both have driving through VA a million times, and in fact lived in VA for a whole year. But there is still plenty of things that we wanted to do and see … More Shenandoah National Park: Turning another year older among the caves, water falls, and horse trails.

What’s round on the end and high in the middle? What’s the place were the Drew Carey Show took place? What’s the state that basically decides every presidential election, ever? We headed north into Ohio to head to Cleveland for the next couple days! This isn’t the first time we have been to good old … More Music. Christmas. Trains: An Early Birthday Weekend in Cleveland.

Ok folks, it’s that time of the year again! The summer solstice has passed which ushers in another season of the #RoadTrippinDietz ! This summer we have a few things going on so a “mini” road trip (and by mini we are talking about 1,300+ miles) was planned before Danielle heads to Seattle for a … More Wild, Wonderful (and a little wet) in West Virginia!

It’s been about a week since we have been back home in North Carolina. Almost everything has been washed up and packed away. The thrill and freedom of being able to go where you want, and when you want to, has subsided to routine and schedules and the upcoming school year responsibilities. We are already … More Road Trip 2017 by Numbers

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)