is finding parking really that difficult

Chinatown · Mar 26, 2014

STexan said: ↑

Well, you keep thinking that way but all the trip planning in the world isn't going to keep a spot open for you where you have in mind. And you're going to find yourself in unfamiliar lanes and areas at times and this complicates things.

I've seen HUGE truck only parking areas such as one going into Southern VA on I-81, a ghost town at dark-thirty one day, and packed (completely full) at the same time, 14 days later. How in the hell can you "plan" for the unknown? Truck movement volume [on a nation-wide and region-wide scales] seems to go in waves and with no rhyme or reason and with no way to accurately predict or know this. i.e there is no crystal ball you can buy to know what you're going to be dealing with at 20:00, 550 or 650 miles up the road but you go ahead and keep that attitude and see where it gets you in the real world, sometimes.
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VA state troopers write a lot of tickets in that truck parking facility also for those not in a marked parking spot.

Cody1984 · Mar 26, 2014

indspirit said: ↑

That is all part of planning. You have your ideal parking spot for when everything goes smoothly. Then you have at least 2 just in case parking spots.
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Point I'm trying to get across is planning doesn't always work out. You could pass your two back up locations and get stuck in a traffic jam caused by an accident and not have enough time to get to your planned spot.

TLeaHeart · Mar 26, 2014

Cody1984 said: ↑

Point I'm trying to get across is planning doesn't always work out. You could pass your two back up locations and get stuck in a traffic jam caused by an accident and not have enough time to get to your planned spot.
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never plan a trip that close. Never had that problem. May happen some day and I will still find a place to park. With experience, one realizes that truck stops are not the only place to park.

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