Emergency $20

So here's a trick to make sure you don't get totally stranded when your gas light comes on in the middle of nowhere after a weekend of good hiking. Always carry an emergency $20.00 bill in your car's glove box. Sounds easy right, but here's the hard part. Once you've placed your emergency $20.00 in the car you can never use it. It's best if you can simply forget that it's there until the day comes when you're leaving your favorite backpacking trail to return to the urban jungle and your car runs out of gas in the middle of a town that could've come straight out of the 1960's (i.e. no ATM or pay at the pump). Trust me, you'll be glad you took this advice.