Thread: Cancelling vacations (gas prices)

well, my family owns a FEW OIL WELLS in the mid west, are they getting rich? no they are not, i am paying 3.45 today but refuse to deny myself a vacation that i have earned.
i spent the last 8 years driving to CA from WA because my inlaws were elderly and ill. they have both passed now and my hubby has decided it is MY turn now to go where I want.. so we are going to.

So far we haven't talked much about it.

I did talk to the kids and we came up with some alternatives. The best one is that we still go on vacation, but instead of visiting the water park, we go swimming in the river.. and use that extra $$ for gas lol (my 9 y/o came up with that one lol)

Since we are going with another family, its not all my decision, so we will see.

Now that gas is slowly going down ($2.90 here) how are those vacations coming?

we still have our fingers crossed about a "mini" vacation this summer but if we do go won't be anything huge.......I will just be thrilled to get away for a few days

ditto..I'm finally in great place in life where I can afford to go places. I worked hard to get where I am and now it's time to enjoy life to the fullest

Originally Posted by DBackFan

My thoughts exactly. Vacations are an important part of my life.

We canceled our "big" vacation to Arkansas, but we are going to go on an 8 hour float trip for a mini vacation. Arkansas was going to cost us about $800 (not including gas) for 4 days and we can go on 8 float trips for the same price (including gas and food)... and we get to come home to our own beds at night when we are done lol

Not sure if we are going to do several day trips to go float, or if we are going to look into some other things that are fairly close to us and do something different.

Last time I went on a float trip, I ended up getting knocked in the head with a canoe that flipped, and woke up in the ER.... this time, we will be taking rubber rafts

Originally Posted by buttrfli

We canceled our "big" vacation to Arkansas, but we are going to go on an 8 hour float trip for a mini vacation. Arkansas was going to cost us about $800 (not including gas) for 4 days and we can go on 8 float trips for the same price (including gas and food)... and we get to come home to our own beds at night when we are done lol

Not sure if we are going to do several day trips to go float, or if we are going to look into some other things that are fairly close to us and do something different.

Last time I went on a float trip, I ended up getting knocked in the head with a canoe that flipped, and woke up in the ER.... this time, we will be taking rubber rafts

Hey you should have come to Arkansas last weekend to magic springs.....they had a power failure and took about 30 mins to get the ppl on the ride down and they were UPSIDE down......now doesnt that sound like fun lol

Originally Posted by PrincessArky

Hey you should have come to Arkansas last weekend to magic springs.....they had a power failure and took about 30 mins to get the ppl on the ride down and they were UPSIDE down......now doesnt that sound like fun lol

I saw that on CNN the other day!

When we went to Branson in 05, something happened to one of the rollercoasters and it was stuck at the very top and everyone had to walk down I can't imagine being stuck UPSIDE DOWN for 30 min!

Originally Posted by buttrfli

I saw that on CNN the other day!

When we went to Branson in 05, something happened to one of the rollercoasters and it was stuck at the very top and everyone had to walk down I can't imagine being stuck UPSIDE DOWN for 30 min!

I am scared to death of them and I told hubby would be my luck that would happen to me IF I ever got that brave.......guess we all know that i wont be brave now lol