Comments on: First Difficult Choice: Day 3

By: secretarysaving

secretarysaving — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:19:53 +0000

We don’t have any snow in Houston, TX but one of my greatest memories as a child was getting a cardboard box and break it down, sit on it and down the hill you go. Fun times!

By: Petunia

Petunia — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:11:41 +0000

In the past, when I lived on just above minimum wage, I never went skiing. It never crossed my mind – it’s just way too expensive! Also didn’t own a car and ate all my meals at home.

By: DC @ Young Adult Money

DC @ Young Adult Money — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:13:56 +0000

I quit snowboarding a few years ago simply because it became too expensive. One day I may get back into it, but only if both my wife and I are able to justify the expenses.

By: CB in the City

CB in the City — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:08:42 +0000

Good on you for passing up the ski trip! I does show expensive skiing is, even when it is a “bargain.”

By: mimipaula1

mimipaula1 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:22:49 +0000

After following you through your past challenges, I am looking forward to reading each day’s post detailing your latest endeavor. Thanks for your willingness to share the ups-and-downs of this minimum-wage challenge!

By: LuckyRobin

LuckyRobin — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:01:24 +0000

If you are near enough I’d highly recommend Canyon de Chelly. The ruins there are amazing, the pictographs are something else, and it is a starkly beautiful canyon. They will close the canyon in bad weather conditions that can cause flash floods, so check the morning of if you go.

And if you can spring for the $16 adult admission, Meteor Crater is also a really neat place to visit. They trained astronauts there for moon conditions. It is very educational in the best way, and you actually get to see an Apollo Test Capsule and a big hunk of meteroite up close and personal. It would definitely be a choice I’d make with limited entertainment dollars. I was there in 1989 and it has stayed with me all these years.

By: Melanie Pierce

Melanie Pierce — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:06:40 +0000

I think I’m going to be following you on this challenge. I watched you go through the Eating Well on $1/day Challenge, as well as the Thanksgiving Dinner Challenge and so, here I am again wanting to know how this one goes. But what really peaked my interest is the the fact that you are in Arizona and going to all our favorite places! We just moved this past year from Show Low, AZ to Missouri. But before we left, we visited every National Park/Monument in Arizona (AND many of the surrounding states) and my kids earned the Junior Ranger Badge at every one of them. The pictures you’ve posted of these last 3 days bring back great memories! Now I want to know how to find your National Park blog! We have been to around 100 NPS sites since 2005 so that my kids could do the Jr. Ranger programs. It’s just one of the ways we make homeschooling fun and make history come alive. Thanks for another awesome read!