Even in this financial system, you possibly can go tenting on the cheap in northern California. A cheap mountaineering and camping journey to Fort Ross on the coast north of San Francisco, that includes a campground with private sites near the seaside, the fort itself and a museum on the history of the Russian settlers. Recommendations on saving money – cutting food prices during your road journey, and have a great, secure mountain climbing and camping adventure on the coast.

Outside adventures abound, too. Experience horses by the mountains, go whitewater rafting, zipline high above the forest flooring, cast a fly for mountain trout, go mountain climbing, or strive Zorbing – rolling down a hill inside a giant plastic bubble. When you take the air tram as much as Ober Gatlinburg, you can too try your hand – or toes – at ice skating, and in the winter, snow skiing …