Farm1 wrote about bringing a basket of provisions on a road trip:

> It sure beats eating the kind or stuff available along the road

I think that depends on exactly where you are. Would you do the same thing
if you were driving through the countryside of France, Spain, or Italy? Here
in Northern California, there is some *great* food to be had along the road
if you're within about 75 miles of the coast (which includes "wine
country"). There's still great food further inland, but you have to know
where to find it, and it's not usually anywhere close to the major highways.
Some posters here have lamented the absence of *any* decent restaurants
within a two-hour drive of their houses. (IIRC one was in the Oklahoma
panhandle and another was in Iowa.)

Bob