My husband and I took a few road trips last year and hopefully will be taking a few more in the coming year. I've been taking pics of what I've found to make our hotel stays a little more like home and our drives a little less tedious. I'll try to share what has worked and some pics from the road as well.
The first one comes from our trip to Sulphur Springs, Tx.
Ever noticed that musty hotel smell? No matter how clean they are...some hotel rooms just smell funky. Yeah, that's rights... I'm starting this post off with hotel funk. Well, that is an easier and cheaper (under $4) fix than travelling with your Scentsy and waiting for the wax to cool because you forgot to unplug it until right before you are checking out. What is it? It's your car vent clip!!
It's super inexpensive, they are easy to pick up pretty much anywhere and if you forget to put it back in the car... no big loss.
Travel hack #2... is also under $4. It's an LED night light.
If you are travelling with another person, this will keep you from either tripping over a piece of furniture or startling the bejeezus out of them when you have to turn on a lamp to keep from accidentally killing yourself on the way to the bathroom at 4am. If you have kids (we don't) it will probably be a comfort to them when they wake up in the middle of the night. There are some that double as a flashlight in a power outage. They cost a little more, but if you don't have a flashlight in your travel kit like we do, it might be good to spring for the upgrade.
#3 is a Food Hack
We are trying to make an effort to eat less junk food when we travel. So when we are travelling for more than 48hrs, we try to book hotels with a fridge and a microwave. Also, I take my Rice Cooker!
These are available at grocery and at everything-under-the-sun-marts for less than $24. If you are trying to eat healthier this is how you keep that up when you travel.
This spaghetti dinner was 1 small bag of thin spaghetti (broken in half), and one jar of chunky pasta sauce. I made 5 servings for a couple of dollars each. Since my husband has to have protein with each meal, I browned up 1 lb of ground beef (3 servings) and froze it for the trip. Plus, it was an extra "ice pack" in the cooler.
#4 is also a rice cooker hack. CORNBREAD!!
I hate to tease you with this one... but I'm going to have to do it. The photos of the ingredients and step by step, didn't happen. I was so excited to try it that I forgot to take the pictures!! I'll take those on another road trip.
Speaking of road trip, it was a loooong one!! 356 miles and almost 7hrs.
If you're from Texas you know that anywhere worth going means you're going to travel at least 100 miles.. if not more.. and you're going to make some stops along the way.
And last but not least.. anywhere you drive... you are bound to find road construction. Which is what inspired this selfie.
Don't get used to it... they don't happen often.
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