H and I are heading back to his hometown a week from today. We are driving and it will be an 11 hour (each way) trip. We have made the drive a few times now, but I am wanting to make it a little more fun this time. I was thinking about making some snacks to take along the way. Any ideas?
What is your favorite thing about road trips?
Also, we will be traveling along i-80 through Nebraska headed toward Iowa from CO. Does anyone know of some fun places to stop along the way?
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Not sure if you have satellite radio but they have a few stations that play comedy shows, we like to listen to those on long road trips. Otherwise books on "tape" are nice to help pass the time.
As for interesting things to see along I-80, err, good luck. I've done the drive from Chicago to Omaha to Denver and the Omaha to Denver stretch was brutal. I thought Iowa was very pretty though.
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We also loaded up our ipods with playlists we each liked.
For snacks, it's all about perspective: do you pack snacks because you get hungry and don't like to make snacks or do you pack them because you eat when you're bored? We're the latter so I try for healthier snacks: homemade popcorn or Smartfood, carrot sticks, fruit, fruit leather, etc. If you're actually eating to be full, go for things like jerky, granola bars, sandwich supplies, etc.
I've done I-80 several times over the years. It's not so exciting. Sorry.
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Otherwise, I look up shows like Diners, Drive ins and Dives or one of the Food Paradise shows like Burger Paradise and see if there are any featured restaurants along the route or not too far out of the way. DH and I both love trying things so that is something we both enjoy. That is how we got to try goat tacos and had the best fried chicken ever on the road trip to our honeymoon.