Rest Areas.. What's not to like?

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Bruceton Mills

 

I know what it is lol I was thinking he was referencing it

 

Oh. I know where you're talking about. Stayed there one weekend night and won't mind if that was the last time.

 

last time i stayed there you couldnt throw your dirty used tissue paper in the bowl. had to throw it in a trash can in the stall.

 

Is there any surgery’s on your eyes to correct them since you have gone blind from that horrible incident?

 

Being a Noob. I am learning camping out at the Dairies in the middle of no where isn’t bad as long as I can pull some stations up on the 40 inch TV.

Clean country Air. Break out the lawn chair and enjoy the Stars

 

There are rest areas that are on my bucket list.

Here's a few examples:

I-70 in Utah mm 86. This rest area is above 6000' elevation. In the summer it will be the coolest option along I-70 in Utah. There's good hiking, but make sure you leave bread crumbs to get back.

I-70 in Colorado, mm 90 in Rifle, CO. Great place to take a walk around the lake. There's a grand old lady managing the information center that I hope is still kicking above ground. She's great.

I-80 in Utah, mm 170. Gorgeous sandstone cliffs. Definitely worth the stop either eastbound or westbound. Great chances for excellent photos in early morning or late evening.

I-10 in Arizona, mm 319 (estimated), great place either eastbound or westbound to slip on your rock climbing shoes and do some bouldering. Just be mindful that scorpions and rattlesnakes like the ledges and pockets you want to grab.

US-385 about 20 miles south of Lamar, CO. This rest area has dozens of sandstone cliffs that are excellent for climbing. I finally had a chance to take a 10 there last year. It was pleasant, climbing as the sun went down, with a lone coyote watching me.

 

There's one in Utah on the SB side of I-15 near Brigham City that was horribly designed. A few months back there were tire tracks on the grass and a light pole laying on the ground.

 

I'm more of a rest area kind of girl myself. I'm not fond of a lot of the big chain truck stops, especially when I can usually find a nice privately owned one not too far from the chains. I don't usually stay in the cities if I can help it because the rest areas and truck stops around the cities are usually where most of the shady characters hang out. I prefer to stay at the customers property whenever possible. If something seems "off" at any place I pull into, I don't stay whether it's a truck stop, rest area or the customer location.

 

We visited jamestown Virginia once long ago as children via parents. One of the relatives traces her ancestry specifically to two people who was one of the original settlers there. One day the Park Manager or Museum Boss whatever the title is called, he was out with his wheel borrow, pick and shovel digging into the pathway ahead of us back to wards the parking area. We approached him very carefully that day and questioned to learn what he was up to.

Fast forward years later I learned that part of the walkway and area where Jamestown was settled had a burial ground where about 15 people or so were disinterred, one who bore the tools and weapons arranged a specific way to denote a powerful chief or leader next to his body.

I would think that a few times we were walking on some of the graves below us and never knew it. If you go to the few churches established during the 1600's, a few powerful churches made a habit of burying powerful people under the floor stones between the pews leading to the altar with the usual name, DOB death etc.

I recall a confederate battle sector that was related to Richmond and St Petersburg defending prior to Lee's surrender a few weeks later. There was a sharp fight over a road intersection and history reports that they buried three a certain distance from the lane among the trees. They have not make the effort to locate the three unmarked graves yet but would be within 30 yards more or less where they are to this day with modern roads.

Another site I remember, was a patch of fields on a farm site and woods with cover. After a very vicious combat all the day into the night, burial parties recovered 400+ dead. They made a formal payment to the farmer for his land and most especially his well. Apprently all of the bodies were put into the deep well and the whole thing capped and eventually given a proper memorial statue, stone above a modern seal. As far as I know they are still down there. You cannot get to everyone.