Boyinks4Adventure

What do YOU do when someone on Twitter introduces you to someone else?  A quick “hey”, maybe a few messages back and forth, then a follow?  Because likely that other person isn’t local to you, lives too far away to consider meeting in person, that’s the Internet for you, right? Being mobile changes that.  And we’ve changed, being way more open to detouring at last minute to go do something…   Read More >>

This marks a first - the first time a Wal-mart gets its own post here on our site. We’re not proud of it, but we do shop quite a bit at Wal-mart.  Shopping local always sounds so romantic, but the truth of the matter is finding and navigating local markets is most times too hard, too time consuming and too expensive to do.  We’re on a budget, Wal-marts are easy…   Read More >>

We are due at S&S Houseboat Rentals tomorrow. We originally planned to overnight at a campground not far from Lansing, IA (our destination). But, with today’s many errands (new trailer tires, Storybird’s first online Science class, lunch, etc.)—and the rough roads, we were ready to get off the road sooner than planned. We found Wisconsin’s Wyalusing State Park to be just the right place to stop for the night. The…   Read More >>

In keeping with Minneapolis’ “people” theme, we made plans to detour a little bit off I-94 in Wisconsin to visit with a friend of mine. Karen and I attended high school and college together. Over the years we somewhat lost track of each other—until a little over a year ago. As much as I’m not a current fan of Facebook, it is how Karen and I reconnected. After a long…   Read More >>