US Road Trip in summer- what preps to take

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I'm a UK prepper with US family. I'm the only prepper in the party. I'm taking a deep breath and travelling to US again this year (gone past few summers with dh and dd). This time, instead of staying in one spot (with some mini road trips) we are doing one big one.
What would you take from UK?
Obviously no food stuffs. We must travel pretty light. We will travel with plenty of water. One of our US party smokes so having means to make fire pretty essential for them .
I'll take light first aid kit.
What would you add from the UK?
And if you are in the US, what would you bring along.
I watch lots of US and UK prepper vids (ok mostly US). I'm more of a bug in than bug out kind of prepper.

You could buy bait and fishing rods in Walmart, and a fishing licence. Keep the bait in your cooler with your Dr Pepper...

They sell seriously looking bows and arrows too Math don’t they? I’m not up in the rules surrounding the sales of those types of weapons though..

I haven’t quite recovered from the children’s playset I saw the other day which had a cute kids bow and arrow complete with several toy deer to fire them at...

There are still a few Mom and Pop side of the road shops in the US where you might find the live bait cooler right next to the ice cream.

Not in my local Walmart. They don't even sell BB guns there either. It would only encourage people to kill each other in the car park with their brand new weaponry.

There was a shooting there late one Christmas Eve after two parties started fighting over someone cutting in line

I'd hit up the local Walmart on arrival too - a couple of interesting looking dehydrated meals would be light to carry and you could try them out en route (would you be able to get a few then at the local Walmart or similar at the end before heading home? Are they allowed into the UK?).

Are you RV'ing and cooking along the way?

Or car driving and eating in restaurants/motels etc?

If RV'ing, perhaps some sachets of seasonings to make whatever ingredients you do find on the trail more interesting/easy to prepare. I know I've got things like fajita seasoning before to shake onto chicken or veggies to give them some (but not a lot) of spice and flavor. Or packets of "ranch dressing" that you add to yoghurt/mayonnaise to make the dressing for salads (other types are available, for creamy or oily type dressings).

Some bottles of squash type concentrate, to make with fresh water along the way.

And, if you will be BBQ'ing/"grilling", a pack of bamboo skewers to be able to make kebabs or 'smores etc (added bonus of being burnable as well as disposable). Or a pack of those long 'smores sticks that the Dollar Tree and similar places sell, but remember to hold on to those as you go along if you can (they're washable and reusable, but handy for DCs as they are long, and can be burned on the last night if you don't want to bring them home).

Good tips there

(I've noted someone's idea above of baking a cake before a hurricane - I'm going to adopt that for when snow hits in future to cheer us all up!!)

It's a really good idea for a bit of morale boosting. An overlooked feature.