On Apr 16, 3:01*pm, Loogypicker wrote:
On Apr 16, 11:24*am, Frogwatch wrote:





On Apr 16, 11:18*am, Frogwatch wrote:

On Apr 16, 8:41*am, Loogypicker wrote:

On Apr 15, 11:58*pm, "Bill McKee" wrote:

"Frogwatch" wrote in message

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In Noms thread where she talks about cheap travel, it got me thinking
of the cheap travel I have done.
Hitchiking across the US and Canada back in the late 70s, fun then but
would not do it today
Hitchiking in Mexico in the mid-80s, fine then but not today.
Hitching around Venezuela in mid 90s. still probably feasible and
cheap.
Hitching around Belize and Guatemala in mid 90s, still OK.

Ya gotta camp to make it cheap and that means a tarp, hammock and
skeeter net. *In the tropics, use the skeeter net or you'll regret it.
In the USA, National Forest Campgrounds are great and cheap or you can
just camp in the woods.
Travel in the USA, believe it or not, it is probably cheaper to rent a
car for a month to drive across the country than to use your own car.
My wife makes about a dozen calls to rent a van for a month and we
then put about 8000 miles on it, the rental places always think there
is a mistake in mileage when we return it.
In the USA, if you just do not feel like tenting it, KOA has "Kabins"
that work out well for kinda cheap. *This works well for kids..
Do youth hostels still exist?

Yes hostels still exist. *But KOA is some of the more expensive camping you
can do. *I can rent a motel room a lot of places that is cheaper than
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You're not kidding, Bill, KOA is pricey as hell, even just a tent site.

You do have to be careful about KOA. *However, in some places, such as
Casper, WY where the KOA is in an industrial part of town, it is
cheaper than a motel. *We have stayed at two in SD and NB in the
middle of nowhere that were also cheap. *The one in the Black Hills
was expensive. *The one in the Florida Keys was expensive too.
Travel by bicycle is cheap but arduous. *When I was 18, I rode from
Tallahassee to Naples, FL and then back, in summer going a total
distance of about 1000 miles. 35 years later, my most vivid memory of
that trip is the smell of roadkill baking on the scorching highway.
Not only was it cheap, I lost so much weight (25 lbs) that I had to
buy an entirely new set of clothing afterwards and never regained the
weight.

A vivid memory of hitchhiking with a friend, falling asleep in the
grass off the interstate next to the Atlanta airport with planes
flying 200' overhead every few seconds. *Middle of the night, he wakes
up screaming and something lands on my chest, I grab it and feel fur,
open my eyes to find myself holding a large rat which I then threw.
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Near South of the Border, S.C., find a nice grassy spot off the
interstate, get out my sleeping bag and bed down. Friend does the
same, and after about an hour (I'm sound asleep), friend starts just
FREAKING out. He's got the flashlight shining on himself, and he's got
ticks all friggin' over him! I didn't have a single one, I figure he
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To me, nothing beats having an Armadillo sniffing around your head