11 Tips for Planning a Road Trip

17 Monday Apr 2017

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adventure, Biolite, budget, california, camping, outdoors, planning, road trip, tips, travel

I am a novice road trip planner. I had only planned a road trip once before: last year when we drove from San Diego to Corpus Christie over a 5 day period and that was hard enough! I must have been crazy when I decided to plan an 8-day adventure up the coast California, stopping at 5 campgrounds, one casino and driving a total of 1,500 miles. I quickly admitted I was way in over my head. Planning a road trip is hard and takes… planning! So here are my lessons learned while planning my trip. Continue reading →

Wanna Win $5,000?

26 Sunday Jan 2014

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budget, camping, clothing, environment, Fashion, finance, hiking, money, recycle, recycling, repreve, turn it green

You may have heard me mention this awesome product- Repreve. Repreve is a recycled fiber that turns plastic bottles into products from Patagonia, North Face, Volcom, and many others! Now Repreve wants to give you $5,000! All you have to do is show how you help out the environment and “turn it green”. This contest ends February 2 so you still have time! Here are the official rules: Continue reading →

Blonde Money- A New Way to Look at Saving

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

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Blonde Money

Hi Friends! I wanted to share with you my new blog- Blonde Money! Its your one stop blog to buckling down on paying your bills, expanding your savings, and getting closer toward your goals- all while making under $20 an hour! (Technically the dollar amounts budgeted can work for someone making $10 before taxes). Continue reading →

7 Ways to go Camping on a Budget

23 Thursday May 2013

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budget, camp, camping, economy, expense, girly, girly camping, hiking, money, nature, outdoors, saving money

I recently had a reader email me asking to lay out all the camping equipment costs since he was trying to cut down traveling expenses. That inspired me to write a “camping on a budget” blog because lets face it- our economy isn’t so hot and things are so expensive! So here are 7 ways to go camping on a budget: Continue reading →