College Graduation present

After taking 5 years to graduate with a bachelor's in finance my family wanted to come and visit my wife and me for Graduation up in Idaho befoe heading back home to California. They surprised us and took us on a trip to the St. Anthony Sand Dunes. We had so much fun on this trip because we were with family and on one of the amazing new Polaris 1000cc Razors. We do not get to do things like this often beeing poor students just out of college so it was a treat, to say the least.

We Found a Jump

My Thoughts

For the cost to rent it was a little bit expensive but the memories we created we one that will last a lifetime. I would recommend renting one for one of your outdoor trips/ vacations you will be glad you did.

In talking with my dad after the tip.. he reminded me how during his childhood that he has only ever taken one vacation as a kid and that was a trip to Yellowstone to see Old Faithful. Its so important to give thanks and gratitude for the small simple things in life and to be able to save for those bigger things to really want such as this sand dunes trip.

Saving For More Meaningful Rewards

This trip cost us around $~350USD wich was a lot of money but we were able to justify it by saving money for 1.5 years not eating out.

Eating out for one person cost $~6USD

Both of us for one meal cost $~12USD

Trip Cost $350 / $6 cost per meal =58.33 meals

Taking the savings fo cooking food at home and the money that we would have spent eating out going toward bigger better and more meaningful things that will create memories that will last a lifetime.

This is an example of a lunch we would make on some of my homemade sourdoughs... Yes, it's a lot of time and work but more rewarding and healthy.

Hopefully, I can inspire some of you to save for the bigger more meaningful things that will create lasting memories when trying to do more with less.
Best,
Isaac

At the end of the day, we packed a cooler with food for a late lunch.