American truckstops
 

My God... They,re HUGE....










Thanks for postcard Gar.. :wink:

That place is bigger than my hometown Sabine.... :shock: :lol:

P.S How are you?

The I80 is like a town in itself- pretty cool. If I ever win the lotto I'd like to build an even bigger one :lol: :lol:

Re: American truckstops
 

:lol: I thought you'd get a kick out of that postcard. I mailed it from Cheyenne, WY. and wasn't sure if you'd get it. Kinda figured those "goat-ropers" would send the card to South Dakota...or something.

I stop there most times I'm enroute to the west coast on Hwy 80.
Just came from there this morning too, as a matter of fact. I like the showers there. I reloaded in Salinas, CA., now going up to Syracuse, NY.

Man :shock: I needed that shower too. Yesterday afternoon it was 92 degrees Farenheit in Nebraska. Seems kinda early (april 29th) for heat like that...but the locals were not making anything of it...so I guess it was expected. Sure made it tough passing the cattle yards! .....GAD-ZOOKS.

Anyway...the main building at Iowa 80 Truck Stop has three new rigs inside. There are several old antique trucks in there too. I took photos with my camera phone to send you...when I figure out how to download the images. This is my first camera phone...so I suppose I gotta read the manual. :roll: :)
They say a picture says a thousand words...so I hope the manual is mostly pictures. I won't read any manual that tries to explain things with words. :evil: :P :) :? :roll: :lol: :) :?

Now Wot, don't go thinking all American truck stop are like that! I have to admit, I have gotten spoiled in my limited time in trucking.

I recently did a run to Alberta Canada. I couldn't believe what they referred to as a truck stop. You might be able to park 6 to 8 trucks in their mud hole of a parking lot!

There's plenty of those tiny places they call "Truck stops". Some of them are almost impossible to get a truck through when the place is empty, let alone have trucks in them.

The Pilot is Roanoke, VA comes to mind.

Sounds like a typical British truckstop. Potholes all over that,ll rip a sump clean off if you don,t see em and misjudge your line :wink:

Pilot truckstop parking lots were designed by commitee.

There's a Pilot in Roanoke, VA? You mean the TA at the 150 by chance?

That place is a total rat hole.