1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogHappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/webmaster/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="36IPUhgzon"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/driving-across-america-while-vegan/">Driving Across America While Vegan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/driving-across-america-while-vegan/embed/#?secret=36IPUhgzon" width="600" height="338" title="“Driving Across America While Vegan” — HappyCow" data-secret="36IPUhgzon" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sunflower-Nashville-e1550678571502.jpg40323024How far has the Veganization of America Come? In late 2017, my husband was offered a job in San Diego, which not only meant no more suffering through cold DC winters but, almost as good, a 3000-mile road trip to get his car across the country! We would leave from our home just outside DC in Bethesda, Maryland, an area that has become vegan-friendly over the years, and drive first to Buffalo, New York, for a short visit with his family, and then drive through a number of states that might not be as vegan-friendly. Taking the southernmost route, south from Buffalo to Nashville, Tennessee and then due west on 1-40, I was curious to see firsthand how far the availability of vegan food had progressed (or not) as we crossed the middle of the country. Would vegan food be harder to find along our route? This article is about our experience finding vegan food choices. Our secret weapon for locating restaurants where we could find vegan food, no matter where we were, would be the HappyCow app. For anyone not familiar with HappyCow, I encourage you to download it. I still use it all the time, even living in […]