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Haul a cooler and snacks » If you have space, haul a cooler of cold drinks in your vehicle. You’ll pay less for drinks purchased before you leave home than on the road at convenience stores.

Ditto for snacks. On our last road trip, I brought along a case of water, cold drinks, fresh fruit, sandwich fixings, homemade chocolate chip cookies and other baked treats.

Lesley Mitchell writes One Cheap Chick in blog form at blogs.sltrib.com/cheap. lesley@sltrib.com Twitter: @cheapchick Facebook.com/OneCheapChick

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