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

We found that the week we spent in Utah two summers ago was one of our favorite. So since we were so close we wanted to go back and visit the northern portion/ Salt Lake City since we totally missed that on our last trip. From Idaho we headed south into Utah. We set up … More Utah is full of surprises!

We departed Yellowstone again through the south entrance, which took us through the Grand Tetons before coming to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for our first stop of the day. This was our first time visiting Jackson Hole and albeit an expense place, it’s a really cool resort/shopping town. We ate lunch at the Snake River Brewing … More So, It’s Not Just a Bunch of Potatoes!

Although we visited two years ago, Yellowstone National Park (America’s first and oldest National Park) is somewhere you can go year after year, always see something new and the experience hasn’t gotten old! Being this close to Yellowstone we had to stop, even if it was just for two days. Our drive from TRNP took … More Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park, v 2.0

Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) in North Dakota was one that escaped us on our last western road trip. Located in southwest portion of North Dakota we couldn’t get to it before. However, with it only being about a hour from Bismarck, and since we love parks and Theodore Roosevelt (TR) it was a no … More Theodore Roosevelt National Park

On the second full day of our journey we headed west from Milwaukee and crossed into Minnesota. On the way we saw cranberry bogs alongside the road in Wisconsin. While we weren’t planning to stay over in Minnesota, we both had never visited it before so we decided a nice stopping point to break up … More Changing Plans and New Adventures!