"Road trips are like doing something without doing anything"

This is more of a thing in the United States than it seems to be in Europe: the concept of road trips. My normal road trip is about 12 hours going from New York to North Carolina. In Europe, people are confused and feel like it's too much to do in a day if you have to even just take a 2 hour train ride each way someplace. In New York, we call a 2 hour train ride our morning commute.

So my friend Sarah and I felt a 4 hour drive from Leeds to Edinburgh would be a great weekend road trip scenario. We were right! Now, when you have celiac road trips require a bit more planning than the average person. Because we can't just stop at any old fast food restaurant or rest stop and get whatever small food item is available. It takes planning and coordination.

Now, when I take road trips, I'm usually driving by myself. So it's more difficult to eat meals and plan that way for my road trips. But I do snack. I'll usually go to the grocery store, or a nearby bakery and grab a bunch of options. Some snacks I like to bring on road trips are:

• Trail Mix (sometimes I can find gluten free versions)

• Welch's Fruit Snacks

• Chips

• Nature Valley granola bars

• Nature's Bakery Fig Bars

• Glutino Pretzels

• Antoninas Bakery Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffin

• Annie's Snickerdoodle Animal Grahams

• Katz Donut Holes, Donuts, Creme Cakes

I also very meticulously plan out the route, which Sarah was kind enough to help with. On road trips we also plan out podcast episodes to listen to. Check out the podcasts for our recommendations! Also, Eat. Explore. Love. The Podcast! Could be a fun podcast for you to listen to on your road trip ;)