Eating Right and Sleeping at the Canyon One thing to always consider when taking long road trips that cover large chunks of land (3,000+ miles) in a short amount of time (one week or less) is fuel -not just for the car, but for the body. No matter how hard one tries to eat “healthy”, you end up hitting a energy wall that only one thing can get you over. The stuff legends are made of, road food. I'm talking greasy gas station burritos, cheese dogs, chips, sugar laden candy bars, caffeine saturated soda pop, and anything that will give you a quick up to wire your senses and the gut rot to prevent you from sleeping. I definitely hit this wall somewhere near the Grand Canyon (Perhaps Andy did as well, but I'm not sure
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