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Seriously, the person, persons, corporation and/or company who began bottling water and selling it could not have possibly foreseen the ultimate success of such an endeavor. ‘Cause who would buy something that comes out of the tap for “free”? In retrospect, I have bought my fair share of bottled water. F’n bottled water! I can’t believe it.

So here is my road trip Pro-tip #1

Don’t buy bottled water! It’s expensive and wastes plastic. In the past on road trips I would buy gallon jugs, thinking I was saving smaller plastic bottles AND saving money. But that is in the past. I’ve moved on.

Now, I use the fountain soda machines at gas stations to fill up on water. I have a quart mason jar and a gallon sized plastic jug in my car that I bring inside with me. There is usually a small white lever on one of the soda selections where the water comes out. I use this water because 1) it’s free, 2) saves packaging, 3) an industry insider informed me the soda fountain water is triple filtered, to insure proper functioning of the machine! WIN!