Parking Places

when i was with swift i delivered there alot... the Dairy Queen one exit south of the exit to safeway lets you park thier and on the side street my the hotel it shares the lot with... you can also sleep on the off ramp to safeway.. also the 24th st exit (i think) there is a little truck stop that usually has a spot or two open all the time and there is a couple side streets their by costco dc that you can park on... the northbound scale at the 120 usually always has parking that might be alittle far out knowing the wait times at safeway then the scale at the 140 sometimes you can get a spot if your not too late.. the south hill mall in puyallup allows truck parking and there usually isn't alot of them their... also the Kmart on hwy 167 allows truck parking and has a resturant in the parking lot...

i hope this helps you out

 

Yeah - the only places I know of are the TA at North Bend, the Love's that you're talking about, and there's another independent truck stop right here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...54,-122.249776&spn=0.001963,0.004823&t=h&z=18

Charges for parking over X hours but its better than nothing.

 

if you go to North Bend T/A get there as soon as you can. It does fill up arond 3pm weekdays, by 5 pm Sundays. Been here since Monday afternoon.
U can't park on the ramps, it's posted by the state, NO PARKING.

That Loves/ in Tacoma, very very tight parking, and it does fill early.Not to mention, ya got locals who park there then.drive thier cars home.

 

Seattle can be tough,I deliver in Sumner and Auburn a lot,usually I'm Northbound and stay at the Scatter Creek rest area on I-5.
I get there early and get up real early so I can slip into town before traffic gets stuck on stupid.
It's about an hour from Auburn... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sou...47.070122,-122.601929&spn=1.0027,3.510132&z=8

 

I stay there coming in from I-90,the rib joint across the street is great by the way.

 

I used to use Circuit City loading docks after they went under.

Any abandoned big box store with docks facing away from the street is a good candidate. (as long as you feel the area is sufficently safe.)

A plus is, you can back to the doors so your cargo is secure.

I'm told this doesn't work as well with tanks/skates and oversize though. I wonder why?

 

one place i forgot to mention is if you go past the loves about a mile towards the port you will see maxwell st very quiet for an overnight sleep it works well in a pinch the all the roads there are truck friendly so just around the block and your back to where your headed

 

Ahh the one area of the country I dont have to worry about for parking. I can park at home. But it has always suprized me that there are no large truck stops in the area. Just a couple small ones that you cannot depend on for parking. Dont even think about going to the flying J in fife for parking. Even if they happen to have a parking spot, the spots are so tight your probly going to loose a mirror over the night. While nothing is dependable in the area. scale houses and rest area's are a good option to look into.

If you where heading north on 5 I would sugest looking into the rest area around 80-90 (forget the exact MM). If no parking there I would check exit 99 (Pilot and some Haji place), And if no parking there I would try the scale at 112 (or so). Your chances of finding a spot past that drop dramaticaly, And will probly have to find some non traditional spot ot park.