We took off from home (Wendell, NC) on Saturday July 1st and headed to PA to drop off our dog, Max, and a quick visit back at home. After a bon voyage pizza party with the Dietz family, we got a good night sleep and left from Mars, PA (just north of Pittsburgh) for new … More River Walkin’ in Milwaukee

Indianapolis is only about an hour from where we are staying at Purdue University. The fact that it is the capital of Indiana, and the closest big city to where we are, we knew we wanted to go check it out. This past Saturday we headed that way to spend a few hours in Indianapolis. … More Eating Well in Indy.

We have been staying in West Lafayette, Indiana this summer while we participate in a teacher summer seminar at Purdue University. Our evenings and weekends are free so we try to take advantage of that time to see and do things in the area. On our first free weekend we were anxious to go to … More Chicago was so nice, we did it twice!

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is just south of Cleveland, Ohio. A National Park. Who knew? After last summer we got hooked on the National Parks system and realized that there were a few around us that we needed to check out on the east coast. We had just spent about 1.5 weeks in Pennsylvania visiting … More Cuyahoga Valley National Park: We Biked It, We Liked It.

Well I know we haven’t “officially” started our summer road trip. BUT this was a post worth mentioning. You know how you live right beside something really cool but you never go there, or take time to appreciate it, because its right in your backyard. You put it off because you can always go there … More The Dietz do Gate City.

The Dietz are headed back out this summer. Not nearly has exciting as last year, definitely not as many places on our list, but still some really cool stuff and new adventures. It’s still hard to believe we spent 5 weeks driving around the county last summer and seeing everything we saw. (if you are … More Summer 2016

We have been back from our epic road trip for a few days now. We are almost all unpacked and back to normal. It is still hard to believe everything that we did and saw. As we talk to people they will ask, “What was your favorite part?”. I guess the best answer is “The … More Road Trippin by Numbers

This morning we woke up at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. This is our last National Park of the trip, last night in the tent, and last time we have to shower with shower-shoes on!      We woke up, paid for our showers one last time and got ready. We had bought tickets the … More Mammoth Cave National Park

St. Louis, Missouri was only about 1.5 hours from Springfield. So it was a nice mid-day stop and we ended up spending a lot more time there than we thought. We planned to see the Gateway Arch, otherwise known as the “Jefferson Expansion Memorial”. The Gateway Arch is a symbol of the expansion into the … More Gateway to the West