Melder Family Blog

Second to longest day of driving with very high expectations (which makes it feel like forever!).     Poor Jansen now has what Penn did the ...

Big sigh of relief when we pulled in to Pittsburgh at the Troxell’s.    These friends are home here now.    In a place that was our home for...

So, yet another relatively unplanned national park stop.    I had originally looked into doing this park, but had put it out of my mind and ...

After being getting caught in the thunderstorm at Indiana Dunes National Park we eventually ran out from underneath it, arrived at our next ...

Surprise!     We fit in another national park!     I had looked at this park months ago when we were mapping out our routes.     I knew it w...

Charging Eastward again.    This time for a stop at the Buchmann’s.    These friends were in one of early small groups in Pittsburgh, Pennsy...