I have to say, I’m really disappointed at the mass transit in California. Or at least I should say, I’m really disappointed at the mass transit in Ventura County. Not only do I have no bus stops or train stops with in walking distance to my work (people I work at the Camarillo airport, how is this possible?) but also there is no route that leads from my house to the Mr’s work either. What the hell? We are talking for me 20 minutes and for him 35 minutes. This is ridiculous. People say the midwest is screwed up, but when I worked construction I could take the bus from my parents house all the way to right in front of my job site with no transfer. I’m even willing to transfer California! But no. Minnesotans can travel across at least 7 different cities with out a problem, while Californians can’t even travel across 2. How does that make sense to you?
The Mr will be car pooling with his dad to & from work as the both work at the same place. That means the Mr will have to go back to the 8-5 schedule he doesn’t care for, but at 400$ a month on gas just for him it’s needed.
Please don’t tell me to buy a hybrid either. The truck has no car payment, we own it. If we BUY a car to save on gas wouldn’t we be paying EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT MONTHLY? I hate this argument. We are thinking maybe about getting the Mr a motorcycle though. He’s always wanted one and if we get a cruiser that I can ride on too & it gets at least 50 mpg then it might be worth the investment. We will have to see.
Also we have decided not to go to the Grand Canyon this year for our 5th anniversary. Calculating it out the vacation would cost us about 3K where as if we never were swayed by the FIL we could have flown & stayed in Sanibel for $1500. Live & learn. We are staying in state. But not at home. Any Californians have any ideas of what would be fab? We are thinking maybe Paso Robles (we’ve been there plenty but never for over a week), maybe Moro Bay, or Big Sur, or Monterrey? still out in the open.
