Mr. Trucker, Where is S. Dakota?Aug 20, 2011
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We are here for 2 nights
Entrance
Office, Could double as a Country Saloon
August 14th - August 16th, North Platte, Nebraska We drove from Sidney, Nebraska to North Platte, Nebraska this morning (122 miles) and did the normal Rest Stop Areas. Rest Stop areas are designed for trucks and automobiles. The facilities usually have restrooms, drinking fountains, trash cans, some type of vending machine, tables or benches for food breaks, and sometimes an overhead shelter. If you drive an automobile you enter the Rest Stop and go to the right, and generally you can park within 80 feet of the restrooms. If you are pulling 37 feet of Hog, you enter the Rest Stop and drive to the left along with the trucks. The left side is larger and generally the parking spaces are Pull-Thru types, and they are outlined with white parking paint, and generally at an angle. Big, Big Spaces! And each space probably has 10 quarts of semi-dry oil on their surface. Generally it is impossible not to step on some of the oil, but rest assured that since you are now a damned football field away from the restrooms, most of that oil will come off. "Hey Honey, get out the field glasses, I think that speck of a building over there is the restroom". Truckers are great people, they are regular people like you and me. Most truckers are men, but there are also a lot of female truckers, and couples who drive trucks. They are the best people to ask for directions. They know every route. If it were not for trucks and railroads we would all be naked and starving to death! Lets get the show going! We stayed at Lakeside Camping for two nights. They have their own lake here, as well as being right next to the South Platte River. The spaces for Rv's here are the largest we have ever seen. Enjoy the 1st ten pictures! M & N
