We always drive from N.C. (about 9 hours if you drive overnight), and we always bring stuff for breakfast in the room. I buy those little boxes of milk that don't have to be refridgerated and then just ice one down before we go to bed. My kids LOVE eating cereal out of the little "box bowls!"
Also, we only slpurge on one "Big" meal a day, and always at lunch (menus are almost the same as dinner, but soooo much cheaper!). Then our evening meal is something cheaper, usually at a counter service place, and sometimes our favorite - POPCORN!!
