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Best Rest Areas?
Best Rest Areas? I do travel for business and I occasionally need to stop at a rest area while driving. The question is what states have the best rest areas? For me, The Ohio state turnpike system has some very nice ones. I think most have food, gas and clean bathrooms. I have also recently stopped in WV and PA (both turnpikes). Still liked the Ohio turnpike locations better. Interstate rest areas are just lacking. |
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12/23/2018 6:43 pm |
Love the turnpike rest areas.
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Technically, the turnpike rest areas are called service plazas. They are set up that way so you can use the facilities, get fuel for your vehicle, and/,or grab a meal all in one convenient location without having to pay the toll fees you accumulated at a regular exit. While service plazas are convenient, the prices are grossly inflated as a result. Personally. I would rather take the exit and go to the J or Love's and save my hard earned cash. As a trucker, when I think about rest areas, my mind immediately jumps to those unsanitary potty pitstop pickle parks. 99% of the traditional rest areas I have been in are adequate at best. That being said, the 1% I have been in that have been super nice were all located in the great state of Texas. In particular, the rest area on the northbound side of I-35 at exit 281 between Jarrel and Round Rock is particularly nice and you can get a bit of a Texas history lesson there as well.
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12/24/2018 9:00 pm |
You are correct. I love the perspective. Most of my trips are in the Midwest. I do also make the drive to Greensboro on business and to Connecticut. Only 50,000 miles a year here. I would imagine your mileage is huge. Also I do like Love's, a few newer ones in Ohio.
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