Eating While Traveling

I am on my way home from a ski trip to Mad River Glen Vermont.  I had a great time, skied with my old boss from my Sugarloaf days and couldn't have asked for better conditions.
One of the things that I find rather challenging is to eat healthy while traveling.  First of all the restaurant choices for healthy eaters suck and there is more of us out there then you might realize.  We must just lurk in the shadows.
But I do plan for this.  I packed my breakfast (see my breakfast blog), Oatmeal (the real stuff), berries, nuts and real maple syrup.  The hotel was kind enough to microwave it for me.  I also packed my lunches, PBJ, fruit, salad, soy nuts and some kashi bars. Eating out for supper was another story!  When ever I order a salad it seems to be a big plate of lettuce and not much else.  The particular one I ordered had 2 grape tomatoes, 1 slice of cucumber and on olive and all for $9.  Seriously!  I also got a veggie burger on a nasty roll.  Read the ingredients on the veggie burgers package, not all that good.
Now on my drive home on the NYS thruway we (my boyfriend and I) stopped at a rest stop to use the rest rooms and maybe get something to eat.  We pulled in and the offering was Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts and some artificial cookie company.  So to NYS: how is this helping our ever growing health and obesity problem?  If we offer healthy food people will eat it, but if we don't uneducated eaters have no other choice.
Luckily I had some left over salad and PBJ.  Note: all natural PB, no sugar added jelly and homemade wheat & oatmeal bread.
My commitment to this cause is that every time I have to eat on the road I will always ask the person serving me why they don't offer more and better nutritional choices. I will also send emails to places like Nunda's horrid grocery store and the restaurants in my area.  If enough of us ask things will eventually change in these small rural areas. I hope that I can make a positive effect.