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Aug 14, 2008, Traveling Frugally

Can traveling frugally actually be fun? Shouldn't a vacation be an excuse to splurge? Here are exact breakdowns of what we spend to see and do everything we want.

Jul 28, 2008, Sedona

Sedona, Arizona -- playground of the rich and famous. Even so, we could easily afford to visit for a week or longer.

Jul 18, 2008, New Mexico

New Mexico, The Land Of Enchantment held lots of surprises for us.

Jun 22, 2008, Website Creation Using SBI

Earn income while traveling with your own web-site. Learn how this website was created using SBI

Jun 18, 2008, Belle Starr

Belle Starr of Arizona is every bit as interesting, lively, and feisty as her namesake of the Wild West days in the 1800's

Jun 11, 2008, Can We Afford To Travel Again?

With the rising cost of fuel, the question I'm getting a lot is whether we could afford the trip we just finished at today's gas prices.

In the last 5 months (January through May, 2008) we drove 10,701 miles, and spent $2395.00 for 739 gallons of gas. That's an average of $3.24 per gallon.

Today's average gas price in the USA of $4.04 per gallon would add almost $600.00 to the cost of our trip.

While that's a significant increase,(25%), would I miss out on the same 5 month adventure for the sake of $600.00? I think not.

Would you?

Jun 11, 2008, Gas Price Comparison For Canadians

A simple formula to compare the USA gas price to Canadian.

Jun 10, 2008, We're Home!

Well, here we are back in Ontario after a wonderful 5 months on the road. I should say our bodies are back; it may take a few more days for our spirits to catch up.

I'd like to thank all of you, our friends and families as well as the many loyal fans of my website for faithfully following our adventures through my blogs.

I appreciate all the emails of encouragement as well as your comments and questions, and I apologize for not always responding as quickly as I would have liked. I'm afraid that with our style of travel, sometimes fun gets in the way of everything else.

Now that I'm back home, writing about the trip will keep it alive for me.

A few of you asked about our costs on this trip and whether, with the increase in gas costs, we were still on budget. I'm happy to report that we were only over budget by $500.00, with the total trip costing us $5500.00

Our total camping expense for the 5 months was $91.00. This still amazes me, and we stayed in some of the most beautiful places.

The full list of expenses for this most recent trip is being added to my Traveling Frugally page.

I'm also back to work on the ebooks, with tons of great material for the next guides in the Frugal Shunpiker's series. Watch for guides to New Mexico and Utah to be released by late summer or early fall.

As always we learned a few new tricks on this trip, and I'll be sharing a lot of those on this website over the next few months as well.

Wishing you all a safe and happy summer full of adventure and fun. ~Marianne

May 7, 2008, Escalante National Monument

Escalante National Monument is possibly the home of the most colorful terrain in the entire Southwest.

Apr 21, 2008, Arizona Photos

Follow our travels through the southwest with these recent Arizona photos

Mar 20, 2008, An Update On Our Travels

An update on our travels...Feb and Mar 2008

Mar 10, 2008, Stillwell-Ranch

There are many reasons we will return to visit Stillwell Ranch in Texas again.