Boyinks4Adventure

What do you do in southern California? You go surfing, of course! We’d listened to too many Beach Boys songs to not try surfing. I must admit, I was slightly nervous. What if I hit my head on the board, knocked myself out, and drowned? Ok, maybe I wasn’t worried about that. Maybe. But I was excited. We got there early. Since Boyink, Storybird, and I were the only ones…   Read More >>

We met the Trips the first time in Usery Mountain Regional Park where we camp hosted for a long time. After that first meeting, we have been wanting to get together with them again. Finally, we have. We met up at Cabrillo National Monument. Harrison and Gary walked together, sometimes behind our group, sometimes in front, but never in the middle, I noticed. I walked in the middle with Kimberly…   Read More >>

Recently we were invited to join several other full-time traveling families for an evening of meeting and eating. Since our home-base was an hour away, we decided to leave early and make a couple of stops along the way. One of those stops was at the Kit Carson Park in Escondido to check out this Roadside America attraction. Queen Califia’s Magical Circle is one of the last works of French…   Read More >>

This one was all me. No one else was really excited about going here but I made them come anyway. Back on our first-year of traveling we visited Cape Flattery, the NW corner of the USA. You can go more north, but not be as far west. You can go more west, but not be as far north. Border Field State Park is a bit like that at the Southern…   Read More >>

From Arizona to California Such a change in sight One a foot above sea level The other at least a thousand in height From towering green saguaros To the home of palm trees From the heat of the sun To a cool, ocean-front breeze From a dry, dusty climate To a humid, grassy place From a smile and shining eyes To a longing look on my face I will miss…   Read More >>

This should probably be at least three separate blog posts, but in the spirit of catching up I’m lumping them all into one. After just about four months in one location in Mesa we finally got hooked up and drove ourselves into some new views. Phoenix to Pasadena We made the drive from Phoenix to Pasadena in two days, overnighting in a private park alongside the Colorado River outside of…   Read More >>

So much for delegating the writing of these entries.  Here sit all the photos and yet - no story!  The help these days… Our next goal after Chico was wanting to see Redwoods. MsBoyink plotted a route that would get us over to the coast where there are a number of options for viewing them.  Her route included an 80-some mile stretch of CA 299, a scenic highway that cuts…   Read More >>

We heard those words a couple of times during our week here.  So what’s the answer? Let me back up a bit. Our last two spots were Yosemite and San Francisco. Both interesting, but both busy and loud in their own way.  When we were at Yosemite looking for our next spot we chose Chico mainly because it was under 5 hours away and was the current home of the…   Read More >>

Here’s a tip: If you’re planning an extended road trip like we’re on and think you’re going to avoid Wal-Mart and buy local everywhere, don’t leave in September. From Michigan. And head north-ish.  In our romantic envisioning before leaving on this trip we saw ourselves driving down smooth back roads with the dappled sun shining through the canopy of trees.  We’d be singing along to the Beach Boys (in perfect…   Read More >>

Yes, we’re still riffing on the GPS theme set by MsBoyink the other day when she posted that she had lost her satellite reception.  Over the past few days we evaluated some options and made a decision that is definitely a recalculating of the nature of our adventure. What is it?  We’ve accepted a camp-host position in Port Angeles, Washington at a beachfront RV park for the summer.  We’re due…   Read More >>