How do you otr drivers sit away from home for your reset?

I will try for a hotel with a pool. Watch some tv, swim, Uber for groceries.

 

Some of us are born to trash around and don't need luxuries to keep us content.
Never had a tv in the truck. Just prefer a laptop, cb radio, ham radio to communicate with people worldwide.
I met a couple of drivers that had all that plus a radio to listen to aircraft communications.
To top that off, I keep books; the classics.
I don't need or want human interaction.

 

I used to get a room, do my grocery shopping, cooking and laundry during a reset.

 

If I had a couple days and I could find a place to drop the trailer, I’d bobtail to a state park and stay in the campground ,

 

Unlimited data on my phone, Amazon Fire stick and a few DVD box sets.

I don't know how anyone can be bored in this modern era...unless you have no interests in anything.

 

I agree.
When I started driving in 1988 cell phones were a prop on Star Trek, GPS was still a classified military secret , and Al Gore had not invented the internet yet.

i could browse bringatrailer and justacarguy and eBay all day ….

 

When I came from NZ in 2004 I had a house and small mortgage there, but had borrowed money to get here, and was way behind the ball when I finally started driving. All I wanted to do was run 11 hours drive, 10 hours or less down, and - on paper logs, averaged 2900 miles a week for over a year on the first year.

The only thing that slowed me down was dispatch - I got 'Up on the One" by rescheduling my appointments and chomping at the bit for the next load. I literally ate tuna and crackers, and Chef Boyardee for the first 4 months. Lost 40 lbs. A sit down Flying J meal twice a week was a treat - whether a breakfast omelette or a steak dinner.

Any time I had to sit for 34, the trash can became a water vessel, and rags, a bottle of Armorall, a little Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner - I'd spend the time cleaning the company truck. It was spotless. Between catching up on sleep, cleaning and tidying the truck, laundry and a shower, I was fully occupied during any down time.

I've become lazier now - but with a 120"ICT sleeper, the last thing I really want to do at home is clean and tinker. So that's what I still do out on the road. It's hardly as clean as I used to keep a smaller truck, but no matter the weather, there's always something to be done.

 

Tubitv and quart/pint of ice cream.

 

Hmmmm.....well there's beer, if you drink enough of that, then a lot of time will pass easily. I have a tablet with Hulu live TV on it so entertainment is covered, football season is here so that makes it even better, college or pro doesn't matter. I clean up the inside of my truck every weekend, detail it and all. Some weekends I even polish my wheels. That's a good workout and it's time consuming. 34 hrs really ain't that enough time to die from boredom in my estimation.