Flying J Front Street in Kansas City

Nothing new there

 

Little further out, but I always liked the Petro in Oak Grove.

 

I don't remember the mile marker... I think it was 27 on I70 east of KC.. you have the Oak Grove 70, a TA, and... I don't remember what the other one was. I've shut down at the one you're talking about twice. The first time is when I was with Swift.. the lot was full, so I joined the drivers who had parked on the side of the road leading to the truck wash across the street. As I turned around in the cul-de-sac, my emergency air line popped off, and I had to step out of the truck to put it back on. This man approaches me, offers to sell me a tv, tells me he has a woman working the lot he'll send my way, etc. I told him, "no thanks", gave him a cigarette, and he went away. As I'm in the sleeper doing my paperwork, I hear a knock on my door. I look out my window, and there's this woman standing there. A very hideous woman, I might add. I thought maybe she worked at the Blue Beacon and was telling me I needed to move (she was wearing jeans and a jacket, as it was cold outside and snowing). When I found out her intentions, I was disgusted... when I say she was hideous, I mean HIDEOUS. That was also one of only two times a lot lizard approached me (only about a year and a half total of my driving career was OTR).
The second time was in 2011, when I was running for a fleet owner with CRST Malone. Some woman came to my door to ask for money, and I was listening on the CB where another driver with a stepdeck had gotten stuck in some huge pothole in a fuel center across the street from the Flying J.
I stopped there for about an hour one more time in 2011 after delivering in KC until I got a call for my next load. I was annoyed, because they didn't have any pizza.
The one good thing, though, is that they have a Fleet Pride next door.

 

Did you know if you put a link to Flying J in the post they will find it and might do something about it. If enought say things about them.

 

There is or was a little conoco station right near one of the entrances to the "caves". I think there was a casino nearby also.....lots of parking and no one bothered you. That flying J was a dump about 5 years ago, last time i was there...

 

I also like the QT of I29 in Platte City....
not alot of parking though, so get there early.