When my husband Greg and I were driving out to LA from the east coast, we wanted to bring most of our food with us for a couple reasons. First, I need to stick to my GAPS diet for now, because when I stray from the diet my joints flare up and a number of symptoms from my longterm antibiotic use for Lyme disease return. Secondly, we wanted to stay as healthy as we could and rest stop food is never very nutritious. We wanted a quality cooler bag not only for the trip, but also on days where we'd be away from the house for long periods of time and would need to eat (since restaurants aren't really an option if I wanted to stick to the GAPS diet).