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Business

‘Train horn: first person brings me $25 can have it, come on.’

“Sitting in the parking lot of some truck stops is like having a live version of “Home Shopping Network.” People sell all kinds of things on what I refer to as ‘CB-bay.'”

September 5, 2014

Business

Creepy crawlies and questionable questions

“Here’s an important tip to remember: if someone walks up to you in a truck stop with a cup and asks you to describe what’s in it, just run. Don’t even bother looking, because it’s either going to be gross or scary.”

September 3, 2014

Channel 19

Crowd-sourcing in a perfect world (And: New vid from Tex Crowley)

More on crowd-sourcing — how about building a perfect truck stop via reader recommendations? Let’s roll….

August 16, 2014

Business

A picture is worth a thousand words

Wendy walks out into the truck stop parking lot to find a French teen model shoot ongoing around she and George’s truck: “Sometimes, it’s hard to have the prettiest truck in the lot.”

August 13, 2014

Channel 19

Reader to truck stops: Better optimize, expand parking space; And an eats tip in AL

“There’s nothing worse than after a long hard day’s driving to pull into a truck stop and find full spaces taken up with just a tractor or an RV.” –Rick Fine, Pueblo, Colo.

August 6, 2014

Voices

‘America respected and loved truckers a lot more back then’

Six-million-mile man Gregg Blair, now retired, remembers a long career.

July 4, 2014

Business

Shower report 2014

Wendy comes back from a cross-country trip ready to crown one truck-stop with the superlative of “best showers”…

July 2, 2014

Business

Don’t make me write you into my fictional story

“Sometimes, sleeping on the road is hard.”

June 25, 2014

Business

Why the general public should also know what ‘barratry’ means

A full-page ad in Maxim magazine equating truckers with serial killers spawns an effort to get the magazines removed from retail outlets. A little kudos goes to some truck stops who’ve joined the effort.

June 4, 2014

Truck Stops

Get your 10-cent coffee at Iowa 80 June 4

Iowa 80 Kitchen, the 300-seat full service restaurant in the Iowa 80 Truckstop will be celebrating 50 years in business on June 4, 2014. The restaurant is offering customers an opportunity to order from a special menu insert with 1964 prices.

June 3, 2014

Business

Good things happen, too: Saluting truck-stop staff

“Here’s to all the shower cleaners, clerks and stock personnel working in a truck stop today – thank you. We appreciate you and really do notice the job you’re doing.”

June 2, 2014

Business

Nominations being taken for 2nd annual Citizen Driver Awards

With the process getting under way, two past award recipients have taken it upon themselves to help get the word out about the program and assist nominees through the application process,

May 28, 2014