Healthy Travels

So my husband and I are planning a vacation later in the month. We're going to Colorado, so it's roughly a 10-12 hour drive. Since I've adopted this new "clean food" way of life (mind you, for the most part. I still eat crappy food sometimes because it is delicious) I have not been on any kind of road trip or vacation. So how does one eat good, nutritious food while travelling? When you're starving, how do you just drive past the McDonald's and the Arby's and the Good Times Burgers (local to Colorado) and the B-Bops (local to Iowa) and the Dairy Queen? HOW!? I know it's going to be rough. And I know (especially at breakfast) that we are going to cave a few times. But I've come up with some things that might make this vacation a bit more healthy than vacations of the past.

I'm going to pack a bunch of our own food. I made some low-cal chicken salad that we can spread on crackers. I also made some hummus to spread on crackers-here is a couple great recipes for hummus. We're going to take some of the beautiful cherry tomatoes from our garden that we actually succeeded in growing this year and some blueberries and almonds. I got some different kinds of granola from our local co-op and mixed them all together and I also bought a couple bags of G.H. Cretor's popped corn. Some of the BEST popcorn on the face of the planet... If you haven't tried it, look for it in your grocery store's health food section. Here's their website-www.ghcretors.com. I also got some great tips from WiseBread.com. One AWESOME idea-take a couple large mason jars, fill with water and a tea bag, put in the window for sun tea. Why the heck didn't I think of that earlier?!

I think the key to a healthy road trip is definitely spending a couple of hours doing research on what to take with you and what places to visit. It's well worth it. This afternoon, I'm going to our local library to find a couple of travel books on some of the "off the beaten path" places to eat and visit. Hopefully I find the book I'm looking for about eating healthy and local wherever you travel. I found it once, almost bought it, and put it down. Bummer. If anyone knows what book(s) this might be, comment below.