America is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries on the planet, and there are some wonderful places to visit that are located in your own backyard!  A great place for vacations in the State of Missouri can be found by visiting the website:  VisitMo.com or you can check out the State of Kansas:  travelks.com.  RVing simply allows you to plan a more affordable, flexible vacation where you can enjoy getting there and back as much as the final destination.  It is simply a matter of math.  If gas prices rise $1 and someone gets 8 mpg, then a 250-mile trip will cost an extra $31.25 for gas - not too bad!  Families can also cut back on other items to help keep costs down.  Replace steaks with hamburgers, soda with water or Kool-Aid for the kids.  Perhaps some of the attractions you might have spent $$$ on for entry fees and tickets could be foregone and replaced with some good old fashioned fun - checkers, tossing a ball around, songs around the campfire, and on and on...remember those days!  I'm sure you are getting the idea by now and probably coming up with some of your own.  If you'd like to share those with our readers, I'm sure they'd love to read them.  Share your stories; share your pictures.  Life's a trip; go RVing!!!