Road Trip Part 2: Snacks

I posted last week about our upcoming road trip to North Carolina and the need for the ultimate music playlist. If music is the most important aspect of the trip, then snacks for the road have to be a very close second. My ultimate goal is to not have to stop for a full meal.

There is a fine art to getting snacks for a road trip. The snacks can’t be too messy or smelly. They have to be able to be served at or near room temperature (although we will have a small cooler for drinks). You need to have a mix of sweet, salty, and spicy. And of course, they have to be tasty 🙂

So with all of this in mind, the kids and I went to Wal-Mart earlier this week to stock up, and I think we did a pretty decent job. The kids got their favorite flavors of Pop-Tarts (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Strawberry Milkshake), I got my mandatory Hot Fries and Munchos, and we will be making a whole mess of PB&J sandwiches the day before we leave.

The only problem? I think we did our shipping trip a bit too early. The Pop-Tart boxes have already been open, Luna and I have devoured half the Hot Fries, and the dogs ate my Munchos while we were out of the house yesterday.

Since we will obviously need to make another snack run, I wanted to ask for your input. What are your favorite snacks to take on the road? Post in the comments below what you think we should add to our shopping list.

Building the Ultimate Road Trip Playlist

The kids and I are taking a road trip to North Carolina in a few weeks, and I have a whole list of things I need to do to get ready. The car needs an oil change, I need to check my stock of Dramamine for Logan, and of course (perhaps most importantly) I need to build the ultimate road trip playlist.

Luckily the kids and I share a similar taste in music, which makes the task of creating a shared playlist a little bit easier. But how do you fill nearly twelve hours with music? Do you allow repeats? Do you have a structured list or just a random shuffle? Do you include new music that you have been meaning to listen to, or stick to the classics?

I would love to hear your ideas/suggestions. Post them in the comments below and I’ll be sure to check them out!