Town Pump for the win
It’s been a long time, but I always stopped at the big Iowa 80 truck stop when I was driving across the country.
That's some acreage.
So is Little America and Giant.
The last two, probably eclipse Buc-ees in acreage.
JGRaider,
As someone who relied on truckstops for most of my sustenance and sleep,
I've been in a few. Border to border and coast to coast.
Two things lately determine the character of a truckstop.
Exactly like a bar.
Neighborhood,
And management.
You can't manage your way around too much trash.
Typically though, you get the trash you allow.
Clean the damn place daily, keep it neat,
run off the whòres and scammers,
and you won't have much trouble.
Most major interchanges have multiple truckstops.
And they are usually playing different roles.
One will be nice and clean, attract guys who are working for a living.
Stopping for truck and driver fuel, clean shower, uninterrupted sleep.
The other will be scruffy, with scruffy help and clients.
Dirty fuel islands and bathrooms, sometimes good food.
Blizzards crawling the lot and parties and whatnot in the backrow.
CB advertised "Truck Cleaning Services😉😉" in the parking lot.
My wife ran a Truck fueling C-store.
Having driven herself she was sympathetic, and wise.
The place was kept clean, her help that might go out to trucks were fired.
Like anyplace, you get what you allow.
PS. Fuel was the #1 seller but cars outnumbered trucks hugely.
She got many compliments about how clean the place was, from 4-wheeler drivers.
