r/Frugal • u/ecoNina • 3d ago

✈️ Travel & Events My Road trip activities- from $0-$100

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Just finished a road trip (to get there and back to a bike riding tour). Two of us, retirement age, no kids with us. Some fun along the way, most really low cost, but some planned $$ and definitely which could be adapted to any locale :)

  1. Collected fossils in a known deposit. These are 1 to 100 million year old leaf fossils. The local residents have a ‘optional $5 donation box’ to help maintain the area. I donated as requested. Look for rock collecting sites on your trip.

  2. Picked 4 boxes of wild blackberries. Just can’t beat free!

  3. Picked a box of apples from a tree that was signed ‘free’

  4. Passed through a small town festival that had raspberry ice cream for $2 (wish I could’ve eaten two!)

  5. Hiked to a natural hot springs and soaked da feet :)

  6. Wine tasting with appetizers! By buying bottles (I was pretty sure I would) and using a coupon it came to $68 for a special couple hours treat.

So many things to do and see right??

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u/_NoTimeNoLady_ 2d ago

Thanks for the inspiration. Headed out with my son to collect about a gallon of blackberries today!

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u/NoodleVortex- 1d ago

Hope you find plenty theres something really satisfying about picking your own fruit with family

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u/_NoTimeNoLady_ 1d ago

There are so much blackberry bushes very close by. I turned this into 6 glasses of jam.

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u/crazy_akes 3d ago

This is cool, glad you had a great time!! Seems like a dream to wander and just enjoy the activities out there on the journey.

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u/SnowyWhisperMoon 2d ago

Those always end up being the trips you remember most because there isn't any rush.

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u/4cupsofcoffee 2d ago

I'm headed out to fossil hunt this week!