$300 Travel: The Cheap and Wild Side of Bakersfield

€uroMeinke · 06-25-2008, 10:27 PM

I guess NPR is starting a series on cheap travel you can do with your stimulus check - next stop Bakersfield

cirquelover · 06-25-2008, 10:39 PM

Just what I want to do on my vacation! I love this part though;
"At the fight-filled race track and junk stores, a traveler learns an important lesson."

Sounds like a great way to spend your $300, on fights and junk stores. I wonder what the next one will be?!

JWBear · 06-25-2008, 10:46 PM

Actually, there used to be some very good antique stores in Bakersfield.....

€uroMeinke · 06-25-2008, 10:47 PM

I just listened to the one on Primm Nevada:

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The town is just across the California border and it attracts gamblers who just can't bear to drive another hour to Las Vegas.

Tref · 06-25-2008, 11:15 PM

On that same theme, AAA's Westways magazine has an article on the joys of parking your RV overnight in the parking lot of a Fresno area Wal Mart.

BarTopDancer · 06-26-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I just listened to the one on Primm Nevada:

Vegas is only 30 minutes or so from Primm.

Then again if a gambler coming in over state line can't wait another hour they may want to rethink their choices in past times.

Primm is good for food and restrooms. And a little shopping - but the outlet mall pretty much sucks.

Chernabog · 06-26-2008, 12:54 PM

Saying that Bakersfield has a cheap "side" implies that there's a "not cheap" side to it. Which is LIES.

JWBear · 06-26-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Saying that Bakersfield has a cheap "side" implies that there's a "not cheap" side to it. Which is LIES.

Depends on whether yuou mean "cheap" as in "inexpensive", or "cheap" as in "tacky".

Kevy Baby · 06-26-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

Depends on whether you mean "cheap" as in "inexpensive", or "cheap" as in "tacky".

Nah: I think it applies either way.

JWBear · 06-26-2008, 05:09 PM

There are some very expensive homes in Bakersfield. Oil money...

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cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	Just what I want to do on my vacation! I love this part though; "At the fight-filled race track and junk stores, a traveler learns an important lesson." Sounds like a great way to spend your $300, on fights and junk stores. I wonder what the next one will be?!
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Actually, there used to be some very good antique stores in Bakersfield..... __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Saying that Bakersfield has a cheap "side" implies that there's a "not cheap" side to it. Which is LIES. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	There are some very expensive homes in Bakersfield. Oil money... __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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