I 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.
November 26th, 2025 at 09:51 pm 1764193884
Camper vans to me are a little of effort and money. You can stay in a lot of motels for $50,000 plus whatever maintenance and increased gas costs you’d incur. And if you want water and electric hookups, you pay campground fees.
I like to eat in restaurants and I’d resent the time spent to acquire and prepare food in a tiny kitchen.
But we’re all different and that’s what makes the world go round…
November 27th, 2025 at 04:14 pm 1764260069
I personally dislike travel, for the most part, but I enjoy a good road trip. A more slow and meandering, take my time, not too far from home road trip. (It's clear that other people have very different ideas of road trips. Driving more hours per day and longer distances, specifically.)
November 29th, 2025 at 09:31 am 1764408693
That is, of course, assuming any of my buddies get back to me with actual firm dates or plan details... which they have yet to do so.
Anyway, I'll check out this On the Road book you speak of. Thank you!
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I will say that as I've gotten older, I find that I can't put in as many hours behind the wheel in a day as I used to. I try to cap it at 8 hours. So a trip we might have previously done over one night might now be two nights on the road, but that's just fine since our schedule is now open.
We haven't done any long trips since I retired for various reasons but I hope we can sometime while we're still up for the adventure.
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