Planning for Vacation

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Registered: 05-08-2006
Planning for Vacation
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Mon, 06-26-2006 - 12:04am

Our family leaves for vacation in a few days. We will be traveling in the car for 8 hours, then staying with in-laws who do not keep "health food" in the house. Do you have any suggestions for snacks that are good for the car and to stash at the in-laws? I normally snack on nuts and cheese. I'm not sure the cheese would travel well -- unless I took a cooler. I do not want this trip to be the end of my success, so I'm trying to plan ahead.

--Michelle
(2 months on the beach and 24 pounds lost)

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Mon, 06-26-2006 - 7:36am

Hi Michelle,


I would suggest bringing a cooler with you for the car ride.

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Registered: 05-26-2005
Mon, 06-26-2006 - 9:17am

We've done a number of car drives, two 8hr drives plus a drive from CA to TX while on South Beach.

First if you can bring a cooler I HIGHLY recommend it. This gives you many more options and allows you to pack a meal as well, like sandwhiches and cut up veggies.

For the non-refrigerated snacks we always bring:

dried fruit or Fruit Leather
apples, oranges
Kashi granola bars or SBD cereal bars
nuts
popcorn
spelt pretzels
Triscuits or SBD crackers (I like these because they are already in individual bags)

Car trips haven't been too hard for us overall. I was amazed at the number of Subway's along the highways now (in so, so many gas stations) So that is always a good place to stop and grab a wrap and eat it on the road. The hardest time we had was in western TX when there were stretches of road with VERY limited choices, not many grocery stores, etc. But we had already been on the road two straight days at that point, so it made it harder. If its just a one day drive its pretty easy to keep stocked up.



















spring06sig2
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Registered: 12-19-2002
Mon, 06-26-2006 - 12:10pm

Hi Michelle,


Additional ideas for your trip cooler:


Hard-boiled eggs, peeled and in Ziploc bag or container.