How to take a broke-ass road trip. There’s a saying that goes, ‘The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco’. It’s credited to Mark Twain, but that’s a lie; nobody really knows who said it. I wish I had. You know what else I wish I had? A friggin’ car! Don’t get me wrong, San Francisco is one of the true loves of my life, but I could really use some summer sunshine. 1. (I know I just complained about not having a car, but I’m actually tied to my desk right now, so just look at my car reference before as a metaphor for ‘the freedom to not be at my damn desk’.) 2. If you don’t have wheels but aren’t too keen on riding with random strangers, you can always rent a car. 3. Still on the car-less theme, if you use Zipcar or one of the countless smaller local versions of car sharing, you can take a vehicle for multiple days at a time. 4. Don’t wanna spend too much loot on food while traveling?
5. You read Lonely Planet, so you know the drill, but just in case you don’t, I’ll break it down for you. 6. 7. 8. Homepage. Troy Renck: Rockies should acquire more pitching in offseason. Troy e. renck The Rockies want to believe they aren't far away from contending. They want to believe this perfect storm of carnage is traced to devastating injuries, bad luck, lacking mental toughness and mind-bending regression by third baseman Ian Stewart. Fans are disappointed. Players are frustrated. To get back into the National League West hunt, the Rockies have two choices: a) they can spend money on a free-agent slugger such as Michael Cuddyer or Josh Willingham or b) use all their resources to bolster their rotation. Mets manager Terry Collins watches another loss from the dugout vs. the Diamondbacks. The Rockies would love to add Cuddyer, a right-handed slugger, to lengthen the lineup and provide a calming presence with runners in scoring position.
Given the way the division is currently constructed, with the ability to win 2-1 on the road in San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles essential, the resources need to go toward arms. Why? Trouble brewing. Footnotes. 1. 2. 3. Ultimate Baja Road Trip - adventure journal - StumbleUpon. We’re driving south over a bad road because in Baja California even the good roads are bad. As for the bad roads themselves, well, they’re another whole level of bad. But each bad road in Baja California is bad in its own way, and if you spend enough time driving south of the border you become a connoisseur of them, a sort of bad-road snob, and you grow to appreciate, even respect, the many fine and subtle ways a road can be bad. In Tijuana, for example, Mexico 1 features curves that tighten too sharply or drop away off-camber, exits requiring lane changes across speeding traffic, and grades more suited to the Inca Trail than to a route with superhighway pretentions.
This is the badness of third-world engineering, and it can only be savored amidst a turbid mix of American SUVs, overloaded Mexican jalopies, and ancient delivery trucks. In Bahia de Los Angeles, one encounters a moonscape of potholes; in Maneadero, unmarked speed bumps the size of redwood logs.