Life OTR

1) you should've learned that when you were 2

2 )no. go to a truck stop and ask to see one

3) truck stops are like a really big gas station with a bunch of trucks parked in the back

 

1) What do you mean? I stop to use the terlet every 3-5 hours, and if I get in a t/s with bathrooms that are really gross, I go back out to the truck and use my pee bottle (Yes, I keep one, get over it). If I really need to use the terlet, I carry instant sanitizer wipes so I can wipe down the seat.
2) No, for the most parrt, most t/s stop showers are acceptably clean. Some are, however, really nasty (Johnny's, now a Pilot, comes to mind). Just make sure you have shower shoes, your own soap and shampoo (if you need it).
3) It's hard to describe, because there are so many different drivers out there, and they all use t/s's for something different. Personally, I only stop to fuel,shower and occasionally sleep there. Meals, I usually just grab something once a day and go down the road with it.
Some drivers live in the t/s's, stopping at every one they pass, stopping there for more than their 10 hours they are required to shutdown, playing video games, the cherrymasters,etc.
Plus, some truckstops (in certain areas) can have quite the night life: lot lizards, drug dealers,pimps, crack addicts selling stolen stuff, trucks hitting each other, radio rambos barking at each other (rather than getting down the road).So it can be quite interesting sometimes...

 

Unfortunately, this girl will have to stop every couple of hours to use the potty. But 20 years of not being able to leave the toddlers alone has taught me to do it real quick.

Suzi

 

Just get some of those sanitizing wipes (sam's club is where I find em), they are individually wrapped and flushable, so you can have a clean seat to take care of business, rather than trying to pee in hover mode.

 

Absolutely! But you are not telling me anything I don't know. Imagine sharing a house with little boys learning to wee.. I know where you fellas get it! You just never grew out of the missing. IN fact, I think it's a game you play to see how many woman you can gross out LOL!

Suzi

 

Nah, besides we have many methods of grossing women out, without having to pee all over the floor,toilet,walls,etc. My six year old recently started playing the fart game with his mother, much to her chagrin (proudest day of my life).

 

Funny story about that.. I get a little frustrated after hours of listening to little boys making all their little mouth noises they make. I had this dog once. When he was a puppy he would watch me with the kids. He figured out that I don't like certain noises the boys make. So when they would start making them he would go right up to them and give them a warning growl. It was comical. He never grew out of it. In fact, he became too grumpy with the kids and I had to find a retired couple to take him and spoil him away from the rowdy little ones.

Suzi

 

The bathroom situation can be one of the most challenging at times. Sometimes an urge will hit at the worst time and place. My worst was on a two lane highway coming out of Victoria, Texas, many years ago. I immediately stopped on the shoulder and ran out to the side of the truck and did my business. Left a nasty, dirty sock there, LOL.

Lesson learned? Carry toilet paper with you.
Another lesson learned? Eat when you arrive at the truck stop, that way you have some time to walk around and wait for that urge to hit. Never eat and run unless absolutely necessary

 

They do make little blow up potties for travelers. It may seem gross. But being the daycare mom that I am.. I figured in case of emergancy, I could bring a long some diapers to line the blow up potty with and then I can catch the business, wrap it up and double bag it just like I do with diaper changes in the daycare. There...done. Bring a bottle of bleach to spray out the blow up potty and we are back on the road.

I had to think of this because I can't sleep all night without having to go. When my daughter is with me I don't want to interupt her sleep and yet I would NEVER leave her alone in the truck.

Suzi