The best thing I ever did was put $400 in my back pocket and leave for the Cdn Rockies all the way from the isle of Newfoundland. Lived at the Y for a while in Banff until I found a job in Lake Louise. I lived the high life for over a year, skiing and hiking the mountains. I hooked up with a couple in a 68 VW Westfalia and then drove back from British Columbia to Newf. We drove through Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec,Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and then hopped the ferry to the Rock. I have also been lucky enough to spend 2 months living with families in Costa Rica, while volunteering for an Environmental Leadership Program.
So, the moral of the story is there is no harm in getting 'sidetracked' for a few years. I did all of this while I could, knowing eventually the bills would come. I came home finished university and now I am working for a successful software company and doing fine. My one regret is that the x-continental tour wasnt on a bike
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I've been to Dildo Newfoundland! That trip was for work in the refinery up there I think in St. John or is it Johns?... Anyway "Newfies" are some of th coolest people anywhere