Category Archives: travel

Should I stay or should I go?

Scarlett OHara was not beautiful but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were... I first read Gone With the Wind when I was 5 years old. By the time I was 6, I had read the book 13 ...

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RV vacation spending update

How much does a month away traveling in an RV cost anyway?In total for gas and camping, we spent $1,544 - $975 for gas and $569 for camping fees for a total of just under ...

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Travel update

We're at the end of week 1 of our 3-4 week RV trip to Oregon. The weather's been great, the camping's been great - only the gas $$ has been a killer. And a sprained wrist - basically I took the 100 pound dog down a slide at a playground, he decided ...

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Opting out as a way to save money

I used to think that I liked and wanted to travel.  I'm not sure, but it seems that the thought of being able to travel was a way to feel as if I was free from the demands of home (and the constant renovations and guilt that I'm not spending every free moment doing renos), ...

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Ego Travel

Ego travel.  It's the newest thing and all the kids are doing it!I read Chris Guillebeau's blog this morning "The Art of Nonconformity" wherein he talks about having gone to about a thousand different countries in a year, and all I could think was:Rats. Maze. Ego travel. Escape.Only the rats ...

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