tBGR Travel Photo Journal

In early March, the Bionic Genii set-out on a trip across America, destination: THE OSCARS in Hollywood, California. This photo journal is a record of our amazing trip, and all of the cool things we tried along the way…

The Bionic Geniuses pose during a visit to the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. The exhibit in front of which they are posing is dedicated to the movie, “Roswell.”

The Bionic Geniuses stopped off for a cold one at the A Le Inn, located along the “Extraterrestrial Highway”, near Area 51.

Roy is shown posing atop Carhenge.

Bionic Geniuses adding to the world’s largest stack of oil cans, Casselton, North Dakota.

The Bionic Geniuses at El Canibal, part of the Alferd Packer Memorial Grill at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Alferd Packer was a famous Colorado cannibal who, after serving time in prison, became a vegetarian.

Roy shows off his catch. After years of wanting to try fishing for catfish with his bare hands, Roy’s dreams came true at Lake Squarehead in Nuttin, Arkansas. Roy reached in, felt around, came upon a catfish, and let the big fella grab onto his arm. He then hauled him out for a quick photo before releasing this magnificent creature back into the wild, where he will live to face another day and, perhaps, be more wary in the future after today’s lesson in survival.

The Bionic Geniuses spent many nights camping beneath the stars, stopping at motels, or pulling into campgrounds. Wherever we went we were met with the same suspicion and hostility that we have come to expect and enjoy, but perhaps our favorite camping stop was at this VW van show, where we are asked to leave after Terry brought his guitar to the communal campfire and tried to sing “Chasing John Stewart.”

Alan Points skyward while standing next to a Starfleet vessel in Riverside, Iowa, future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, and current home of KirkFest. The ship is NOT the USS Enterprise; Paramount reportedly wanted to charge the town $40,000 clams for the rights to an Enterprise statue. Being so far inland, the community opted for a previously unknown Starfleet vessel.

After crossing America in a VW van, the Bionic Geniuses check out the relative comfort and roominess of a vintage trailer in at the RV & Manufactured Housing Museum in Elkhart, Indiana.