On Thu, 15 May 2003, Jeffrey Earl wrote:

> Either way, you've got a long and boring drive across
> the Great Plains states. Might wanna do it at night to
> avoid heavy traffic and stiff headwinds. Just keep a
> sixer of JOLT! Cola next to your seat and keep yer
> eyes on the road ...

If you take I-80 across the plains, plan your fuel stops carefully.  The
massive Iowa 80 Truckstop near Davenport has put most of the diesel
stations for quite a distance on either side of it out of business.
There are a lot of exits in Iowa with no services at all west of there,
and smaller stations may close at night.

When I drove I-80 last summer there was actually very little traffic once
I got past Chicago.  What traffic there was consisted almost exclusively
of trucks.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si