Feedback on overnight parking...
I will be soon taking a trip where it will be necessary for us to stop for the night, only to get a few hours sleep, and then move on to our destination. We will be traveling along an interstate. ...
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Tvov wrote:
A few people have said "rest areas" on highways... is this true for every state? I was talking to a big rig driver years ago (10 years maybe) who said Virginia does not allow more than 2 hours parked at a highway rest area, and state police there will wake up drivers and tell them to move along (big rigs were ticketed sometimes). Is this still true?
In the last two and a half years, we have slept in rest areas in 18 states. We have never once been asked to leave nor have we been victim of a crime nor witnessed a crime. They are our preferred stopping location if we are not camping though we have done a few truck stops and parking lots.
The worst rest areas to sleep in are definitely along 95, if only because they are very noisy and people are constantly coming and going, even on the truck/rv side. The best rest areas are out west - Montana, North and South Dakota - and some even have a great view.
We have never had to use a/c while sleeping - it has typically been in the 50s at night which is great sleeping weather.
Worst stop ever - a casino in Oklahoma. We had a cattle truck pull in next to us overnight. Luckily, we didn't have our windows open but when we got out in the morning, the flies and the stench were enough to make me lose my appetite for the day. Second worst stop - a truck stop in Indiana - the noise was unbearable and after 15 hours of driving, I still couldn't sleep.
Best stop ever - a tiny rest area on the border of Montana and South Dakota. It was up on a hill and we woke to an amazing sunrise view.
