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I survived my CA road trip and the only time I got sick my husband also ended up not feeling well. We had both had a lobster salad and ironically my husband took longer to bounce back than me. He did say several times while he was feeling crummy, "Now I know how you feel." The road trip aspect was hard for me though, I think if we feel the need to travel again we'll rent a condo on a beach somewhere and relax!

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Hey, I'm glad you had a nice trip :) Where exactly did you go in California? I live in Northern California but as a senior trip this summer I'm doing the whole "road trip" thing to Southern California and my friends and are are renting a beach house. Like you said, I thought that'd be safer. BUT im sure my friends are going to want to eat out a lot, so I was wondering if you had traveled along the coast in southern California, and if you could reccomend any accomodating restaraunts? Thanks :)

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We drove from Carlsbad, to Morro Bay, to Carmel, to Napa, to San Francisco. I tried to scope out restaurants ahead of time, even stressed about it some, but it was hard in the end since we were on the go so much. I just made sure I spoke up, handed out my gluten-free cards, and I brought along lots of gluten-free power bars and salad dressings (Annie's makes them in individual packets). I had my share of bunless hamburgers (no fries of course, they always cook breaded stuff in the oil) and chicken ceasers (with my own dressing). I don't like eggs much so I missed having my toast or english muffins in the mornings. I noticed they are making Gorilla Munch cereal in individual bowls now which would be great for travel. There seemed to be a little more awareness out there about the whole gluten issue than there is here in the midwest. Don't let your gluten-free diet hold you back. Try to go to the known chains that have gluten-free menus, but if you can't, just insist on something other than Italian and you should be fine! B)

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We drove from Carlsbad, to Morro Bay, to Carmel, to Napa, to San Francisco. I tried to scope out restaurants ahead of time, even stressed about it some, but it was hard in the end since we were on the go so much. I just made sure I spoke up, handed out my gluten-free cards, and I brought along lots of gluten-free power bars and salad dressings (Annie's makes them in individual packets). I had my share of bunless hamburgers (no fries of course, they always cook breaded stuff in the oil) and chicken ceasers (with my own dressing). I don't like eggs much so I missed having my toast or english muffins in the mornings. I noticed they are making Gorilla Munch cereal in individual bowls now which would be great for travel. There seemed to be a little more awareness out there about the whole gluten issue than there is here in the midwest. Don't let your gluten-free diet hold you back. Try to go to the known chains that have gluten-free menus, but if you can't, just insist on something other than Italian and you should be fine! B)

You handed out gluten-free cards? What are those?

beaglemania Rookie
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I was just in Northern Ca!! I went to stay at my relative's house in Portola Valley in/near Palo Alto. My family visited Monterey, Carmel, Pebble Beach (gorgeous), and San Fran(Mostly Lame Advertisementraz). It was pretty cool. I had plenty of bunless hamburgers and we even went to P.F. Changs which has a gluten-free menu.

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