Where to Go While Sitting at the Truck Stop

What about when you park in Wikieup, AZ or Greybull, WY and other places in the middle of nowhere?

There's only so much one can do with tumbleweeds ya know.....

 

Please tell us what you do with the tumbleweeds.

 

Burn the #### things...they clog up the pool filter back home....

 

All I can say is, your luck to have real truck stop's, here in the land of Oz we have petrol stations with 2 day old re fried chicken and soggy potato chips, internet ??? what's that ?, oh sorry the washing machine broke 2 weeks ago, what you want to do some washing ? hey ain't my problem, MOVE your truck so a paying customer in an RV isn't annoyed by you fridge unit !! Like I said you guy's are luckeeeeeeeee. Oh my favorite was the Flying J at the bottom of the Grape Vine out of L.A.

 

Here's another.

I don't know if there is a height or weight restriction on the covered bridge. Bobtail there only!!


Ceder Creek Grist Mill.



The Scenery alone around the Cedar Creek Grist Mill

makes it worth the trip. It's like driving into the past. Heavily wooded and a beautiful stream doing the same thing today as it did over a hundred years ago. The soothing sounds of the rushing water may allow the visitors time for reflection of those times. The south side of the creek has four picnic tables to those fortunate enough to lay claim and allow a great view of the stream, the mill and the covered bridge.​

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From I-5 Heading South:
Take Woodland exit #21 from Interstate 5 and continue to traffic light.
Turn left, continue under freeway and immediately turn right to cross North Fork of Lewis River.
Turn left onto Northwest Hayes Road toward Amboy, which becomes Cedar Creek Road.
About eight miles from Woodland, a sign points left to the mill. Turn left on Grist Mill Road and the Mill is about 3/4 of a mile. From I-5 Heading North:
Take Woodland exit #21 from Interstate 5 and turn right. Immediately turn right to cross North Fork of Lewis River.
Turn left onto Northwest Hayes Road toward Amboy, which becomes Cedar Creek Road.
About eight miles from Woodland, a sign points left to the mill. Turn left on Grist Mill Road and the Mill is about 3/4 of a mile.

 

This will be interesting when you get to Florida. Most unfriendly truck state around. When i was out there i liked going to see a movie or two. I had to get out of the truck for extended periods of time or i started to feel like a hermit.

 

Lived in central FL for 25 years, drove trucks locally/east coast dedicated for 3 ....never had a problem getting around with or without my trailer.

Truckstops, sure...there aren't enough to go around; good luck finding parking on 95 or 75 south of Jax or Ocala. But if you're stuck somewhere in FL you can find places to go that aren't truckstops. I certainly wouldn't say FL is the "least truck friendly state"....howza 'bout New Jersey? Connecticut, Massachusetts? Pennsylvania? New York? Go anywhere in those states you risk a ticket & losing the top of your truck to a bridge. LOL at least in FL you can idle to beat the swamplike humidity .

We used to haul flowers out of Miami, and it usually involved a half-day to an overnight wait at the shipper; there was all sorts of places to bobtail to for food & entertainment. MMMM cuban subs & cuban coffee. Only *good* thing ABOUT driving in Miami LOLLL.

 

I am just talking parking here for extended periods of time. In the states you mentioned, i never had an issue there. I am very "creative" and persistant. Walmarts and behind strip malls are great places to stash the truck.