
Take a mini road trip around your local area
🌍 Anywhere🔄 Repeatable👤 All ages
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Plan a day trip within driving distance to explore nearby towns, natural areas, or attractions you've been meaning to visit. Pack snacks, make a loose itinerary, and treat it like a mini vacation—you'll be surprised what interesting places exist close to home.
Difficulty
10/100Easy
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Cost
$20 – $100
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Time
full-day
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People
1–8
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Setting
outdoor
📅
Season
any
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Equipment
None needed
People who tried this
“Then the day of the trip came and my stomach was riled up, I was anxious. But my thoughts went back to what my neighbor said and I told myself no matter what, I was going to prove him wrong. I downed some Pepto Bismol, packed up my truck and hit the road. [...] Before I even got out of the Tucson city limits I had to pull off the freeway as it looked like my truck’s hood was shaking. This concerned me because I thought maybe I didn’t latch it properly after I checked my fluids, filters, belts, and hoses before heading out and didn’t want the hood to fly up as I was driving down the interstate. However, I double checked that the hood was latched all the way and it turns out that the long truck hood just vibrates like that when the wind catches it at 75–80 MPH.”
“One night I was talking with an older neighbor of mine and he suggested I take a mini vacation somewhere and suggested a few places.I hadn’t been anywhere more than 10 miles outside of my hometown of Tucson in about 8 years. Later that night and the next day, I started to research where I might want to go that I could afford. I was fortunately saved up some money from my previous job in aviation but I had no idea when I would be able to get a real full-time job in IT so it had to last and my budget for the trip was small, so I was mostly exploring my home state of Arizona on Google Maps and such.”
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