I could hardly sleep Saturday night. I was so anxious to get up and head to Georgia. It’s one of the best places on earth. Normally we would just fly somewhere, but we wanted to take Mr. Grumples. He’s a little too big for a plane.
I woke up at 6 am on Sunday to walk the dog and packed my bags, Jeremy’s bags, Grumples bags, and loaded up the car! That took about three hours. Going up and down the three flights of stairs with suitcases and other random stuff was definitely a workout. Jeremy slept through it all which is incredible because I am not the most quite person.
I always pack a cooler with road trip snacks. It’s a great way to use up the produce so it doesn’t go bad while I’m away. I stuffed my cooler with: roasted red pepper hummus, vegetables, oranges, hard boiled eggs, larabars, a sunflower seed and enjoy life chocolate chunk mix.
I brought a breakfast smoothie with me to start out the drive. It had : 1 cup frozen mixed berries, 3 cups ice, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1 packet stevia, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup wheat grass, 1 cup kale, and 1 serving Genisoy Plain protein powder.
After four hours in the car, my energy started to go down. I turned to the cooler!
I (and Mr.. grumples) snacked on the vegetables and hummus. It’s the perfect road trip snack because it’s not messy. I normally don’t use plastic baggy’s anymore but I used all my containers to store some produce in the refrigerator. I do re-use them tho!
It started to get dark around 8 pm and we were getting hungry. The snacks weren’t cutting it. I went to my road trip go-to…Wendy’s! I always get their berry almond salad and give my chicken to Grumples. I did top my salad with the egg whites for protein. Jeremy is on Paleo so Wendy’s had options for him.
Around 11 pm, I needed an energy fix. I was getting so tired and we still had four more hours to go! I dove into my chocolate and sunflower seed mix! We finally made it to Southern GA around 1:30 am. I couldn’t be more happier! Now it’s time to go stock up the house with fresh farmers market produce!
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