We are on one of our "dream trips", from MN to Florida, first to St. Joseph Peninsula SP, then to Fort Wilderness @ Disney World. Having a blast just on the drive so far. Beautiful rest areas in Illinois. We stayed overnight at the Janesville, WI, Walmart and Sam's Club (thanks to the manager we spoke with by phone who pointed out where to park to avoid the local Police's ordinance against camping there). Planning tonight's late stop, hopefully in Athens, AL. We see a Cracker Barrel there that we may try. Any input on Cracker Barrel overnight camping or that location in particular? We also see a Walmart nearby as another option.Also looking for a unique fast food dining experience around Paducah, KY, for a family of Yankees from MN.

The CB lot, from google maps, looks small. Typical for most of the CB's I've seen.

WalMarts, Home Depots Lowes take your pick. Just check with mgr before parking for the night. Avoid churches on weekends due to services.....Dennis

Looking on RV Parky it would seem that Cracker Barrel does not allow over night parking but the Walmarts in the area do.This App is really handy to have when traveling to places you have never been,to before.

We have stayed at several CBs here in the southeast. Some have enough parking to allow it, others don't. call the store, and ask.

We have overnighted at Cracker Barrels for years and continue to do so. Never had an issue. Usually arrive in time for a late dinner or after they are closed, have breakfast in the AM and hit the road.Never use the RV/bus slots, they are two short. We park in the back along the edge of the lot so we can open the bedroom slide over grass. Have found a few that are too small, but that is the exception to the rule.IMHO they tend to be in better areas than Walmarts and we are less noticeable.

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lawnspecialties
Explorer
Oct 12, 2015
Andy F wrote:
We ended up staying at a Cracker Barrel south of Nashville. I was getting too tired and we started seeing fog and deer after 1 am, not a good combination. The Cracker Barrel worked out very well. Quiet parking spot in the rear located a couple blocks off the interstate away from the traffic noise.

These parking lot stops, for the "wise guy" reply;), are just 6-7 hour breaks for some sleep and they are FREE! Great way to save money and get some rest while driving hard to our destination. The "dream" portion of the trip will be for this family of 6 from Minnesota to camp at St. Joe SP right off the ocean beach, watching the sunrises and sunsets, gathering shells and hopefully seeing some dolphins, before heading to Walt Disney World to camp at the Fort Wilderness resort. 5 years of planning, 2 years of saving, and a lot of vacation from my stressful yet rewarding Law Enforcement job. Yep, a dream trip for us!

AWESOME. I have eleven more years at the fire dept. and we're already talking about where we're going to go. Who knows what RVing will be like in eleven years. No matter what, I still will prefer to do the driving, not have the truck do it for me.

As for Cracker Barrels, I would guess its a toss up. The last three times we've gone to a Cracker Barrel, twice all the RV parking spots were taken up by cars. The one time they were available, the parking was way in the back and it was 2:00 in the afternoon. So we don't even consider Cracker Barrels as an RV accessible place to stop anymore.

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