McDonald's Trip Planner

No, I am not a McDonald's addict. We are driving from IL to ID and I've been looking for places along the way for the girls to stretch their legs and be entertained. When we literally strap them to a chair so they can barely move (Wouldn't you hate that? Having no control over when you were freed and when you weren't?) for 24 hours straight, the least we can do is entertain them a little.

I just discovered this nifty McDonald'strip planner where you input you're trip route, and it shows you all of the McDonald's along the way. You can specify if you want McD's just .5 miles off your route, or 2 miles if you're willing to get off the beaten path. Among the created list of restaurants, you can see which ones have playplaces.

Unless it has a playplace, I might as well be down the road at the cheaper Wendy's, or the better-food Burger King, or Subway, or KFC, or Pizza Hut, or Olive Garden (Yeah, that last one is wishful thinking. We just tried Olive Garden and learned that Mari is not at a good eating-out age.) Most likely I'll be pigging out on their salads. I'm not afraid of hopping from one McDonald's to another... it reminds me of a childhood cross-country trip where Dad wanted to win the McDonald's Monopoly game. Yum.

Burger King and Carl's Jr. (aka Hardees) have playplaces, too, but they don't specify online which locations have playplaces. So for anyone interested, there ya go!