It’s the first rule of Road Trips: The further you have to travel for it, the more memorable it’ll be. The second rule is the credo of wussy rappers and stadium streakers: YOLO — You Only Live Once.
So yes, you do want to drop a month’s rent to cross the Super Bowl off your bucket list. And the 67,852 km you’d need to cover to take the 10 Greatest Sports Road Trips on Earth? Put it this way: 40 years from now, you’ll remember who scored the winning goal when you saw El Clásico in Barcelona. You won’t remember what you sold to get the ticket.
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