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The Anomalous Duo Does New York
On the cheap
Vacation Day One
Three years ago at this time we — The Anomalous Duo — were just arriving in Portugal for four days after having started our adventure a week before in Barcelona. For a couple of working stiffs with limited resources, we have managed to do some interesting traveling in our 12 years together. We’ve been to Iceland, in addition to this little jaunt from sea to ocean across the Iberian Peninsula. Then there were eight forays out to The Thing in the Desert.
We were able to make it back out to Burning Man in 2022 only because we had already saved the money and then left it untouched throughout the pandemic.
Since then, however, our urge to travel has been tempered by the financial realities of living on one part-time job and one Social Insecurity check each month.
So we’re making a virtue of necessity and vacationing in a city that millions of people around the world save up their money to visit each year.
