{"id":685,"date":"2013-01-08T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T13:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knowyouroots.com\/ijustgottashare\/?p=685"},"modified":"2014-03-17T12:23:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T16:23:35","slug":"is-it-possible-to-travel-across-the-usa-and-not-visit-a-chain-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowyouroots.com\/ijustgottashare\/2013\/01\/08\/is-it-possible-to-travel-across-the-usa-and-not-visit-a-chain-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it possible to travel across the USA and not visit a chain restaurant?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our journey from NY to CA<\/p><\/div>\n

Yes, indeedy. We did it and the funny thing is that we didn\u2019t even try to avoid a chain restaurant. The only time we purposely went into a chain\u00a0restaurant was to use the bathroom. I have to say McDonald’s generally have the cleanest restrooms across the country.<\/p>\n

In 2008, we traveled from NY to CA, the long way as it took a month and a half and traveled \u00a07,000 miles. So how does a family of three travel cross the country, eat well, and not pay a fortune for food while sidestepping all chain restaurants? First, some planning is necessary as well as intermittent access to the internet.\u00a0 When we go on road trips, we travel with a cooler packed with staple foods, and generally stay at a place that we can enjoy some aspect of breakfast and eat lunch, snacks while traveling. Dinner is typically the only meal we eat out daily.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s in the cooler?<\/strong><\/p>\n