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I will be unable to travel for the foreseeable future. It is not financially feasible at the moment. I am looking for inexpensive ways to have fun. I have decided to do a day trip to Washington DC and go to the museum and perhaps the zoo. The trip will be $169 as opposed to over $1000. The museum is free and the zoo is $10.00.
Garden, invite a bunch of people over (we all bring something for the grill or a beverage) we eat and drink and listen to music-
its stopped raining and the sun is out, thats FUN!
(for outings, camping is a big one, cause we bring the dogs, spend a day at the river- next weekend we are going to the Yuba river, which is just gorgeous that crystal clear snow melt water and the 90 degree weather is such a nice juxtaposition)...
I will be unable to travel for the foreseeable future. It is not financially feasible at the moment. I am looking for inexpensive ways to have fun. I have decided to do a day trip to Washington DC and go to the museum and perhaps the zoo. The trip will be $169 as opposed to over $1000. The museum is free and the zoo is $10.00.
What do you do for fun and how much does it cost?
I don't do a whole lot of "fun" stuff, but I guess these would fall under the fun umbrella.
Depending on where I am on a given week, I'm less than two hours to either the beach or mountains. Day trips are maybe $100 once I factor in gas and eating out/other activities.
A few friends convinced me to go to a contra dance a few weeks ago, and it was quite fun, a lot more so than I expected. Three and a half hours of that for $6 is a pretty good deal imo, and I definitely want to go again. Certainly not as expensive as some other stuff I do such as rock climbing at one of the local climbing gyms, which is typically around $25 per visit.
Sometimes I'll meet with some of my friends and play a pick up game of basketball, football, or kickball at a local park. Always free aside from the equipment needed, which is a one-time purchase, and the gas needed to get to the park.
I love those senior day bus trips! I just moved, and am too broke to sign up for one for probably a couple months. In the meantime, I found out about a free group "class" where you can go hang out with other seniors at the senior center and bring your own crafts to work on. I'm going to go check it out next week. I have a few crafts projects I'd like to work on.
I also want to take some cooking classes. I like group activities where I don't have to go somewhere alone, but also don't have to find a friend to go do things with. No pressure :-)
Plus, I've gotten to an age where I like sleeping in my own bed at night. Day trips and classes are the way to go for me. I also have a friend locally to get together with once in a while, too, but this friend is not physically up to doing a lot of stuff, so we will mainly do lunch once in a while.
In a couple of minutes, I can be out in the woods. My family hikes, camps, fishes. Well, fishing can be cheap, although we don't do it the cheap way. With the new digital photography, photography has become a cheap hobby.
It's about a 5 hour drive to the coast, but there are wonderful state campgrounds that are inexpensive. Then walking on the beach, collecting agates, tide pooling, sightseeing at all the wonderful gift shops, as long as you don't buy anything, photography.
I used to go out to pretty places and do watercolor landscapes. Water color isn't particularly cheap, but you could do the same thing with pastels or gel pens and it would be a very cheap day.
Every day, I train and play with my dogs.
I enjoy gardening and have a nice little collection of named varieties of iris. I've stopped buying and now I trade, so it is a cheap hobby at zero cost.
Meeting friends for a picnic in the park, especially if there is an event going on in the park.
Read library books, play with and walk the dogs, hike, visit my daughter in TN. Visiting my daughter is an 7 hour trip, but if we pack a lunch it is less than $100 round trip for gas. Once we get there, more hiking, festivals etc. I enjoy browsing thrift stores, making crafts from things I find there, such as t shirt tote bags, etc.
This thread reminds me of a PSA commercial about how getting busted for DUI can cost up to $10,000 in fines, legal costs, and increased insurance rates.
It features a bunch of young adults at a bar/club where they're pigging out on food, ordering another pitcher, etc...with a KA-CHING every time they say anything - another order of wings! (KA-CHING), can we have some more ranch sauce (KA-CHING)...so what are we DOING this weekend? (KA-CHING)
I also like hiking in the mountains, just 20 minutes away for me. I love being outside, I'm happy just reading a book in the backyard in the sunshine.
We did do a quick, frugal trip to the beach last week. 3 days, 2 nights, hotel and gas split 3 ways, including a free night from a rewards program was $70.
We could go to the ocean for a day or camping there or someplace else for less than $100 if we cook. We'll eat there or at home regardless so if we cook, it will be roughly the same amount unless I go buy a lot of extra junk food.
Go to the library and find a Rick Steves' Europe CD collection. Let's say Italy. Get the Italy CD collection. Then look at some Italian recipes. Stop at the store and get the ingredients, as well as the appropriate wine. Make and eat dinner. Watch the CDs.
If you have children and want to take this concept further, you could check out an Italian language CD and try speaking Italian to each other after dinner. You could also do some related art or craft projects.
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