Showing posts with label gas prices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gas prices. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How to get around being poor...

Glimpes of good weather + Summer vacation = Itching to get on the road
Us:Poor + Gas:Expensive = No trips
No trips + Me = So Sad

It used to be that taking a road trip was the cheap option because people couldn't afford to fly. That is no longer the case.

I'm not completely losing out however, I will be heading to Ashland, OR for the Shakespeare Festival and also to Lake Chelan for our annual family vacation, but traveling to a specific destination is not the same as a road trip.

How can I solve this dilemma? Priorities do shift constantly and in the summer my priority is to acquiesce to my nomadic tendencies and hit the road. I don't know if I will get the chance - I'll be on the lookout for opportunities.

In the meantime, I will re-live last years adventures as I slowly finish blogging about them. Needless to say, I'm disappointed I didn't do them immediately, but if I got anything out of that trip it was knowing that we learn as we go.