Boyinks4Adventure

Hot and Dry. That’s the best way to describe the weather at Fall Creek Falls while we were there. Now that that’s out of the way… MsBoyink had visited Fall Creek Falls State Park back when she was young. We had a picture of the falls hanging on the wall of our hallway for as long as I can remember. We had to return. On our way there on Thursday,…   Read More >>

One hot and sunny Tuesday, Harrison and Storybird were playing Stratego. Storybird was losing. Boyink came up to the table they were playing at. “We are going to visit an Equestrian park tomorrow,” he announced. “Okay,” said the kids. Boyink waited to see if what he had said would actually sink in. It did. “Wait, doesn’t Equestrian have something to do with horses?” asked Storybird. “Yeah.” “Are there horses there?”…   Read More >>

The kids wanted to see a bear. Mike was curious about the town of Gatlinburg. I looked forward to some beautiful scenery. So, we decided to spend a few days in the Smoky Mountains. The drive to our campground—Camping in the Smokies—was not the peaceful drive through mountain forest like we anticipated. Instead, we were treated to very busy traffic and visual noise while driving through Sevierville and Pigeon Forge.…   Read More >>

We moved out of the house on April 27 and floated around the Holland/West Michigan area for 6 weeks. The return to life-on-the-road didn’t really feel like it. Thankfully, Mike was asked to do a training class for a Knoxville-area business. We decided the family and house would go with him and we’d do some adventuring in Tennessee and on the drive back to Michigan for orthodontic appointments the first…   Read More >>