Boyinks4Adventure

While we were driving along I-90 for what felt like the umpteenth hour on Saturday, I grabbed Mike’s i-phone to check for email. He had received one through our Boyinks4Adventure account. Just passed you on I-29 in Huron Tiger busses! What an amazing journey you are on! I said a quick prayer for you and I hope your journey continues to be enjoyable and safe. If you are in Brandon,…   Read More >>

Before leaving on our trip last year, we read several books and watched a few movies related to traveling. One of the fun DVDs we watched was put out by Roadside America and showed several interesting places and things that can be found in our country. During our travels, we’ve stopped at some of the attractions listed at RoadsideAmerica.com—some purposely (Tinkertown and Standin’ on the Corner) and some just by…   Read More >>

I had an image in my mind of what the rock formations in the Badlands National Park would look like. I think my ideas may have been influenced by TV commercials from my younger years and the name of the area—apparently “bad” meant dark/black in my mind. The terrain was nothing like I had imagined. Since I have a reference point in the other national parks we visited, I can…   Read More >>

The plan was that we’d do Needles highway/Custer State Park on Tuesday, and continue on to Wall, SD on Wednesday, boondocking at Cabella’s Wednesday night. Plans change. We, after sleeping in on Tuesday, found that the plan HAD, in fact, changed. Boyink and MsBoyink had decided to drive to downtown Rapid City on Tuesday, do the Needles highway/Custer State Park drive on Wednesday morning, and get to Wall for Wednesday…   Read More >>

Mount Rushmore National Park is beautiful. There are lots of gift shops and dining places to browse. When we went Mount Rushmore, we bought a magnet to stick on our ever-increasing magnet board. Boyink tried to find a sticker to place on his truck, but all the stickers were dumb and goofy. The Avenue of Flags was a place that I really wanted to see. There were flags from every…   Read More >>