My husband left on a road trip last week. To be more precise, he’s driving alone across the country! It’s unusual in this day and age, but he insisted. He had hoped for us to go together and take the train with a sleeper car, but when that proved too expensive, he’d waited too long to get a cheap flight. I’ll fly in and join him later this week and drive back with him, hoping for some motel pools to beat the heat.
Before he left, I was busy packing him a big bag of snacks. I didn’t want him to have to stop and pay a fortune for potato chips and other junk food. He seemed to think I was overdoing it and teased me a little bit, but after his 4-day drive, he told me he was so glad to have the bag and he hadn’t needed to stop for a meal until the evening of the 3rd day! Now, that’s going to change on the way back. They were meant as snacks, not meals. But here’s what got my husband through almost 3 days of driving:
1. bananas
2. almonds
3. pistachios
4. peanut butter crackers
5. dates
6. Balance energy bars
7. tortilla chips
8. chocolate chip banana bread
9. peanut butter and jelly sandwich
I still don’t know how most of that qualifies as a meal, but they’re great snacks for a road trip, or to take on the plane now that they don’t serve food and your only option is junk food from the airport.
I plan on taking some homemade trail mix with me on the flight. I’ll post my favorite recipe soon.
What are your favorite road trip snacks? Or do you prefer to just let loose and enjoy the junk food? Maybe you adopt a “When in Rome” attitude and sample the local flavor, like a 72 oz. steak in Texas or White Castle burgers in the midwest. Please leave your thoughts and suggestions in the Comments section.
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