Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Monkeys, back in the day I loved their songs!

 

That's when music was music!!!

 

Been sitting at this Flying J that's a mile west of a California state prison and a mile north of the Mexican border since, oh, 2:00pm East Coast time yesterday. Just got a call from my FM letting me know that they're going to sit me for a full 34. So much for my dreams of layover pay.

Kinda confused about this truck stop, though. They've got signs all over the truck entrance and additional signs leading to the building informing all and sundry that this is a private parking lot and overnight parking is not allowed without a permit. Well, since it's the only truck stop I could find near where I delivered yesterday, I went ahead and ponied up for the reserved spot.

Then I get up this morning and see that most of the trucks parked in the normal (i.e. free) spots were the same ones I saw there yesterday. So apparently the prohibition on overnight parking is somewhat nebulous.

 

Don't be picking up any hitchhikers in that area.

 

Man, Alejandro is gonna be upset when I tell him he's got to get out of the truck.

 

Anyone got suggestions for parking options come 7pm tomorrow near berea kentucky?

 

If you can get all the way to the receiver, you can park at their other warehouse. 353 walnut meadow rd, Berea. It will show up on google maps as Lite House candle factory, but it's theirs. If you're going southonI-75, xit 77. LT@eor, RT onto 595 south and go about 2 miles. On rhs.

 

I have parked at the Love's off exit 95 north of there, in Richmond, KY.

 

It's hit or miss there. 8 times out of 10, it's a mad house. Berea is one of my regular come off home time runs. Most of the time, if I have the 4 pm delivery, I run to beckley the first night. Or, I switch it up and go 81 to 11W to 25E thru Cumberland gap and stop at the pilot where you hit I-75 at xit 25 in KY. There's a Wally World there too.

There's also the old 76 t/s at xit 76, run down little dirt lot of a place but the folks are nice. Fills up pretty early, though. I got stuck there for 2.5 days a couple years ago in one of KY snow storms. And I just finished out my break there after delivering yesterday morning st 6 am (after staying on the dirt lot at the candle factory for most of my 10).