Very good suggestions Allison! I like the idea of freezing water bottles. Also augmenting the hotel breakfast with a shake would be great too. Thank you.

: My husband and I go to Arizona every
: spring and stay for a week. It's a
: 6 hour drive, but we pack a lot of
: our own food for the trip so we
: won't have to eat every meal out.
: We usually freeze water bottles
: and start off with some frozen
: food in the cooler. When we get to
: the hotel, we put as many of the
: water bottles as we can in the
: freezer of the little hotel
: fridge. We also bring big ziplock
: bags that we can fill with ice.

: We bring almonds, protein powder in
: individual servings in ziplock
: snack bags, yam cakes (see recipe
: section), grilled meat (yam cakes
: and grilled meat we usually freeze
: beforehand so they can help keep
: the cooler cold) cheese sticks.
: Then we buy other things we need
: wherever we are staying. We will
: buy deli meat, rotisserie chicken
: (if you belong to Costco or Sam's
: Club they have good rotisserie
: chicken), cukes, carrots, celery
: etc. We only stay at places that
: have a refrigerator and a
: microwave in the room. I eat
: gluten free bread, so I usually
: pack my own bread. For breakfast,
: I do a combo of a simple shake and
: the complementary breakfast. We
: make and pack a lunch because
: we're often out hiking and want to
: be able to just sit down somewhere
: outside and eat. Then we usually
: go out to dinner.
: Allison