Tripping on road trips
November 26th, 2025 at 07:31 pmI have a few separate friends that want me to join them in a road trip of some kind. I find it interesting that, even though these three people are all unrelated from each other, they have all caught some kind of wanderlust somehow. Is it the season, the weather, or just pure coincidence?
Regardless, I'm not entirely opposed to the idea. Even though I'm mostly a home-body, road trips aren't terribly expensive, and it is probably a good idea to get out there once in a while?
Actually, one of them has an even grander vision of eventually traveling all over the US in a full-sized truck towing a dreamy camper. The cost of bringing such a vision to life would be, at bare minimum, at least $50k, but realistically much more. This particular friend has a negative net worth, is in debt for around $30k that I am aware of, and is also currently unemployed.
I am always curious how people go about bringing their dreams to life, much less funding just their every day life? Or do dreams remain just that in their minds: Dreams? Sadly, these financial profiles are also very typical of most people I see around me. Of all the people I know in real life, I only know one that actually has any means of realizing their dreams, but I digress.
Anyway, nothing is set in stone yet, as far as these road trip ideas go. I guess only time will tell if I will end up on the road or not.