Recent spikes in gas prices and the frenzy of news coverage about that fact have motivated me to make some changes. You can’t ignore reality, but missing the juicy parts of life is not an option. If you feel the same way I do, a little attention to detail will keep the highway robbery from cramping your lifestyle.

To keep the budget straight, I’ve made a couple changes.
For starters, we’re now packing a minimum of four to a car on the guys golf weekends. We’re also rolling mid-size now.  We used to average three-per and always in full-size s.u.v’s. That meant plenty of room to stretch out and live large.

We’ve also scaled down the road menu choices.  No more sit-down stops on the way.  If we have to grab food, it’s through a cheap drive-thru window or when we get to the resort. We’ve even made a little room in the beer cooler for some snacks.

So far the results have been a net reduction in road trip expenses.  
My lifestyle isn’t cramped at all...Even if I am.

I’m doubled over with gastro-intestinal distress from the drive-thru and a weekend of riding in the back of a clown car has my hamstrings coiling up like a pair of reticulated pythons around a lab rat.

That's not a complaint. In fact, I couldn’t be happier.

If you’re reading this at work right now, tell me you wouldn’t endure a few cramps of your own to be at BOYNE right now enjoying the best of summer.
The one commodity we can’t replace is time.  Better to spend it well.

Are we there yet?  I have to go to the bathroom.”
-JJ