I-95 rest area parking for RV
Planning a trip to Key West. Was thinking about just pulling in a rest area on I-95 to grab 6-7 hours sleep on the way. I just read on the state website where parking in rest areas is limited to 3 hou...
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QCMan wrote:
A nap is one thing but 6 to 7 hours is a whole different story. First, you will have big rigs pulling in and out on each side of you and that will limit how much sleep you get. If the limit is 3 hours, you might be able to squeeze 4 out of it but do realize that 95 is a heavily patrolled road by various entities. Why not just make it relaxing and overnight in one of the many campgrounds that line the route. Safer and way more civilized. The over the road guys do not stay long. If the wheels are not turning they are not making money.
The time limit is a tool to chase out the undesirables, in my many decades of spending around a dozen nights a year in rest areas I’ve not once been chased out, and in several instances actually been directed to a better spot in the rest area by LEO’s or security.
As for not using a campground the OP is likely another person like me who out of respect for people actually camping wouldn’t even think of rolling in at midnight or later and then rolling back out at zero-dark-thirty and disturbing a bunch of people.
