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        In the survey that alot of us participated in recently
        I stated that traveling was not very difficult.

        I take it back.    !!!!

        The only real travel I have done in the past 2 or so years
        has been to visit freinds (or family) who know of the problem
        and help.  The only exception to this was a trip to St. Louis
        last year when my boyfriend INSISTED on taking nearly everything
        with us..no not the kitchen sink.  I now admit that if he hadn't
        done this I might have been in serious trouble.  Last weekend
        we went to his class reunion.  We left early on Friday and returned
        late Sunday.  I took a small shoulder cooler (liquids) and
        1/2 a bag of tostitos.  I told him if I saw another cooler I wouldn't
        go.  (we were so jammed in the car last year it wasn't funny)
        We also visited his family and had portraits taken.
        *Just in case someone isn't aware..small midwestern towns
        do not generally have stores that carry GF food.*

        I do not think I have ever been so hungry in my life!
        I not only got a hold of food I couldn't eat..
        Omlettes with weird cheese sauces, you get the picture.

        But here's the highlight -- Supposedly the best restaurant
        in town and I was actually served a breaded chicken thingy
        when the menu said it was grilled.
        *Grilled chicken stuffed with broccolli served over wild rice,
        sounds reasonably ok right?*
        (I know I should have said something but there were a lot of people
        at our table *old school freinds* & etc* who were talking and
        it didn't seem appropriate to make a fuss, after all the stares
        I think a fuss would have been better)
        I ended up trying to get all the breading off the chicken, a
        hopeless task I might add.   Yes I did eat it..I hadn't really
        eaten anything since thursday night at 4:30 pm...this was 6pm
        on Saturday.

        Now to the point of this post. Thanks for bearing with me.

        After this weekend (to which I have been reacting since early
        sunday morning) I have decided that a survival pack of some sort
        is a necessity.  I am asking if anyone else has one put together,
        and what you have put in it/what works well.  Any and all
        suggestions are welcome.

        This may help, I do not like to carry a lot with me when I travel.
        I only took one shoulder bag with me for the whole weekend.
        This is all I generally take for short trips (4-5 days)

        I did but peanut butter on sunday afternoon on the way home.

        My other decision is no more ms. nice person about what I get
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