CountryGuy
04-21-2005, 10:00 AM
On the hard drive home, we had to get on the I roads and make time. We were already on the Natchez Trail when it became evident that we needed to get a move on. So, when we got to Nashville we jumped on I 65 to Louiville and the I 71 north to Cincinnati, I 75 home.
For those of you who are lucky enough to never see a I road, you can go read another thread! :D
But for those, that might get stuck on these roads, here are a couple of experiences. Remember, we are driving NORTH!
I 65, rough, rough, rough, specially around Louisville. YIKES! This is one of those times when we ask ourselves, what would the cabinets look like without Isolator??? We never hit 70 MPH, and a good part, but not all, of the rough stuff was construction zone. We never exceeded the speed limit in construction zones. We hit a couple of bone and teeth jarring spots. Nuff said.
I 71 north, exit 28. There are two Pilot stations there, lots of trucks parked at both, one is on the east side, one on the west side of the I road. We chose the west side, cause, OK, I wanted McD's for lunch. Cannot remember the other choice, but neither was particularly wonderful, fast food stuff, and McD's won a poor race. ANYWAY, we picked this exit from the Exit Authority, cause it sounded like it had a TON of stuff, compared to exits before and after it. We like the truck stops, usually can get around pretty good in them, lots of big open parking, etc.
WELL, I don't want to start the diesel/gas engine war, but, if you have a gas engine, you might not want to stop here! Or at least not at the Pilot to the west of I 71. You cannot get a rig in there to get gas. Lots of diesel pumps around back, VERY easy to get into, basically they are pull throughs. But, out front, where they sell gas, they only want cars or trucks with NO trailer of any kind (or maybe a short trailer, no big rigs wanted here). They have driveways placed such that you cannot get into a pump and then get out. There is no backing up. I am talking driveways with curbs. Hard to describe, so I am gonna let it go at my heavy suggestion that if you are driving a gas engine, and you need gas, you might want to consider the Pilot at the east side. We did NOT look at it, we were told it was a bit easier to get into??? Best suggestion if you are driving a gas and need gas, don't stop here at all! Find another station up the road somewhere. Luckily, we were able to do just that, we were not on fumes! [:p]
Got to say, that is the first time we have seen such a set up and first question that came to my mind, was, "What rocket scientist designed this???" My apologies to any MOC member that might be a rocket scientist, it is just a saying! [:I]
Carol
For those of you who are lucky enough to never see a I road, you can go read another thread! :D
But for those, that might get stuck on these roads, here are a couple of experiences. Remember, we are driving NORTH!
I 65, rough, rough, rough, specially around Louisville. YIKES! This is one of those times when we ask ourselves, what would the cabinets look like without Isolator??? We never hit 70 MPH, and a good part, but not all, of the rough stuff was construction zone. We never exceeded the speed limit in construction zones. We hit a couple of bone and teeth jarring spots. Nuff said.
I 71 north, exit 28. There are two Pilot stations there, lots of trucks parked at both, one is on the east side, one on the west side of the I road. We chose the west side, cause, OK, I wanted McD's for lunch. Cannot remember the other choice, but neither was particularly wonderful, fast food stuff, and McD's won a poor race. ANYWAY, we picked this exit from the Exit Authority, cause it sounded like it had a TON of stuff, compared to exits before and after it. We like the truck stops, usually can get around pretty good in them, lots of big open parking, etc.
WELL, I don't want to start the diesel/gas engine war, but, if you have a gas engine, you might not want to stop here! Or at least not at the Pilot to the west of I 71. You cannot get a rig in there to get gas. Lots of diesel pumps around back, VERY easy to get into, basically they are pull throughs. But, out front, where they sell gas, they only want cars or trucks with NO trailer of any kind (or maybe a short trailer, no big rigs wanted here). They have driveways placed such that you cannot get into a pump and then get out. There is no backing up. I am talking driveways with curbs. Hard to describe, so I am gonna let it go at my heavy suggestion that if you are driving a gas engine, and you need gas, you might want to consider the Pilot at the east side. We did NOT look at it, we were told it was a bit easier to get into??? Best suggestion if you are driving a gas and need gas, don't stop here at all! Find another station up the road somewhere. Luckily, we were able to do just that, we were not on fumes! [:p]
Got to say, that is the first time we have seen such a set up and first question that came to my mind, was, "What rocket scientist designed this???" My apologies to any MOC member that might be a rocket scientist, it is just a saying! [:I]
Carol