Once upon a time Dad loaded the whole family in the car and headed for a series of attractions such as Yellowstone, Pikes Peak, Sequoia, Grand Canyon, and maybe a few cities thrown in, all to have a good time and educate the kids to the wonders of nature and to expereince new places.
Now, Gas is $2.50 a gallon in the winter, and probably $3.00 or more (we'll see) in the summer.
Anybody want to try to throw that many people and that much gear into a VW Jetta TDI and get 44 mpg. drive 6000 miles, and still have it cost like there's no tomorrow? Didn't think so.
And, if you have an ordinary car that maybe gets 20 - 25 mpg, that's 6000-25 or 240 gallons of gas for maybe $720. Just for gas. Then, it'll take about 2 weeks to do that 6000 miles and see all those things, for a series of maybe 13 or so motels at about $70 each. $910.
Is it now just too darn expensive to do that any more? I think maybe yes, and what a sad situation that would be. Those vacations were so much fun. Wall Drug will surely go out of business, too...
Dave Head
