Growing up in the '60s, our family did some tent camping for vacations. Just once, my mother and we three sisters rode the train to visit her relatives two states away. I still don't know how my parents afforded that trip. I was able to travel in Europe a bit in the '70s. I had a Eurail pass, stayed in youth hostels, and ate a lot of sandwiches and fruit from grocery stores. There are a few places in Europe I'd like to see again, and a few more places I'd like to see for the first time, but the cost is ridiculous, and I don't think I still have what it takes to sit on a plane for that many hours, and possibly deal with missed flight connections while sleep deprived. I would gladly settle for a road trip right here in the USA, but I need someone else to do most of the driving, and my husband won't go anywhere at all. Haven't gotten that worked out yet!