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usual vacation to somewhere like
Disneyworld or Hawaii? A
really good vacation has to be an
"adventure". What is an
"adventure"? It is when
things go so wrong on a trip that
the story you get to tell about
what happened is much
better than the actual
experience. Like, after you get
lost, your rented car breaks down, it starts raining,
no one speaks English, you
really need a ride to the airport
500 miles away, and you hitch a ride on a bottle truck...that's when the
"adventure" starts.Click here for vacation music
LETTUCE ADVENTURE: America's farms are
hurting for workers with the crackdown on illegal aliens. Come to
Arizona and work in the fields picking lettuce. Stay in historic migrant
labor camps. Get a lot of sun and make a few dollars per day. SURFING IN THE OIL SLICK: Bring your
surf boards to the Louisiana or the Mississippi coast and brave the oil
soaked waves. Grease that curl. No smoking allowed. HIKE ACROSS THE BORDER: Experienced
guides will take you across the burning desert of Southern Arizona from
Mexico to the United States for only $3,000. Learn how to hide from the
Border Patrol, find water bottles left for migrants, and avoid border
bandits who will steal everything you have. SHARK FISHING OFF THE
FLORIDA KEYS: For a few hundred
dollars (no American Express), you can rent a tiny little boat
and fish for
really big sharks with a hand line. You
hook a shark. It must be a big shark. A mean shark. Bigger
than the boat. Then a hurricane comes. A big hurricane. You fight
your way back to land. For a few dollars more,
you can get another boat and crew who
will videotape your Hemmingway-esq battle
with the "fish" And you can scoop up some oil while you're at it.. HUNTING
FOR A PARKING SPACE IN A PARKING GARAGE
IN LOS ANGELES DRIVING A SUBURBAN: The Quest
makes for a very interesting adventure, but Monty Python has
already found the Holy Grail. The
typical suburban is 6 feet 8 inches tall,
and the typical parking garage in L.A.
has 6 feet of clearance. This is why
Angelenos drive small cars. Spend days
wandering about the city, searching for a
place to park. Hint, there is one. TAKE
A CAB FROM TEPIC TO SAN BLAS, MEXICO:
Tepic is high in the mountains, and San
Blas is about 12,000 feet down a narrow,
twisty mountain road. Mexican cab drivers
like to drive very fast. Notice the
crucifix hanging from the rear view
mirror. If you aren't religious when the
trip starts, you will be praying when it
ends. RIDE A TRAIN IN MEXICO: Have you ever
wondered what it would be like to have ridden a train in the 1930's? The very
same passenger cars are running on the Mexican railroads. A favorite trip is
from Nogales, Sonora to Guadalajara. What makes this trip an adventure is
that often, when the train stops in Mazatlan to be reconfigured,
they forget a few of the cars and leave them behind on the tracks. FLY ANY AIRLINE: Schedules? They don't have no stinking schedules. WATCH YOUR GOVERNMENT IN ACTION: Go to any
state capital (or if you are really brave, to Washington, D.C.) and watch
your legislature in action. It is more of an adventure if you find out where all
the people in suits are standing around buying and selling your government. Not for
young children. GO ANYWHERE THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS NOT TO: If
you don't mind being shot at, or kidnapped, the US State Department
has a list for you.
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