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DREW BREES
A winning formula
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Look, up in the sky
Ever dream of taking flight and soaring through the clouds in your own homemade aircraft while dressed as a Viking? Or of dancing in front of 100,000 people on top of a 30-foot ramp dressed as Elvis? If your answer is yes to either or both, Red Bull’s flugtag competition is what you’ve been waiting for.
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DREW BREES
The New Orleans Saints quarterback has based his life and career around one simple ethos: Strive to do better. That ethos has made him a Super Bowl champion, a Super Bowl MVP, and holder of multiple NFL records, but don’t try to convince him he doesn’t have anything else to play for.
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TONY JUSTICE
Writers are told to write what they know. Tony Justice knows trucking, and the songs on his new album, “Apple Pie Moonshine,” reflect the life of an OTR driver.
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HUNGER IN AMERICA
One in six people in the U.S. are considered at risk of living in hunger, a staggering statistic considering the wealth this country generates. Here are a few ways you can help.
HOLIDAY GIFTS
Wondering what to get that favorite driver of yours this holiday season? We’ve got some ideas that are sure to please.
MAGNUM
Built on the idea that people are a company’s greatest asset, Magnum’s goal is to meet the logistical needs of every customer.
RV JOURNEY
Mac and the Big Cheese talk chicken, and Anne rediscovers the essence of Christmas.
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gettin’ outdoors
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CHEW ON THIS
Linda takes a closer look at a few healthy food trends.
Brenda makes a few calls and gets some unwelcome answers.
Claire talks to a NASCAR legend.
Mike wonders if Congress will ever get around to prioritizing transporta-
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Kitty offers great tidings of joy.
from the editor Multitasking myths.
letters to the editor
Readers share their thoughts and opinions on industry issues and stories from Challenge Magazine.
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SHORT RUNS
Broadening the mind with the interesting and inane.
The Unique U.S.
This month, after you’ve trimmed the tree and baked the Christmas cookies, settle in with a cup of hot cocoa, maybe some popcorn, and peruse our list of classic holiday specials guaranteed to make your heart “grow three sizes.”
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The creative side of truck drivers.
Games
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multitasking myths by greg girard was traveling home from my in-laws’ last month when I came upon a car in the adjacent lane that was slowing down, then speeding up, all while swaying from one side of the lane to the other. At one point in my life, my first guess would have been a driver who drank too much. But in this day and age, I had a feeling it was something entirely different. Sure enough, as I got closer, I saw the glowing lights of a small rectangle in the driver’s hands as his thumbs pecked rapidly on a small keyboard. Perhaps one benefit of the hours-of-service rule is alleviating the need to multitask while driving. Multitasking, in the lexicon of the business world, has always been seen as a positive attribute – a strength to list on your job performance review or brag about in an interview. Employers have lauded the productivity of multitaskers. Recent studies, however, are indicating that multitasking is anything but productive. In fact, it’s been found that multitaskers consistently produce work with more mistakes than those who complete one project at a time. What’s the cause? It’s something called cognitive distraction. Scientists are learning that the brain can focus on only one task at a time. If a person is trying to work on two tasks at once, the brain is jumping from task to task. So when a driver talks on the phone or texts or eats, there are multiple moments where his or her brain is completely ignoring the road ahead. Think about the inherent dangers in that. The result of multitasking while on the road, of course, is distracted drivers, and a marked increase in accidents. In fact, distraction.gov reports at any given daylight moment in the U.S., 660,000 drivers are using some type of electronic device while driving, and by engaging that device, those drivers are three times more likely to be in an accident. If they are texting, the crash risk is 23 times greater. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that text messaging took drivers’ eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the time it takes to travel the length of a football field at 55 mph. And other studies have shown multitasking doesn’t just distract or increase mistakes. It can also increase stress, negatively impact relationships and cause overeating. So as you head out on the highway, take a moment to consider whether that call or text is really that important. Think for a moment that just 20 years ago you wouldn’t have received that call at all, and we all seemed to survive just fine. From all of us at Challenge Magazine, have a merry Christmas and happy holidays. Safe driving.
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By the Numbers: FRuitcake
We Asked,
You Answered!
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What trucking regulation annoys you the most?
The most annoying trucking regulation is the 30-minute rest break after eight consecutive hours on duty. Not only does this regulation reduce my 14-hour day to 13.5 hours, it can also force me to take an eight-hour sleeper berth break 30 minutes away from my home terminal or prevent me from arriving at my destination before the delivery time. – Patrick Greer
In 1986, Johnny Carson declared, “The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire
Most annoying trucking regulation for me by far is the new mandatory 30-minute break rule. Most asinine rule is the new 34-restart rule, which was changed by some imbecile. If it ain’t broke, leave it alone! God save us from D.C.! – Dave Ellis
world, and people keep sending it to each other.” We’re pretty sure he’s part of the reason that fruitcake has such a bad reputation. It probably doesn’t help that the word is also used to describe an insane person. But this year, instead of tossing that cake of dried fruit and nuts in the trash, we suggest giving it a try. Ancient Egyptians placed fruitcake in tombs for the dearly departed to carry to the afterlife. If it’s good enough for King Tut, maybe it’s good enough for you.
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Percent of people who say they’d throw a fruitcake in the trash with no hesitation
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Percent of people who say they would re-gift a fruitcake, rather than just throw it out
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Ratio of the density of the average fruitcake and the density of mahogany wood
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Number of years that fruitcakes, with the right preservatives and storage, can age and still be enjoyed
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Number of pounds of fruitcake delivered in 2002 to U.S. troops in Iraq for the holidays. No data available on if they were used as projectiles. Sources: USPS.com, The Joy of Cooking, Harper’s, CSMonitor.com
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It has to be the 30-minute break. I used to be a road driver and now work locally. It’s useless. Thirty minutes doesn’t do anything for you to prevent fatigue and drivers are just gonna cheat, write it in and keep moving. – Daniel Tucker
The trucking regulation I’m annoyed by the most is the half-hour rule because there have been times that if I didn’t take the break, I could have made my delivery on time. – Larry Taylor
Hands down for me it’s that I must take a 30-minute break after eight hours. – Jim Hodges
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What’s your favorite state to drive in and why?
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A Closer Look: Pearl Harbor
In the early morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, effectively bringing the United States into World War II. Little did Japan know that they had awoken “the sleeping giant,” as President Roosevelt said in a speech the day after the attack. “No matter now long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.” Let’s take a closer look at the day that will live in infamy. Two thousand three hundred and forty-three men were killed, 1,272 were wounded and 960 were left missing. The Japanese used 353 planes to bomb in two separate waves, 45 minutes apart. The attack lasted almost two hours. The Japanese codename for the attack was “Operation Hawaii,” which was later changed to “Operation Z.” Of the eight battleships in the harbor, two were totally lost, the USS Arizona and the USS Oklahoma. The remaining six were repaired and returned to duty for the remainder of the war. The USS Arizona is the only battleship that was not raised. A floating national monument now rests on its hull as a memorial for those sailors lost. The Oklahoma was raised and sold for scrap. The USS Arizona continues to leak fuel into the ocean. It’s estimated that 1.5 million gallons of fuel are slowly leaking into the ocean at a rate of 9 quarts of oil a day.
ROAD WISDOM
The problem with the designated driver program is it’s not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house. – Jeff Foxworthy
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GET HEALTHY
Eggnog The best things in life are simple. The best eggnog combines brandy, cream, sugar and eggs and is then whipped to heavenly frothiness. This year, instead of picking up a quart of premade ’nog at the grocery store, make your own. There are numerous recipes available online, but we suggest you whip up George Washington’s eggnog recipe, courtesy of the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The first president was known to take his imbibing seriously, adding
not just brandy to his eggnog but sherry, rye whiskey and rum as well. We assume the hard winter at Valley Forge was his inspiration. The original recipe calls for making this eggnog at least three days in advance of drinking. Don’t forget to use pasteurized eggs, but with this much alcohol, we doubt you’ll have any issues. And of course, imbibe responsibly and in moderation; don’t drink eggnog if you intend to drive.
George Washington Eggnog 1 quart cream 1 quart milk 12 eggs 12 tablespoons sugar 1 pint brandy 1/2 pint rye whiskey 1/2 pint Jamaica rum 1/4 pint sherry Mix liquor first, then separate yolks and whites of eggs, add sugar to beaten yolks, and mix well. Add milk and cream, slowly beating. Beat whites of eggs until stiff and fold slowly into mixture. Refrigerate for several days. Taste frequently.
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GET HEALTHY
Nuts The holidays seem to bring out the nuts at parties, and we’re not talking about your crazy family members. While nuts are high in fat and calories, they are also chock full of fiber, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E, so don’t avoid them, but don’t go overboard either. An ounce of walnuts is one of the best snacks on that Christmas buffet. Here is a list of nuts that give you the most bang for your buck, courtesy of the Mayo Clinic.
Type of nut
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Almonds, raw
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Brazil nuts, raw
186
Cashews, dry roasted
163
Chestnuts, roasted
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Hazelnuts, dry roasted
183
Peanuts, dry roasted
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Pistachios, dry roasted
161
Walnuts, halved
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ong before the Wright Brothers, even before Leonardo da Vinci, humans have looked in wonder to the skies. From early attempts to mimic the flight of birds, with ignominious and often deadly results, to da Vinci’s more than 100 theoretical drawings on the study of flight in 1480s, to George Cayle’s gliders of the early 19th century, to the Wright brothers’ first heavier-than-air flight in 1903, human determination to touch the clouds has never faltered. And in September, on a picturesque day with variable winds, another page in the annals of human flight was written in Long Beach, Calif. The Chicken Whisperers, a band of five brave aerospace engineers, pushed the boundaries of human flight even further by breaking the Red Bull Flugtag world distance record by a staggering 29 feet, while also performing a pre-flight choreographed dance and
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wearing bright yellow chicken suits. Top that, Wilbur and Orville. Flugtag (pronounced floog-tog) means “flying day” in German, and, in 1992, Red Bull held the first flugtag event in Vienna, Austria. The challenge: Select teams are charged with crafting their own, homemade flying machine. Then, after persuading someone to pilot it, they must launch the craft off a 30-foot-high ramp or flight deck over water to see how far it will fly. Distance, however, is not the only criterion for success. Uniquely themed crafts, from hamburgers to dragons, and awful preflight performances are also required. Ten years after the Vienna event, Red Bull brought flugtag across the Atlantic, hosting the first U.S. event in San Francisco, followed by additional events over the next decade. This year, Red Bull decided to take the event to the next level. On Sept. 21, the energy-drink
company sponsored a one-day, five-city flugtag blowout event with more than 150 teams competing in Miami, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and Long Beach, Calif. It was a challenge The Chicken Whisperers just couldn’t pass up. “I lived in San Francisco and they had it in 2012 right next to my house, so I went and saw it,” recalls Nate Herse, a crewmember and founder of The Chicken Whisperers. “I thought we could totally break that record. I sent an email to a bunch of coworkers and we got it going.” The rules are simple enough. Red Bull requires the craft to be entirely human-powered, so no catapult or slingshot contraptions. It also must weigh less than 400 pounds with the pilot included; have a maximum wingspan of 28 feet and a maximum height of 10 feet; and be homemade.
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“Nate had to convince me that we could actually fly,” remembers Zach Hazen, another crewmember of The Chicken Whisperers. “We started crunching numbers and we thought it might be possible. And those were the early days when we were confident and thought it would be smooth and easy.” Their plan was to make a craft that was low in part count but that would stay together for a world record flight. While they didn’t use composites and other higher tech materials, “things you’re tempted to do as an engineer,” as Herse says, they did set about the project in true engineer fashion, creating computer schematics and a few models, even one remotecontrol version, to test if the design would allow them to turn and pull up. Add in many long nights cutting and assembling, and the makings of a craft began to come together. The chickens were starting to listen.
A different flight path
Matt Lemond’s team had slightly different expectations. “Our overall goal was to just get [the craft] off the ramp,” he recalls. “We were just trying to make the blooper reel.” Hailing from Mobile, Ala., the O’Daly’s Magical Mustache Ride team was determined to represent its town, promote the global charity Movember, where men grow mustaches each November to promote prostate-cancer awareness, and maybe just have a little bit of fun. Using the Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” as a theme, the team built their flying mustache behind O’Daly’s Irish Pub. “Everyone [on the team] is from our pub except for one, so day by day we put it together as best we could,” says Lemond. “We built the craft to fit in a 20-foot Penske truck and we
used just about all the footage we could with the wings.” PVC pipe, couch-wrapping material, some ingenuity from a regular patron of the bar and Lemond’s limited experience with flugtag in the past were the craft’s ingredients. And steering, evidently, was not deemed essential. “Just two ‘oh s---’ handles for the pilot to hang on and lean back,” says Lemond. After a 13-hour road trip to Miami, the team was on the Red Bull flugtag flight deck looking out over 80,000 people and hoping the dance routine that they practiced once the night before would be well-received and, more importantly, that the bolt that holds the wheel to the base would stay on. “We lost a bolt going up on the flight deck, so we were trying to figure out how we were going to get this thing to stay,” says Lemond. “Every time the wheel would spin it would
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of Red Bull
The Magical Mustache Ride exceeded all expectations, flying 69 feet at the Miami flugtag event.
push the axle out further. It was made so that it could go that distance but it couldn’t go much farther.” The bolt held and Magical Mustache Ride took flight, landing after 69 feet and taking third place at the Miami event. “When our craft actually flew, I felt like we were on a sports team and we had just won a national championship or the Super Bowl,” Lemond says. “And we really had only flown the second farthest distance at that point.”
Into the record books
A test flight at the hang-gliding site in Tres Pinos, Calif., a week before the event had The Chicken Whisperers both excited and nervous. They wanted to see if the craft would have the lift they expected but they didn’t want to damage it along the way. “The whole idea is to get enough air flowing over those wings so that you don’t have to do this horrible dive that we’re all scared of doing,” explains Hazen. “That was the biggest untested thing.” The test flight also wasn’t high enough to check the steering, and what they didn’t realize was the craft was trying to veer to one side like a car with a flat tire. “So Laura [the pilot] was actually having to steer in the opposite turn for most of the flight and she figured that out on the fly, with all the adrenaline and in a chicken costume in front of 100,000 people,” says Hazen. Flying day brought nothing but nerves. They knew they had a quality craft and the choreographer they hired had drilled them with the proper dance moves, but accidents
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are a variable no one can predict, so the crew members were holding their collective breath before launch. “The whole thing weighed 85 pounds and was super fragile, and a bunch of people were running around it, Red Bull guys, camera guys, if you bump into it too hard it would break,” says Herse. Then, right before they were to launch, there was a last-minute safety inspection. “They wanted us to add some foam padding that would have made it impossible for Laura to adjust the pitch that controls the glider going up or down. So there was some careful negotiations,” says Hazen. Then something of a reality check. “It was this weird experience of being super nervous
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celebrate their world The Chicken Whisperers record flight.
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the flugtag test their craft a week before The Chicken Whisperers team event in Long Beach, Calif.
but then looking down and being in a chicken costume like a 5-yearold. It was this weird dichotomy of super silly, pointless folly and super serious, oh my God, four months of work and our pilot’s safety is on the line here,” recalls Hazen with a laugh. But then it was time. They finished their dance and ran back to their craft, ready for launch. Laura Shane climbed into the pilot position while Herse, Hazen, Michael Sherback and Marshall Gusman manned the moving platform to push her off. As the craft took flight, it made a steady and alarming trajectory toward the water before Shane figured out the steering, making for an even final glide across the water, and with it a new world record of 258 feet. The team was ecstatic but also philosophical. “The world record was a carrot on the stick,” says Hazen. “For me personally, reconnecting with the early hang-gliding innovators who built and flew their own stuff was a big appeal for me.” While the teams later basked in their triumphs and travesties, the fate of each unique craft is slightly less celebratory. As Red Bull puts it, “Unfortunately, our salvage teams cannot return any part of your flying machine, so don’t use anything you’re not prepared to leave at the bottom of the ocean or lake.” Photo: Courtesy of
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by gary estwick
orry to disappoint, but life in the NFL doesn’t get easier after you collect your first Lombardi Trophy. Even that coveted $100 million contract. Ask Drew Brees, whose arm lifted the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV from sorry to spectacular. “You’re always thinking about the next one,” Brees says. If anything, the challenges increase. The chip on your once-injured shoulder, the one placed there after San Diego let you go after the 2005 season, fell off years ago. Since arriving in New Orleans, you’ve become the first NFL quarterback to compile three 5,000-yard passing campaigns. Take that, Chargers. The “us against the world” and “nobody believes in us but us” clichés expired long ago. Which explains why the franchise that once watched its fans mourn on Sundays with paper bags over their heads now enjoys le-
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gions of “Who Dat” followers, many spread across the nation because of the exodus following Hurricane Katrina. In the Big Easy, everything you do is a big deal, and social media fodder. Front page stuff in local newspapers. From what costume you wear on Halloween (Daddy Iron Man) to your tipping etiquette at eateries. “In case anyone still cares about this report: I tipped $3 on a takeout order. Had we sat down it would have been 20 percent,” Brees responded on Twitter. To thrive in this existence of football, family and “hand grenades” (a popular drink sold on Bourbon Street) takes a singular focus. The same focus that helped him rise from a standout high school quarterback at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, to an overachiever at Purdue, to the NFL, where his popularity has reached national levels. You can find Brees on television selling products from Pepsi
and Chase to Verizon and Vicks VapoRub. Yet in the Saints locker room, he’s just Drew. “I think that serves him well, to not let the hype get to him and allow all of the distractions to affect his play,” says Saints free safety Malcolm Jenkins. “It would be easy to get a little full of himself. You’re obviously one of the best quarterbacks in the league. But every time I see him, it seems like he’s out trying to prove something.” Don’t forget about the pressure to return to greatness in a city that loves to celebrate, especially after last season’s disappointing 7-9 campaign. Head Coach Sean Payton is back from his season-long Bountygate suspension, calling plays once again for Brees. Oh, and there’s also that huge contract he signed before last season. Should we pre-order the confetti? “If anything,” Brees says, “maybe when you haven’t won one, you’ve got
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PHOTOS: Michael C. Hebert/New Orleans Saints
that edge or chip there saying, ‘I need to win it.’ Once you have won it, you sometimes have to manufacture that chip on your shoulder, that edge. You find it however you can, but it’s as difficult or more difficult once you have won one.” Even for one of the best players of this NFL generation, Brees epitomizes effort. Motivational speaker in the huddle and locker room. The face of a football movement. A mover of men. The way he directs traffic on game days, shuffling receivers around like pieces in a board game. Himself, an escape artist in the pocket with cleats. No wonder Brees, 34, says he’d like to play until he’s 40, if not longer. “The way he takes care of his body, the way he prepares for the game and the kind of player he is, I think he’ll be here for quite a while more and playing at the high level,” tight end Jimmy Graham says. With every completion this season, Brees, a 13th-year pro, adds another statistic to his future Hall of Fame credentials. He’s also a
I’ve got this opportunity that very few have, and I want to make the most of it. At the end of the day, this is part of your legacy. - Drew Brees
six-time Pro Bowler and the owner of five league passing records, including 54 consecutive games with a touchdown pass. He needed New Orleans. It gave him a place to resurrect his career. And the city needed him, especially in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the nation’s history. “I think the timing ... it worked out for Drew,” says Payton of Brees’ arrival to the city. “It worked out for the city and his recovery of his injury. Every one of those things fell into place in a special way.” Some of his earliest football memories date back to Portland, Texas, which rests in the southeast corner of the state. His grandfather, Ray Atkins, was a Hall of Fame coach at the local high school. Brees was the water boy. His uncle, Marty, played quarterback before embarking on a college career at the University of Texas under legendary coach Darrell Royal. “During two-a-days, we’d go out there and my grandpa would serve this green electrolyte water,” Brees recalls with a smile. “It was kind of funky and we’d be over there, me and my brother (Reid), filling them up and giving them to the guys and tossing the ball on the side and just thought that was the greatest thing ever, being a part of that and watching Grandpa coach and going to his games.”
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Brees spent five seasons with the San Diego Chargers before signing with the Saints as a free agent in 2006.
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The football team’s stadium is named in Atkins’ honor. Years later, Brees still talks about these experiences, their impact on his life. And about his grandpa, who ran a Wing-T offense; he gets tickled when Brees scrambles – which is rare. Atkins coached at the Gregory-Portland Wildcats from 1965 to 1988, which, even on the high school level, came with pressure to win. It’s expectations Brees can relate to. That constant burden he’s reminded of when he moves around town, meeting fans, all eager to witness the Saints revival of 2013. Lucky for him, Brees has also mastered the ability to block out one burden when the time is appropriate to deal with another. When his helmet is off, Brees is a husband to Brittany and father to Baylen and Bowen. He’s a businessman – a local owner of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, a national chain. And a philanthropist – the Brees Dream Foundation has raised more than $18 million for charitable causes and academic institutions. Their efforts have allowed the foundation to enjoy a global reach, from impacting his NFL city to committing funds to Hurricane Sandy relief on the East Coast and the United Nations World Food Program. Drew and Brittany discussed the early concept of their future foundation on their honeymoon, says Chris Stuart, Brees’ marketing agent. “They talked about how important it would be to really develop not just a foundation, but a foundation that really had an impact and really got out there and really tried to help people,” says Stuart, who also sits on the foundation’s board. “It was a big topic of conversation.” Brees’ generosity isn’t limited to outside the NFL. Add football mentor to his notepad of tasks. During the offseason,
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DREW BREES CAREER STATS
Year
Team
Games
Att.
Comp.
Yds.
Yds/G
TD
2013
Saints
9
363
247
3,064
340.4
25
INT 7
2012
Saints
16
670
422
5,177
323.6
43
19
2011
Saints
16
657
468
5,476
342.2
46
14
2010
Saints
16
658
448
4,620
288.8
33
22
2009*
Saints
16
514
363
4,388
292.5
34
11
2008
Saints
16
635
413
5,069
316.8
34
17
2007
Saints
16
652
440
4,423
276.4
28
18
2006
Saints
16
554
356
4,418
276.1
26
11 15
2005
Chargers
16
500
323
3,576
223.5
24
2004
Chargers
15
400
262
3,159
210.6
27
7
2003
Chargers
11
356
205
2,108
191.6
11
15
2002
Chargers
16
526
320
3,284
205.2
17
16
2001
Chargers
1
27
15
221
221.0
1
0
*Won Super bowl
NFL Records
Most passing yards in a season: 5,476 (2011) Most completions in a season: 468 (2011) Best completion percentage in a season: 71.2 (2011) Consecutive games with a touchdown pass: 54 (2009-2012) stats and records courtesy of NFL.com and neworleanssaints.com
you’ll find Brees working with many of the young quarterbacks he faced during the season. Brees considers it flattery for them to seek him out for tips on improving their game, or to learn his workout routine, which is often as top secret in the NFL as Pentagon passwords. “I’ll never deny the opportunity to help a young quarterback,” he says. “I was a young quarterback at one point and I was seeking the advice and tutelage and mentorship of Doug Flutie and other veteran quarterbacks, guys that I would go on to play against.” Balancing such tasks takes a focus that’s common with many of the sport’s greats. When he’s at Saints practice, he blocks out what’s going on at home. Once home, life in the locker room stays in the locker room. “It’s about being the best you can be at what you’re doing at that moment,” Brees says. “That allows you, I think, to be able to do a lot of things and do them well. You’ve got to be able to kind of compartmentalize and say, ‘Look, it’s time to work. If it’s time to lift weights, I’m going to lift weights and think about lifting weights.’” If Brees wasn’t in the NFL, he’d be that athletic guy at your local YMCA, playing in the men’s basketball league, even tennis. Or hanging out way too much on some golf course greens. How about Brees the bowler? You see, he has a drive inside to compete at something, anything, that makes him great, and allows him to utilize the gifts that the Man above bestowed on him. To memorize a playbook w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
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as thick as any library reference book and as complicated as some foreign languages. Then, with 70,000 fans watching – screaming – to throw a football 50 yards down the field to a moving target surrounded by unfriendly moving targets while even bigger targets close in on his 6-foot, 209-pound frame. It’s why he challenges his receivers to be better than they are. It’s why he competes against teammate Jimmy Graham during the Saints’ conditioning courses. Teammates say he’s never wavered from who he is. Of course, he’s famous and talented, but his work ethic, his routine – from watching film to working out – has stayed the same since arriving in New Orleans. “He’s a stickler for staying on track,” Jenkins says. Which explains his continued success. “It’s like every week he’s extremely consistent and he knows how to attack defenses,” says Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan. “He’s aggressive, but he’s also, during the offseason, an extremely hard worker. So I think there is no shortcut to that kind of success.” Even now, Brees respects the game. Just because he’s played it for so many seasons doesn’t mean he can jog out on the field and perform at a high level. Time and effort are hallmarks of successful playmakers at his position. Confidence in the guys around him
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plays a role too, trusting they will prepare with the same intensity as he is, and confident that he can place the game’s outcome in their hands when he throws the football their way, taking himself out of the play. His time away from the Saints last offseason – Brees was in the midst of contract negotiations that ended with a big payday – eliminated his normal comfort zone and his ability to get that muscle memory going, even with guys like Marques Colston, Lance Moore, Jimmy Graham and others he had thrown dozens of passes to in recent seasons. Next thing he knew, it was the 2012 regular season and a four-game losing streak to start the campaign. Missing the playoffs last season might be that manufactured chip Brees is searching for as he aims high this fall. “I’ve got this opportunity that very few have, and I want to make the most of it,” Brees says. “At the end of the day, this is part of your legacy.” For the first time in a long time, life in the Big Easy is, well, easy. Last season, the pay-to-injure scandal overwhelmed the Saints, further exacerbated by the loss of their head coach and key members of the organization for shorter suspensions. Producing arguably the worst defense in NFL history didn’t help. The season before, the league-wide NFL lockout kept
Brees and others away from their normal offseason routines with scheduled team activities. “The biggest change was just having him here, you can tell,” Graham says. “That year when he was gone, he used to text me every couple of days asking me how the guys were doing. So, to have him here early pushing me especially and telling me all the things I’m doing wrong is only for the better.” And the season before, the entire region celebrated the Black & Gold’s first NFL championship. Move over, Mardi Gras. No, really. Move over. Carnival was postponed to commemorate the franchise’s first Super Bowl. Now it’s 2013. Time to start working on the latest celebration. It’s what pushes him to push every day in practice, at games, at home with his family. Not that everything comes easy to him, even now. Brees was passed over by the Pro Bowl selection committee in favor of then-rookie Robert Griffin III. It appears that 5,177 yards and 43 TDs wasn’t enough. “You’ve got to do something to get that competitive edge kind of filled,” says Brees. “I’m just blessed to have this opportunity and I’m going to try to do it as long as I can. Try to win as many games as we can, and try to win as many championships as we can.”
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Photos: Courtesy of Tony Justice
tony justice by robert ham
ver the years, there have been a number of musicians that, before their work caught the ears and attention of the American populace, surveyed the world from behind the wheel of a truck. The names run the gamut of popular music. Soul singers like Otis Redding and Aaron Neville. Country legends like Merle Haggard, Red Sovine and Dave Dudley. Even indie darling Daughn Gibson spent some time steering a 40-footer around New England. And there’s the granddaddy of all truckers turned stars: the late, great Elvis Presley, who, legend has it, was advised after an audition to stick with truck driving “because you’re never going to make it as a singer.” Of course, all of the artists mentioned above left the long and short hauls behind and concentrated on making music once they started to get a hint of commercial success. But for Tony Justice, even though word is starting to spread about the talented country singer/songwriter, giving up his seat in the big rig isn’t an option. It’s not just the pragmatist in him that keeps him on the road away from his Ten-
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nessee home, driving across the rest of the lower 48. True, he is still looking out for his two grown daughters and trying to keep some money in his pocket while he waits for the country music establishment
It’s something else, to think when I’m driving up and down these roads that these are the same routes my dad took when he was working … it’s kind of surreal. It makes you feel really connected with them in a unique way. - Tony Justice to catch up with him. But even if his ship comes in, there’s no guarantee that he’ll turn his back on trucking, considering how deep his roots go in that world.
“I’ve been around it my whole life,” Justice says, speaking from his home in Danvers, Tenn. “My dad drove, my three uncles, my brother does. It’s something else, to think when I’m driving up and down these roads that these are the same routes my dad took when he was working … it’s kind of surreal. It makes you feel really connected with them in a unique way.” Having absorbed so many diesel fumes over the course of his 43 years, it’s little wonder that most of Justice’s songs are concerned with that life. His latest album, “On The Road,” is a prime example. The disc features a rollicking anthem about a choice rig (“Peterbilt 379”), a moving ballad directed at drivers from the past (“Wheels and Wings”), and a swinging cover of Dave Dudley’s trucking anthem “Six Days on the Road.” While you’re not going to hear these songs in heavy rotation on Sirius XM or on country radio stations, “On The Road” is managing to make an impact in the trucking world. The album has been distributed through all the major truck-stop chains in the U.S., including Pilot Flying J, with the first run of CDs selling out in a flash – a rew w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
Justice was born in California but is a country boy at heart. He now calls Tennessee home. markable feat considering there was no promotion surrounding the album’s release. That’s just the way things have gone with Justice’s musical career: little victories and lucky breaks that have brought him to the cusp of mainstream success. As much as Justice is enjoying traveling through the U.S. and performing the occasional concert for his trucking brethren, he’d much prefer to return to his youthful passion: car racing. “I would jump back into it in a heartbeat,” he says. “It was something I really loved. I was like a little Evel Knievel growing up. I always liked fast things, and hearing my dad talk about his younger days racing, I got hooked.” What set him on his current path was meeting a fellow racer who invited Justice, who had previously played bass in his church band, to play some weekend gigs in nearby Gatlinburg, Tenn. “It was one of those deals where they pay you a little money but give you all the beer you can drink for free,” he remembers. “But he taught me a lot about what goes into writing a song.” w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
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When Justice isn’t in the studio working on a new song or on stage entertaining, he’s the face of Blue Tiger headsets and accessories. Inspired, Justice crafted his first song, a ballad called “This Old House,” that helped him win a songwriting competition in Gatlinburg, beating out some veteran songsmiths. It was only a few months later that another song of his, “The Man In Black,” an ode to the late NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt, scored some local radio play and caught the attention of a producer who invited him to come record it. The writing, Justice says, was on the wall. “It was obvious that things were going in this direction. Life is funny that way. It sometimes ain’t what we want, but I didn’t want to paddle against the current.” If that weren’t enough, his mother helped push him
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away from racing, encouraging him to sell his car with the promise that if he didn’t make it as a musician, she’d buy it back for him. “Well, we’re still working that,” she says, laughing. Justice didn’t get too far away from the racetrack, though. His second album, “Rockin’ Rusty,” and its title track were inspired by NASCAR great Rusty Wallace, who endorsed the album after a bit of an audition. “I told him about the song,” remembers Justice, “and he asked me to sing it for him. I didn’t have my guitar or nothing. I was scared to death. He told me to make sure to make it a little more rock ’n’ roll. Told me, ‘I don’t want a crying-inw w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
my-beer kind of song.’ And then told me to go and record it.” The recording also opened the door for him to do some pre-race gigs at NASCAR events around the country. “Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Talladega, Bristol, Daytona, Texas,” says Justice. “We’d get out there, set up our small little PA, and it would go all around the speedway. Then we’d have to bust tail off the stage because those drivers were itching to go.” He knows the feeling. Right now, he’s champing at the bit to finish his next album. Sessions went on throughout the summer in Nashville, with Justice mixing in his own songs with a bumper crop of originals from esteemed songwriters like Chris Wallin (co-writer of Toby Keith’s No. 1 “Love Me If You Can”), Donny Kees and Lee Brice. Thinking about his future as a musician, Justice talks with a mixture of frustration and hope. As excited as he is about the sound of these new recordings, particularly the already released single “Apple Pie Moonshine,” he also bristles at the idea of what it would take to get it on the big country radio outlets. “I don’t have the money to throw at it unless a label comes along,” he says.
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“Apple Pie Moonshine,” Justice’s newest album, will debut this month. “Hopefully we can just catch a little lightning in a bottle, get it out to some of the medium market stations and let it snowball from there.” And if that doesn’t come together, Justice will keep moving on down the high-
way, keeping his music in the hearts and minds of his fellow road warriors. “This album, and my last, they’re for truck drivers. I want to do what I can to help the miles go by a little faster. Wherever they get fuel at, I want to be there.”
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Hunger in America by amanda jakl
n a country that is plagued with an obesity epidemic, it’s hard to believe that there are Americans that don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Unlike obesity, where increasing waistlines are self-evident, hunger is an invisible epidemic. There is a stereotype that a hungry child is one with a bloated belly on the brink of starvation. More likely, it’s the little girl next door who seems a bit small for her age or the elderly shut-in who receives few visitors. The issue of hunger won’t be solved until the country sees and understands the problem. How has the issue been overlooked? It may be because hunger is easy to ignore. Michael Cotten, branch director for the Sandhills Food Bank in Southern Pines, N.C., recalls a conversation he had with a donor at a recent fundraiser. “This gentleman said, ‘You know, people don’t really think about hunger unless it hits them in the face every day. Here I am, I work downtown, I go home to a gated neighborhood. For people like me, the fact that some people in our community have challenges on a daily basis to get food,
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We’re the wealthiest country in the world; there’s no reason there should be any hunger at all. – Michael Cotten, Director of Sandhills Food Bank, Southern Pines, N.C.
on that level, we just don’t think about it.’ There are other people who are just not educated to the fact that we do have this going on.” Hunger is standing in line at the soup kitchen. It’s running out of money midmonth and skipping a meal or two until payday. It’s running into unexpected financial problems and choosing to pay for heat in lieu of food for a couple months. Because hunger happens in all of these situations, it’s difficult to define. To help clarify the issue, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) uses the term “food security” instead. Food security describes the accessibility of quality food as well as frequency of meals. A person who might not eat for two days, and when he or she does have food stretches to make it last, would be described as having very low food security. The numbers for food insecurity are shocking. According to the USDA, in 2012, 49 million Americans lived in a food-insecure household. “One in six are at risk of w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
hunger, which does not mean they go without food,” explains Ross Fraser, director of media relations for Feeding America, an organization that oversees more than 200 food banks nationwide. “It means they don’t always know where they’ll find their next meal or they’re having to eat unhealthfully.” One in seven Americans relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, more than ever in the history of the program. The demographics hardest hit by hunger are the most vulnerable. “There’s a great deal of misinformation about who actually receives food stamps,” Fraser says. “If you look at the dollars that go into food stamps, 83 percent of those dollars go to feed a child, a senior or a someone who’s disabled.” The combination of economic uncertainty, a high unemployment rate and rising food costs means applications for assistance have increased dramatically. The USDA reports that nearly 47 million Americans received SNAP benefits last year. Eleven years ago, in 2002, that number was just under 20 million. It’s a common misconception that food stamps are being used by people who don’t really need them. The rate of food-stamp trafficking, where recipients sell their food stamps for cash, is at its lowest level in two decades, thanks to increased oversight and better program management. The number of people on assistance isn’t as shocking when the price of living is considered. Most Americans have noticed that their grocery money doesn’t go as far as it used to. According to the Bu-
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A food donation is always appreciated, but consider making a financial donation instead. A donated dollar can stretch further at the food bank than at the local supermarket, thanks to partner agencies.
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ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HELP HUNGER
Feeding America works to feed the hungry through a network of nationwide food banks. feedingamerica.org
The No Kid Hungry campaign created by the Share Our Strength organization aims to eliminate childhood hunger through school meal programs and healthy cooking classes for low-income families. nokidhungry.org Meals on Wheels delivers meals to seniors with limited mobility and aims to eliminate senior hunger by 2020. mowaa.org Ample Harvest connects gardeners who have a surplus from their gardens with local food pantries to help distribute fresh produce to those that need it most. ampleharvest.org Society of St. Andrew salvages fresh, nutritious produce from farms that would otherwise be left to spoil and brings it to partner agencies to distribute. endhunger.org
reau of Labor Statistics, in the last 10 years, common items like bread and ground beef have increased almost 50 percent in price. It’s also costing more for suppliers to make sure that food makes it to the supper table; fuel prices have almost tripled in that same time frame. Other household costs have gone up as well; the Energy Department reports that 90 percent of households will see an increase in their heating bills this year, an average of 10 percent more than they paid in 2012. The saying “charity begins at home” applies to the fight against hunger. There are food-insecure people in every community in every state, and there are opportunities for everybody to help. “Donate, advocate or volunteer,” says Fraser. “Donate if you’re able to donate financially. Funding is much more efficient because we can buy far more food and move far more food with the donated dollar.” In fact, just one dollar donated to food banks can result in nine meals. Most food banks use volunteer help, especially in the holiday months when donations increase. But what might be the most powerful action is advocating, says Fraser. “People can also sign up to be hunger advocates, which means they’ll get emails from us about issues related to hunger and often related to legislation affecting hunger issues,” he explains. By calling their elected officials, people can express their concern over matters that affect their community. “[It’s] very powerful. We have about 100,000 people who are hunger advocates and why that’s so important is that congressmen listen to their voters.” Hunger is a multi-faceted problem, but the first step is admitting there is a problem. While hunger is a tough issue to tackle, Cotten is confident that it’s not insoluble. “We’re the wealthiest country in the world; there’s no reason there should be any hunger at all except people have just not grasped the fact that there really is a problem and have said that we’re going to change this,” he says. “Because we have the ability to do it, we just haven’t made the commitment to do it.”
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GIFTS FOR THE
by robert nason
ROAD It’s that time of year again, and if you’re wondering what to get that special road warrior, we’ve got a few items every driver would love to unwrap this holiday season.
For the hungry driver
For the tech-savvy driver
After the holiday cakes, pies and other treats, most of us turn quickly to the start of a new year and lofty resolutions. If your driver is already watching what he or she eats or is planning to scrap the chips and candy for carrot sticks and apples come Jan. 1, the TruckFridge will keep those healthy options fresh. From built-ins to portable versions, the TruckFridge can fit the needs and specifications of just about any rig on the road. Prices vary: truckfridge.com
Chances are your favorite driver carries some form of technology while on the road. Whether it’s a phone, tablet, GPS unit or satellite radio, there’s always a new version out there for drivers itching for the latest and greatest in technology. So instead of an endless list of new gadgets that are available for the holiday season, we thought we’d highlight a few cool accessories for those gadgets, like the Cup Holder Power Inverter. The small inverter can power four devices at once and even has a USB port. $49.99: Sharper Image
Speaking of portable, the RoadPro 12volt portable stove offers another way to eat healthy and under budget away from home. The unit can plug directly into a 12-volt power port and heats up to 300 degrees. Whether heating up those weekend leftovers or cooking a sausage biscuit, the portable stove is a great alternative for your hungry driver. $69: roadproonthego.com OK, it’s probably true. Everybody loves bacon. So the Bacon Sampler might just be the surest thing to a perfect gift you’ll find. The lucky recipient will get a pound each of applewood smoked, peppered, Cajun and jalapeño strips. Mmm, mmm, bacon. $50: lovelesscafe.com
If Bluetooth headsets aren’t your thing, but you’re looking for some hands-free control, try the Bluetooth Smartphone Watch. This watch is waterproof and has a range of 33 feet from your phone or tablet. It even alerts you when you leave your phone behind. $139.99: Sharper Image Is your driver looking for that next Garmin Gallery-winning photo? If he has an iPhone, he may be able to get that perfect shot with the iPhone Binoculars. The view through the binoculars transfers to the phone’s camera. You can also detach the phone and use the binoculars in the more traditional fashion. $99.95: Hammacher Schlemmer
For the practical driver
For the stylin’ driver
Aside from looking cool, sunglasses should be standard equipment for all drivers. Polarized shades offer drivers more clarity and depth perception while protecting from harmful glare and eye fatigue. There are innumerable shapes, styles and colors, but if we were to pick one, it would be Oakley’s Plaintiff Squared Polarized sunglasses. Lightweight but durable, these glasses offer extended peripheral view and keep out all those nasty rays eyes can do without. $200: oakley.com
If your favorite driver is looking for a little style on the road, there’s nothing like a big belt buckle to show people what you’re all about. American Truckers Belt Buckles will customize a look to fit your driver, and they offer a number of finishes and colors. The frame of the buckle has exhaust stacks with heatshields on each side and asphalt color highways on the top and bottom. A company name, your driver’s rig, just about anything can be imprinted on it to personalize the buckle. $21.95 and up: otrproducts.us
George Carlin once said, “When you step on the brakes, your life is in your foot’s hands.” It’s best, then, to keep your favorite driver’s feet as comfortable as possible. Red Wing boots can do just that. Again, many flavors and styles to choose from, and they give you 30 days to test them out for comfort. Prices vary: redwingshoes.com
If decking out his or her rig is your driver’s passion, a customized steering wheel might be the present that makes this holiday special. Big Rig Chrome Shop has a variety of accessories, from a chrome gun barrel steering wheel spinner ($25) to a buffalo skull mahogany steering wheel ($558). There are plenty of companies that offer custom steering wheels, but if we had to name one, we like Meca Truck Chromes’ steering wheel with flames ($4,998). The price is a bit steep, but nothing will get you more fired up for the day than a steering wheel with flames.
For the idle driver After a long day of driving, it’s nice to sit back and relax in front of the TV. There are loads of satellite options for travelers, but we lean toward the Dish Network VQ2500 Tailgater Portable Satellite Antenna for your favorite driver. At just 10 pounds, it’s compact, comes with security and anti-theft brackets, and needs only 20 watts of power to operate. Dish Network offers affordable user rates, too. Satellite HD entertainment whenever you want it: What could be better? $350: shop around for best price What makes good TV great? A comfortable spot to enjoy it, of course. That’s where the SleepDog Truck Mattress comes in. Made in the USA with the coolest memory foam available. These mattresses conform to your body and let you sink into an enviable level of comfort each and every night. $140-$619: sleepdogmattress.com
For the lottery-winning driver OK, your favorite driver might not be driving that truck if he or she hit the lottery. And yes, it would be you buying this gift, so maybe we’ll put these gifts down as suggestions for that new multimillionaire. For a mere $500,000, your driver can have a 152-inch HD 3-D TV from Panasonic. He may have to buy a bigger house to fit it in, but hey, he just won the lottery.
If he’s looking to get away, then he may want to go down, way down, in his very own $2 million personal submarine. The Hammacher Schlemmer two-man craft can descend to 1,000 feet and has every meter gauge you need for underwater exploration. If old habits die hard, and traveling is just his or her thing, maybe a trip to space will satisfy. Virgin Galactic, looking to become the world’s first commercial spaceline, offers space trips of a lifetime. For $250,000, amateur astronauts reserve a seat on a space flight, can join founder Richard Branson on his private island for updates on the ship’s development, and get special G-force training to prepare for the trip.
Photos: Courtesy of MAGNUM
magnum Logistics by amanda jakl
n over-the-road driver for 28 years, Deb Marotz knew her true calling in life was behind the wheel. “I love my job,” she says. “I love being on the road and I’ve always liked my work.” But changes in her home life last year caused her to come off the road – although not out of the truck, thanks to Magnum. “My dad has got a little dementia going on right now and my mom is getting up there in age; they’re both in their 80s,” says Marotz. “I just needed to be home more with my mom and dad. I’m the only person left to take care of them.” Marotz drove OTR for seven years until
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last year, when she moved to a dedicated route that has her home every weekend, keeping her closer to her new husband and her aging parents. “It was time to come over to dedicated and do something different, and I really didn’t want to leave Magnum. Magnum is a good family-oriented company. ” The feeling was mutual, according to Matthew Gadberry, vice president of Magnum’s truckload division and Marotz’s previous supervisor during her OTR years. “In Deb’s case, she notified us [that she wanted to change divisions] and within six months she was moved to our dedicated
side, which has benefited her family life, her parents, just her morale in general,” says Gadberry. “Because the company supported her and what she needed to do, she’s always supported us.” The company prides itself on being family and community oriented, and on the shared respect it has with its drivers. Gadberry, son of founder Wayne Gadberry, points out that Magnum’s greatest asset isn’t its fleet, although they do maintain latemodel Peterbilts equipped with APUs, or its competitive pay-and-benefits packages, or its healthy sign-on bonus. No, he says, what makes Magnum different is its people. “We keep that local touch where drivers are not a number, but a name,” says Gadberry. “We know who they are when they call. Simply put, we have the best people. It’s our
Everything is taken care of for me on the road. If I break down, all I do is make a phone call. It’s a good deal. – Deb Marotz
people that make us unique and make us different from other carriers. We respect individuals for what they do and they in turn respect us back.” Magnum traces its roots to farming. Originally started under the name Gadberry Inc. in 1978 and headquartered at Gadberry Farms in Grandin, N.D., Magnum took the basic premise that all drivers understand: A truck makes money only when full. “There was a need to move our own farm commodities to market,” Gadberry explains. “They wanted to use their equipment and employees in the offseason when they weren’t farming.” Created as a truckload company to serve a small radius of customers, specifically the American Crystal Sugar Co., Magnum now boasts 13 LTL terminals and three truckload terminals and has expanded to serve the mid-west, south and southeast states. And the company hasn’t just grown in distance. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
Over the last 30 years, Magnum has added LTL, dedicated, warehouse, and logistics companies. “We’re five different entities and our goal is to be a onestop shop. We want to be able to offer multiple solutions to a customer no matter what they do,” says Gadberry. Just as they take care of their customers, Magnum takes care of their drivers. As a company driver, Marotz doesn’t have to worry about a breakdown stranding her or if the paperwork will be sent in time for her to pick up a load. She doesn’t have to price out tires or purchase insurance. She knows that Magnum has it figured out for her so all she has to do is drive. “Everything is taken care of for me on the road. If I break down, all I do is make a phone call. They either tow my truck or they put you up in a motel until the job is fixed. It’s a good deal.” She’s also quick to point out her job satisfaction. “I am so, so happy with my job right now,” she says. “I obviously love my job and I just got a review from my boss in April that said that I’m doing a good job and I jokingly asked him, ‘So that means I’m going to be around another year?’ And he said, ‘Absolutely.’ ‘For 10 years, until I retire?’ And he said, ‘Absolutely.’”
Magnum takes care of their drivers and their community, donating the use of their trailers for charity events and adopting a school.
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Outdoor cooking
Chicken Spiedini Serves 4 to 6
INGREDIENTS: 2 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs 1 cup grated Romano cheese Salt and black pepper 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley 4 cloves garlic, chopped 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (2 1/2 to 3 pounds), cubed 1 cup olive oil 6 wooden skewers
Chicken Spiedini Pat: I want some chicken Parmesan, but
I’m so tired of the same old recipe.
Mike: Yeah, I’m tired of your old wornout recipes too; come up with something original for once.
Pat: Shut up! Why don’t you think of
something?
Mike: Fine, remember that time we
DIRECTIONS: In a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag, mix the bread crumbs, cheese, salt, pepper, parsley and garlic. Dip the chicken in 1/2 cup olive oil, then toss it into the bread-crumb mixture. Seal the bag tightly, then shake to coat the chicken. Remove the chicken from the bag and place it in a large sauté pan over medium heat with 1/2 cup olive BY Mike faverman and pat mac
oil in the pan to cook until the chicken is seared and browned on each side, about 7 minutes.
Pat: Do you think you can make it?
Put the seared chicken cubes on
Mike: I can make anything, except
Since we are not putting the skewers
make you shut up, but I’ll keep trying for both until I get it right!
skewers, pushing them close together. directly on a flame, there is no need to soak them first in water. Place the
Pat: I hate you, but please cook!
skewered chicken in a Dutch-oven in-
Mike: Sit back and learn from the
and put 12 coals around the top edge
master.
went to Kansas City and ate at that cool Italian restaurant?
Pat: Of course, I still dream of that
chicken dish we had. What was it called again?
Mike: Chicken spiedini. Man, was that
some tasty chicken. It was so much better than Parmesan, too.
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Mac and the Big Cheese are authors of the best-selling “Ultimate Camp Cooking.” For more information on the cooking duo, visit www.ultimatecampcooking.com.
sert, put it in the Dutch oven, cover it, and 6 coals around the outside of the bottom (not underneath). Cook for about 20 minutes, or until the chicken is completely done. If the chicken breasts are especially thick, you may need to cook them for about 5 minutes more. Serve immediately.
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n my home state of Pennsylvania, the yuletide season brings snow-laden pines and frosty noses outside, and lots of warmth, good spirits and cheer inside. As a full-time RVer, I knew I needed to find a way to replicate that “inside” tradition no matter where I spent my holidays. Christmas on the road, alone in my RV and far from loved ones, can be a very lonely time. Topping it off with a different climate and foreign surroundings only added to my disillusion. Was I really cut out for life on the highway? Finding myself in southwest Arizona on my first Noel was confusing to the senses. Outside the temperature was a balmy 75 degrees. The vast sea of sand sparkled in the brilliant sun. I was staying in the little desert town of
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Quartzsite – a popular winter playground for snowbirds just around 20 miles from the California border. My surroundings were gnarled mesquite trees with two-inch thorns growing out of the bark and spiny cacti that did not take kindly to close encounters. You may have heard of tree huggers, but I doubt there will ever be a cactus hugger. My job for the winter season was that of waitress at the nearby Palo Verde restaurant. It afforded me a great way to interact with the townspeople and the many visitors to the area. I had already enjoyed working the Thanksgiving Day shift being surrounded by people celebrating the day and the dinner. So when asked to work the Christmas Day shift, I immediately said, “Yes!”
Reservations were set for three dinner seatings, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., to accommodate what turned out to be a lively crowd. A couple of tables were also set aside for any wandering walk-ins. The flurry of activity for the wait staff began at 8 in the morning. The aroma of turkey and ham slowly roasting in the big ovens wafted pleasantly through the air. We started setting tables accented with red tablecloths and green sprigs of holly. Cranberry sauce and coleslaw were prepared. Linen-laced baskets were set to be filled with warm rolls. The festive atmosphere and all the careful preparation made me excited to see our customers’ faces as they came in to enjoy their holiday feast. I felt my spirits rising. Early arrivals with a steady stream of people greeting each other and getting settled brought our wait staff to full attention. Busy with getting drinks and taking orders, I became focused on doing my job in perpetual motion, multitasking and smiling, always smiling, in the heat of it all. Soon all of our guests were served and satisfied, desserts and second cups of coffee were being enjoyed, dishes were cleared away, and compliments were given to the chef and staff for a delicious meal wellserved. One festively dressed matron beckoned me over to her table. I thought she was going to ask for a take-out container. Instead her whole face lit up with joy as she put her hand on my arm and said, “Thank you for giving up your Christmas so we could enjoy ours!” And that’s how I rediscovered the tradition of warmth, good spirits and cheer on the road at Christmas. Happy holidays to all!
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Trending Healthy by linda mcgirr Linda McGirr is a Registered Dietitian and certified Dietitian-Nutritionist
ith so much nutrition information out there, it is hard to keep up with what it all means. Some foods get a lot of publicity. You can’t help but wonder whether the claims made are real or if someone is just trying to sell you something to make money. Trends come and go in the media. Do you ever wonder about some of this stuff? I do. Perhaps I can shed some light.
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Have you ever wondered about … … Quinoa? What the heck is it, anyway?
Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wah, is a whole grain native to South America. It once was rare and difficult to find in the U.S., but in recent years has become more mainstream and popular. Quinoa is prepared similarly to rice but cooks more quickly. It is small in size, bead-shaped and bland in flavor. Doesn’t sound like much of a big deal, right?
So what makes quinoa stand out?
Quinoa is higher in protein than other grains. It is also a complete protein, which can be said of many meats and dairy products, but not of very many plants. This makes quinoa
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especially beneficial to vegetarians, who may have a harder time getting all the protein components that their bodies need. It can be used in smoothies and shakes to boost protein without using animal products. The grain is also high in several important vitamins and minerals. It’s easy to prepare and can be used in soups, salads, casseroles and dishes that call for rice. The only downside is that it has a bitter outer coating that needs to be rinsed off. Most quinoa sold in the U.S. has been prerinsed, which eliminates this issue. So why not mix it up a little and try quinoa in place of your usual rice or pasta? It can add some interest to your menu while you reap the added nutritional benefits.
Why care about whole grains?
Whole grains contain parts of the plant that can contribute to a healthy diet. By refining grains, the bran and the germ of the grain are removed. This processing eliminates approximately half of the B vitamins, 90 percent of the vitamin E and just about all of the fiber. By eating whole grains, you can help keep your cholesterol and other blood lipids in check, as well as your blood sugar. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, studies show that people who con-
sume two to three servings of whole grains each day are about 30 percent less likely to have a heart attack or stroke or to develop diabetes. Whole grains also help keep the digestive tract healthy.
… Greek yogurt? Why is everyone suddenly eating it?
Yogurt has been around for about 7,000 years, and Greek-style yogurt seems to be everywhere lately. In the last five years, there has been a whopping 2,500 percent increase in the sale of Greek-style yogurt. Opa! (That means something similar to “Hooray!” in Greek.) You can find it on the shelves of your grocery store and listed as an ingredient in all kinds of recipes, from smoothies to cake frosting. Greek yogurt differs from the non-Greek variety in that most of the whey (or liquid) has been removed through straining. This creates a thicker yogurt with more protein and less sugar. Because of its consistency, it can be used as a substitute for high-fat items such as sour cream and mayonnaise in recipes.
What’s so special about yogurt anyway?
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Greek yogurt offers more protein and less sugar than non-Greek varieties. Dairy products provide the body with calcium and protein. Yogurt has less lactose than milk or ice cream and therefore may be easier for some lactose-intolerant people to tolerate. However, in the process of removing the whey liquid from Greek yogurt, some of the calcium is lost. Some varieties add the calcium back in, so if you’re counting on yogurt as a source of this mineral, check the label. Be sure to also read the labels to ensure that you choose the non-fat or low-fat varieties and the ones without too much added sugar. With that said, yogurt can be a healthy addition to your diet. Which type you choose depends on your needs and taste.
… “Juicing” fruits and vegetables? Is the hype worth the effort?
Juicing fruits and vegetables has become quite popular in recent years. The idea is that you squeeze the juice out and drink it to reap the benefits. You can purchase expensive bottled juices or do it yourself with a machine. “Juicer” machines can range in cost from $50 to $500. I don’t know about you, but if I am going to drop 500 bucks, I want some guarantees that I will get my money’s worth.
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If juicing helps you get your daily intake of fruits and vegetables, go for it; just watch your calories, as these foods are packed with natural sugar.
them multiple times a day. However, you lose out on some of the vitamins and minerals, and most of the fiber, by drinking only the juice. In particular, the skins of these foods are rich in nutrients and the pulp is the part loaded with fiber. Fruits, more so than vegetables, are packed with natural sugars, so the calories in juice can add up more quickly than if you go through the effort of eating the whole thing. The fiber is part of what fills you up, so you can consume calories before you start to feel full. This can add up to pounds if done on a regular basis. One trick is to add some of the leftover pulp back into the juice to pump up the fiber.
Are there any benefits to “juicing� over eating the whole thing?
Despite what fans of juicing claim (cleansing properties, weight loss, more nutrients), there is no magic involved. Research does not indicate that juicing is better that eating the whole fruit or vegetable. If you have trouble consuming the recommended five servings of fruits and veggies a day, juicing can help, but dietitians still recommend eating at least two fruits and three or four whole vegetables in a day. The more colors, the better!
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Calling Coyotes by brenda potts
ong dogs, otherwise known as coyotes, are cunning, adaptable and vocal predators. If left unchecked, though, coyotes can decimate small game populations. The relationship between coyotes and rabbits is often used as an example of the classic predator-prey relationship in high school biology classes. Coyotes will attack deer, primarily fawns. They also eat mice, voles, rabbits and other small game. Hunters and trappers provide a service by keeping the coyote population in check. I’ve tried in vain to trick coyotes within bow range by imitating an injured mouse. If you’re not a hunter, I can only imagine the thoughts that just went through your head while reading that last sentence. The idea is to make squeaking noises that trick the coyote into thinking an easy meal is nearby. Apparently, though, I’m not very good at imitating mice. To help me, I recently bought a little call made from a deer antler that is capable of making sounds like mice or wounded rabbits. I attached it to my H.S. True Talker deer call so it would be handy. The call is capable. Whether I am capable of operating it correctly remains to be seen. Deer can remember locations as a source of danger, so hunters are always cautious to avoid letting deer see them get in or out of a tree stand or ground blind. When a hunter does get caught on a stand with a field full of deer and the sun down, it’s usually a problem, since deer see quite well after dark. One trick that usually works is to howl like a coyote, which often runs the deer off.
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“Usually” is the key word. While hunting from a ground blind last year I had two does in the field at quitting time (30 minutes past sundown). It was dark and the deer were still in the field. I rendered my best coyote howl imitation. The two does stopped feeding, but instead of running away, they came closer. I howled again and they came closer, trying to locate the source of the noise. Getting frustrated, I howled a third time. Seconds later, what sounded like a pack of a dozen coyotes answered me. I don’t speak coyote, but my howling must have been interpreted as “Free food here!” The does took off running and so did I. My latest coyote-calling episode resulted in a giggling fit. My mother was hunting with a crossbow near a bean field and I was running the video camera. We had several deer in the field and the light was fading fast. We were quietly gathering our gear, preparing to sneak out of there, when a doe appeared about 50 yards in front of us. She had noticed movement but didn’t know what we were. We froze like statues concealed in our natural brush blind. The doe continued staring. I got impatient and let out a coyote howl that scared the heck out of my mom. We proceeded to giggle uncontrollably for the next few minutes. And, yes, the deer ran off. So far, my coyote-calling expertise (or lack thereof) has produced the opposite result of what was intended: When I want to call a coyote closer, I run it off, and when I want to run it off, I call it closer. Hopefully my new coyote call will change my luck. It can’t get any worse. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
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Trip of a Lifetime by claire b. lang
hen all is said and done, what counts in life is that someone remembers us for who we are. Whether we make our living behind the wheel of a big rig or a broadcast microphone, or are a fan or a racer in any era, every person’s story deserves to be told. Some stories are told by family members and passed through generations, others by reporters, like myself. Nothing means more to me than telling the stories that deserve to be told. I’m not sure how many race fans know of Charles “Hoss” Ellington. He was an iconic NASCAR driver and team owner who made 31 starts as a driver between 1968 and 1970 in the Grand National (now Sprint Cup) series. He finished in the top 10 four times in 1969 and later became a successful team owner with five wins, four with Donnie Allison and one with David Pearson. Ellington also fielded cars for Fred Lorenzen, Cale Yarborough, A.J. Foyt, David Pearson, Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett, among others. His teams collected 52 top fives and 92 top-10 finishes. Ellington became very ill recently and in September his daughter Charla Allen invited me to come to Wilmington, N.C., to interview her dad and tell his story. So, I drove to the beach with my SiriusXM NASCAR microphone to interview a man I had never met for the first and last time. Ellington was very weak when he met me
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at the door of his home. He looked more the part of the Wilmington fisherman, casually dressed in a pair of boat shoes, shorts and a polo shirt, than he did a former NASCAR driver and owner. He didn’t show them to me, nor did he acknowledge them, but I immediately noticed the 30 to 40 gold and silver race trophies of all shapes and sizes displayed on shelves in the entrance area of his house. As he sat down in his favorite chair before the interview, he seemed more interested in studying me than in bragging about his life’s accomplishments. Ellington wasn’t going to be telling his story to anyone unless he felt comfortable with the storyteller. I could tell that in an instant. I hoped I could measure up. It was obvious Ellington was very ill, but his eyes lit up and the color came back to him as he began telling tales of gadgets he invented to fool NASCAR inspectors, races in which his teams did well despite challenges, and the fun and games enjoyed while making cars go fast in the garages of NASCAR. Ellington touched a lot of lives in the NASCAR garage and he is known not only for his racing but for being a wild and goodtime guy. He was a colorful storyteller, full of quick quips, and lived in a manner that exemplified winning as the ultimate goal but that life should also be fun. That so many re-
member him today for his personality even more than his racing success strikes me, and in the end, may be even better. I did the last interview of Jake Elder, a golden-era crew chief in the NASCAR garage nicknamed “Suitcase” because he moved so often between teams. He won two championships with David Pearson and helped mold some of NASCAR’s legends, including Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip and Benny Parsons. Not long after I went to his house to meet and interview him, he died at age 73. When I heard he passed, I was full of hope that I had done him right. I treasure to this day the time I had with him, me with my microphone listening to his story, full of awe, and Elder with a beer in his hand, recollecting the good old days. Wendell Scott was NASCAR’S first black racecar driver. Richard Pryor played him in the movie “Greased Lightning.” Although I never got to interview him, his story intrigued me so much that I flew to Daytona to look up Scott’s files in the NASCAR archives and found an original public-relations form with his handwriting on it. In the blank space for his goals, he did not write “to be a champion driver.” He wrote, “To open up an orphanage for children.” Scott had seven children, and producing a special telling his life’s story was one of the highlights of my broadcast career. While I was with Ellington, he showed me a scrapbook and in one clipped-out article w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
from 1979, the Daytona Beach News Journal called him an “off-beat car owner.” He said his success as a car owner was important to him but he also proudly acknowledged his reputation for being a cut-up and practical joker. In fact, it’s what made the likes of Junior Johnson, Kyle Petty, Donnie Allison and other famous drivers smile broadly when I asked them about him for his story. I asked Ellington about being remembered. “I like to be who I am and (for) people to respect me and I try to do the right thing. I’m 78 years old now; ain’t going to be long, I’ll be 80,” he said, pausing. “Isn’t that something? Lord, how the time flies, right?” We sat in silence for a moment as I nodded in agreement. It was a day I won’t soon forget. You don’t have to be famous to have your story told by family and friends. What do you want to be remembered for?
For more Claire, check claireblang.com for regular updates. twitter.com/ClaireBLang Listen to Claire’s radio show exclusively on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
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Ellington (left) playing Uno with Richard Petty. Uno sponsored Ellington’s car from 1981-1983.
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Dizzy Yet?
by mike howe
Twitter: @TruckingDC • Facebook: www.facebook.com/TruckingPoliticsMore
ust two months ago the government was on the brink of not being able to pay its debts. That was after parts of the government were shut down for about two weeks in an attempt to defund the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare” – a law that was enacted three years prior. There’s nothing like waiting until the last minute to make a big stand or a major decision, and that is precisely what some in Congress chose to do. In fact, this seems to be a common theme of Congress as of late (and it isn’t just Democrats or just Republicans). Congress seems to go in circles when it comes to major policy decisions, frequently letting the apocalyptic scenarios play out in the mainstream media. Those in office rarely suffer the consequences. Instead, it is the citizenry that suffers at the hands of these political games. What did the most recent government shutdown accomplish? It appears Obamacare was not affected by it at all. The last minute “deal” to reopen the government included increasing the debt ceiling so the U.S. can make good on its debt payments. Legislators veered away from the cliff not at the last minute, but a few hours after the last minute, i.e., after the deadline passed. Fortunately, Congress is able to back-date fixes if they want to. Whew, looks like the country was lucky, then. If you look at the transportation industry and how Congress deals with it, the approach is no different. Congress has repeatedly failed to pass a meaningful long-term highway-funding bill. Instead, they pass short-term continuing resolutions designed to get Congress past the next election or just through the beginning of the year, when they promise to take up a long-term solution. Some might argue that the recent passage of MAP-21, a two-year funding bill, should be
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considered a long-term approach. Historically speaking, though, a long-term funding bill is generally six years. The reality is MAP-21 was also a compromise made well after the last minute. It followed multiple short-term continuing resolutions, even though the Federal Highway Administration’s website touts it as a long-term package that is of great benefit to the industry. Granted, a two-year plan is better than no plan at all, but it’s certainly not a long-term funding plan, nor does it address many of the major issues facing the industry, such as the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. MAP-21 expires on Sept. 30, 2014, and you can trust there will be little movement on a new long-term funding bill prior to the end of this year. What are the chances Congress will take up this important issue early next year? Well, it doesn’t look good. First, the deal from October that reopened the government and raised the debt ceiling was a temporary one. This debt cushion extends only through Feb. 7, 2014, with current spending levels authorized through Jan. 15, 2014. Congress will need to address those issues – the next cliff, if you will – well before it can focus on highway funding. Then, add in political and partisan rhetoric that will likely only intensify as we head toward the 2014 election season. Every member of the House and a third of the Senate is up for reelection. Heels will be dug in on a number of issues. Unfortunately, as these same issues and problems pop up, Congress and the American public will continue to go in circles without really addressing or working on the core issues. It’s a dizzying and disheartening cycle for those interested in results rather than rhetoric. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
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Great Tidings of Joy
his time of year is not always a happy time for some people. That was the case for me seven years ago. My mother, Eugenia Cowhick, passed away on Dec. 13, 2006. She had multiple medical issues, including COPD and asthma. The deterioration of her lungs ultimately took her home. It was my mother who taught me about Jesus and my faith was influenced initially and largely by hers. For that, I am grateful and proud to have been her daughter. When she became terminally ill, I thought I was prepared for it. But I was kidding myself. Sometime in the early spring of 2007, I volunteered for a cross-country run from Birmingham, Ala., to Los Angeles then back east to Winchester, Va., through Charlotte, N.C., and finally
home. I can admit now I took that long trip to hide from my family and friends. I didn’t want them to turn to me for comfort or strength after the death of my mother. I was lacking strength myself. I didn’t want them to expect something from me that I could not deliver. On that trip, I found myself running with packs of NASCAR trucks, heading from Daytona, Fla., to Fontana, Calif. It seemed like every time I jumped off the interstate for a break, I landed a spot in another pack when I returned. As the miles piled up, I listened to their stories and found comfort during what could have been a long, lonely trip. Many trucks were operated by retired married couples who enjoyed the racing circuit. It’s an exciting way to see the country, not to mention they drove those beautiful trucks.
by: kitty cowhick
Kitty Cowhick is a 25-year veteran of the transportation industry and is author of the book “Hammer Down,” available at www.tatepublishing.com.
Running with those drivers was just what I needed. I was moving ahead and looking forward again. I didn’t share my loss or my pain with them, so they never knew how much healing their conversations provided. I never thanked them, either. I’d like to pay that forward now. I want to thank each of you, ahead of time, for your kindness and compassion out there as this year comes to an end. December trips can be challenging in many ways. There are holiday travelers, winter weather conditions, and whatever personal burdens you might be bearing. For my siblings and me, December is bittersweet. But, thanks to our faith and a dear mother who introduced the Lord to us as children, we still enjoy a wonderful family celebration of fellowship and worship.
Do you have an industry issue you would like to gripe about? Send it to editor@ptcchallenge.com.
he 1960s were a boon for new, original Christmas specials. Before the ’60s, audiences sat through variety shows of Christmas music, or live action adaptations of the Nativity story or other traditional Christmas stories. But in 1962, “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” paved the way by taking a traditional Christmas story, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” and adapting it for not only a different medium – cartoon as opposed to live action – but also for a different audience – in this case, children. Nowadays everybody has their own original Christmas special, from the Chipmunks to
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Shrek to the new “Prep and Landing” elves created by Disney. But let’s go back to the beginning. The five in our list are some of the best original Christmas specials ever made and since they continue to air every year, who are we to disagree? So when nostalgia hits you hard this year, forget the new-fangled cartoons in 3-D; these Christmas classics are oldies but goodies.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
As one of the most popular characters in holiday history, Rudolph was originally
created for a marketing campaign for the retail giant Montgomery Ward. Robert L. May created the character of Rudolph and wrote the poem in 1939 for a coloring book that the retailer distributed to children during the Christmas season. Rumor has it he was considering the names Rollo and Reginald before deciding on Rudolph. May’s brother-in-law Johnny Marks turned the poem into a song a decade later, and Gene Autry with his cowboy pipes made it famous. The story was turned into a comic book and children’s book with no great success until the Rankin/Bass
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production company decided to make it into a stop-motion TV special in 1964. Although the stop-motion work was done in Japan and the sound in Canada, this special is an American classic. Not only does Rudolph hold the record for longest consecutive airings for a TV special, it’s also responsible for some of this country’s most popular Christmas songs. “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” and “Silver and Gold” were written for the TV special, and actor and singer Burl Ives re-recorded and released them the following year to huge success.
Frosty the Snowman
Just like Rudolph, Frosty hit it big as a song before being turned into a television special. Nineteen years after Gene Autry recorded the tale of a snowman brought to life through a top hat in 1950, CBS aired the animated TV special on Dec. 7, 1969. In his final film appearance, Jimmy “the Schnozz” Durante and his trademark gravelly voice narrated the special and sang the title song. Durante is probably best known for the song “Make Someone Happy,” which was featured in the film
“Sleepless in Seattle.” In what can only be described as a tongue-in-cheek decision, the production company hired Paul Coker, a well-known illustrator for the satirical and irreverent humor magazine “Mad,” to create the characters for the show.
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” in 1957 as a statement against the increasing
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A. Frosty debuted in 1969 with the iconic Jimmy Durante as narrator. B. Like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” was created with stop-motion animation, where the characters are moved in small increments and photographed in single frames, creating the illusion of movement when the frames are run together. consumerism surrounding the Christmas season. Seuss was very reluctant to have his book characters change mediums, but it was his old war buddy Chuck Jones, of Loony Toon fame, that brought the Grinch to television in 1966. If you thought the song ”You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch“ was sung by Boris Karloff, you’re not alone. Since Karloff lent his voice as narrator and the title character, it was an easy mistake to make. But Karloff couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, so Thurl Ravenscroft took over the vocals of all the show’s songs. If his voice sounds familiar, it should. Ravenscroft was the voice of Tony the Tiger for more than 50 years.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” almost didn’t make it on the air. Executives disliked the Bible excerpts, complained about the lack of a laugh track and thought that the jazz music set the wrong tone. It didn’t help that production had been plagued with technical difficulties, most of them stemming from using real children rather than actors to voice the characters (with the exception of Snoopy, who was voiced by the director, Bill Me-
lendez). Despite the problems, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” debuted in 1965 to an audience of 15 million, the secondmost-watched show in the country for the week behind “Bonanza.” The special garnered Emmy and Peabody awards, and is the longest-running Christmas cartoon (“Rudolph” used stop-motion animation) in television history.
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
The youngest Christmas classic on our list and the only one made in the 1970s, “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” was made by the same production company that brought Rudolph and Frosty to life. It enlisted the voice talent of Mickey Rooney as Santa and oddly enough Fred Astaire, known more for his fancy footwork than his voice, as the narrator. Rooney apparently was destined to play the part of the Big Man in Red, as his real surname is Yule. The Christmas special was inspired by the 1934 song of the same name, written by James Gillespie, who wrote the lyrics on a subway ride. Eddie Cantor, who also coined the phrase “March of Dimes” for FDR’s fight against polio, first sang the song on a Thanksgiving radio show.
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An Ode to the Auxiliary Power Unit BY Tony Vienonen
Oh, APU, With your purr and hum, And exhaust of blue, Where would we be without you, APU?
Running on humid days when clothes stick like glue, To the frigid, arctic nights, that I agree, But why on a 65-degree night? I haven’t a clue. Where would we be without the APU?
As gadgets’ electrical demand grew, From microwaves and TVs to smartphones and laptops, And Xboxes too, Where would we be without the APU?
As I walk to my truck with my bag of food, The purr and hum now a mighty roar, With diesel exhaust these machines spew, Where, oh where, would we be without the APU?
The days are far and few, When I can roll down my windows, And let a breeze through, Oh, where would we be without the APU? Yes, reefer trailers make noise, this is true, But if I had to pick a parking spot neighbor, I’d pick the reefer of the two, Where would we be without the APU?
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Long and Lonely Road BY George Holguin
For many years I stared out this windshield, At this long and lonely road. Rhythm and blues, and rock ’n’ roll, played on my stereo. Seen a lot of new blacktop roads become construction zones, Drove through a lot of weather, wind, rain and snow. Seen a lot of accidents and prayed they were OK For I know that could be me one day.
But this body is getting tired and old. Got my baby on the phone telling me, Maybe it’s time to come home. So as I think of bidding farewell, I thank the Lord for keeping me safe All these years on this long and lonely road.
My CB radio comes on, Weigh station close, hammer down, let’s roll. I shift gears, get all 18 to roll, so I can deliver this heavy load.
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Grand View
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Home Time Vince Adams
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Frozen Highway
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369 BIRMINGHAM 7 S DEF 100 I-20/59/65 AL 78, Exit 123 901 Bankhead Highway West, 35204 602 BIRMINGHAM DEF 157 15 rv dump I-65 & SR 94, Exit 264 224 Daniel Payne Drive North, 35207 603 Dothan DEF 158 9 rv dump Ross Clark Hwy/Hwy 231 2190 Ross Clark Circle, 36301 604 Hope Hull (Tyson) 9 S DEF 75 rv dump I-65 Exit 158 900 Tyson Road, 36043 497 Lincoln DEF 80 7 I-20, Exit 165 121 Honda Drive, 35096 601 McCalla DEF 150 15 rv dump I-20/I-59 Exit 104 6098 MacAshan Dr, 35111 302 MOBILE (THEODORE) DEF 65 5 I-10 & Theodore Dawes Rd, Exit 13 6955 Theodore Dawes Road, 36582 441 PRICEVILLE 7 S DEF 100 rv dump I-65, Exit 334 3240 Point Mallard Parkway, 35603 75 SATSUMA 8 S DEF 125 I-65, Exit 19 6109 US 43 South, 36572 76 TUSCALOOSA 8 S DEF 125 I-20/59, Exit 76 4416 Skyland Boulevard East, 35405
609 Eloy DEF 350 11 rv dump I-10 Exit 208 16189 S Sunshine Blvd, 85231 610 Kingman DEF 95 11 rv dump I-40 Exit 53 3300 East Andy DeVine Ave., 86401 211 LAKE HAVASU CITY 12 S DEF 110 I-40 & AZ 95, Exit 9 14750 South Highway 95, 86404 279 NOGALES (RIO RICO) DEF 90 11 I-19 & SR 289, Exit 12 769 East Frontage Road, 85648 611 Phoenix DEF 185 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 137 6700 West Latham, 85043 593 Tucson 7 S DEF 80 I-10, Exit 268 5570 E. Travel Plaza Way, 85756 328 QUARTZSITE DEF 100 4 I-10 & US 95, Exit 17 1201 West Main Street, 85359 612 Winslow DEF 250 15 rv dump I-40 Exit 255 400 Transcon Lane, 86047 505 Yuma 6 100 I-8, Exit 12 108000 North Frontage Road, 85367
145 SPRINGDALE DEF 33 4 US 412 & 71 Bypass 5660 West Sunset Avenue, 72762 606 Texarkana DEF 157 15 rv dump I-30 Exit 7 Rt 12 Box 254B, I30 & Hwy 108, 71854 429 West Memphis 11 S DEF 150 I-40, Exit 280 1100 Martin Luther King Blvd, 72301 607 West Memphis DEF 225 15 rv dump I-40 Exit 280 & I-55 Exit 4 3400 Service Loop Road, 72301
p 205-324-4532 f 205-324-5897
p 205-323-2177 f 205-323-7885
p 334-792-5152 f 334-792-5293
p 334-613-0212 f 334-613-0849
p 205-763-2225 f 205-763-2229
p 205-477-9181 f 205-477-6870
p 251-653-8834 f 251-653-9556
p 256-353-5252 f 256-353-5235
p 251-679-6260 f 251-679-6235
f 520-466-9588
p 928-757-7300 f 928-757-1085
p 928-764-2410 f 928-764-2021
p 520-377-0001 f 520-377-0003
p 623-936-1118 f 623-936-3611
p 520-663-3348 f 520-663-3439
p 928-927-7777 f 928-927-7000
p 928-289-2081 f 928-289-3798
Day Breaker CafĂŠ p 928-342-2696 f 928-342-1619
ARKANSAS p 205-553-9710 f 205-553-3089
ARIZONA 459 AVONDALE 13 S DEF 145 rv dump I-10, Exit 133A 900 North 99th Avenue, 85323 180 BELLEMONT 7 S DEF 90 I-40, EXIT 185 12500 West I-40, 86015 608 Ehrenberg DEF 300 13 I-10 Exit 1 Box 801, I-10 Exit 1 S. Frontage Rd, 85334 458 ELOY 5 S DEF 145 rv dump I-10, Exit 208 619 South Sunshine Boulevard, 85231
p 520-466-9204
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p 928-773-0180 f 928-773-0205
p 928-923-9600 f 928-923-7735
p 520-466-7550 f 520-466-7575
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118 BENTON 7 S DEF 70 I-30, Exit 121 7801 Alcoa Road, 72015 492 Caddo valley 7 S DEF 80 I-30, Exit 78 & Hwy 7 170 Valley Street, 71923 332 N. LITTLE ROCK 7 S DEF 100 I-40 & SR391 Galloway Road, Exit 161 3300 Highway 391 North, 72117 430 RUSSELLVILLE 5 S DEF 130 I-40, Exit 84 215 SR 331 North, 72802 605 Russellville DEF 165 15 rv dump I-40, Exit 84 42 Bradley Cove Road, 72801
p 501-794-5900 f 501-794-5904
p 870-245-3119 f 870-245-3084
p 501-945-2226 f 501-945-2282
p 479-967-7414 f 479-964-0112
p 479-890-6161 f 479-890-2639
p 479-872-6100 f 479-872-6103
p 870-774-3595 f 870-772-1006
p 870-732-1202 f 870-732-1340
p 870-735-8200 f 870-735-3300
CALIFORNIA 613 Bakersfield DEF 250 14 rv dump Hwy 99 Exit Merced Ave. 17047 Zachary Ave., 93308 282 barstow 7 S DEF 30 I-15/40 & US 58 2591 Commerce Parkway, 92311 614 Bartsow DEF 171 15 rv dump I-15 & Lenwood Exit 2611 Fisher Boulevard, 92311 372 CASTAIC 7 S DEF 125 I-5 & Lake Hughes Exit 31642 Castaic Road, 91384 168 DUNNIGAN 10 S DEF 155 I-5, Road 8 Exit 554 30035 County Road 8, 95937 616 Frazier Park 18 285 rv dump I-5 Frazier Park Exit 205 42810 Frazier Mtn Park Road, 93243 381 HESPERIA 11 S DEF 300 I-15 & US 395 8701 Highway 395, 92345 200 KRAMER JUNCTION DEF 50 7 US 395/US 58 5725 Highway 58, 93516 617 Lodi DEF 187 15 rv dump I-5 & Hwy 12, Exit Fairfield 15100 North Thornton Road, 95242 154 LOST HILLS 7 S DEF 100 I-5 & CA 46 14808 Warren Street, 93249
p 661-392-5300 f 661-392-5307
p 760-253-2861 f 760-253-2863
p 760-253-7043 f 760-253-7051
p 661-257-2800 f 661-257-2109
p 530-724-3060 f 530-724-3029
p 661-248-2600 f 661-248-2610
p 760-956-2844 f 760-956-1198
p 760-762-0041 f 760-762-5231
p 209-339-4066 f 209-339-4287
p 661-797-2122 f 661-797-9772
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365 MADERA DEF 150 11 CA-99 at Ave 18.5 22717 Avenue 18 1/2, 93637 307 N. PALM SPRINGS DEF 80 5 I-10 & Garnett & Indian Ave. 6605 N. Indian Canyon Drive, 92258 343 Otay Mesa 9 S DEF 150 I-905, Exit 7, CA905 1497 Piper Ranch Rd, 92154 618 Ripon DEF 197 15 rv dump Hwy 99 Exit Jack Tone Rd 1501 North Jack Tone Road, 95366 879 Sacramento 49er Travel Plaza DEF 300 12 I-80, Exit 85 (W. El Camino Ave) 2828 El Centro Rd, 95833 237 SALINAS DEF 75 7 US 101 & Sanborn 951 Work Street, 93901 765 Thousand Palms DEF 88 9 rv dump I-10 Ramon Exit 72235 Varner Road, 92276 137 weed DEF 80 7 rv dump I-5, Exit 745 395 E Vista Drive, 96094
89 ELLENTON DEF 2 2 I-75, Exit 224 1526 51st Avenue East, 34222 352 FT. MYERS DEF 80 6 I-75, Luckett Rd, Exit 139 6050 Plaza Drive, 33905 90 FT. PIERCE 8 S DEF 80 I-95, Exit 129 7300 West Okeechobee Road, 34945 471 Haines City DEF 80 7 rv dump US Hwy 27 North 35647 US Hwy 27 North, 33845 91 JACKSONVILLE DEF 50 5 I-95, Exit 329 1625 County Road 210 West, 32259 374 MARIANNA 7 S DEF 90 I-10 @ FL 71, Exit 142 2209 Highway 71, 32448 873 miami 3 65 Hwy 27 12200 NW South River Road, 33178 874 miami 2 30 US 41 & SR 997 17696 SW 8th Street, 33194 897 Miami Gardens Dades corner Plz 1 20 SR 826, Exit SR 817 16650 NW 27th Avenue, 33054 425 MIDWAY 8 S DEF 90 rv dump I-10, Exit 192 33333 Blue Star Highway, 32343 293 OCALA DEF 60 7 I-75 & FL 484, Exit 341 2020 SW 135th Street, 34476 92 OCALA 7 S DEF 130 I-75, Exit 358 4255 NW Highway 326, 34482 424 OCALA 5 S DEF 150 I-75, Exit 358 4032 West Highway 326, 34482 94 PUNTA GORDA DEF 40 5 I-75, Exit 161 26505 Jones Loop Road, 33950 623 Quincy DEF 150 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 192 32670 Blue Star Highway, 32343 626 St. Augustine DEF 160 9 rv dump I-95 Hwy 206 Exit 305 950 State Road 206 West, 32086 622 St. Lucie DEF 156 15 rv dump I-95 Hwy 68 Exit 131 100 North Kings Hwy 625 Tampa 4 30 rv dump I-4 & SR 579 Exit 10 11555 East Sligh Ave.
95 WILDWOOD 5 S DEF 10 I-75, Exit 329 493 East State Route 44 96 YEEHAW JUNCTION 0 40 US 60 & FL Turnpike, Exit 193 3050 SR 60 Yeehaw Junction
p 559-673-3878 f 559-673-7679
p 760-329-5562 f 760-329-0083
p 619-661-9558 f 619-661-9814
p 209-599-4141 f 209-599-4265
p 916-927-4774 f 916-923-3677
p 831-775-0380 f 831-775-0360
p 760-343-1500 f 760-343-1330
p 530-938-9600 f 530-938-9700
COLORADO 619 Aurora DEF 149 15 rv dump I-70 Exit 285 (South) 16751 East 32nd Ave., 80011 316 DENVER 7 S DEF 100 I-70 & Steele Street, Exit 276A 4640 Steele Street, 80216 621 Limon DEF 200 2 rv dump I-70 & Exit 359 2495 Williams Ave., 80828
p 303-366-7600 f 303-367-5657
p 303-292-6303 f 303-292-3647
p 719-775-9286 f 719-775-9306
CONNecticut 255 MILFORD 12 S DEF 150 I-95, EXIT 40 433 Old Gate Lane, 06460 882 N Stonington American Auto Stop 6 119 I-95, Exit 93 273 Clarks Falls Rd, 06359
p 203-876-1266 f 203-876-9473
p 860-599-2020 f 860-599-5771
FLORIDA 87 BALDWIN DEF 50 5 I-10, Exit 343 1050 US 301 South, 32234 88 COCOA 2 LTD I-95, Exit 201 4455 King Street, 32926 624 Dade City DEF 180 15 I-75 Exit 285 & SR52 29933 State Road 52, 33576 w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
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p 321-639-0346 f 321-639-0351
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p 941-729-6288 f 941-729-7523
p 239-693-6868 f 239-693-1253
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p 352-748-4486 f 352-748-6095
p 407-436-1224 f 407-436-1919
GEORGIA p 772-460-0611 f 772-460-9492
p 863-421-3571 f 863-421-6032
p 904-826-3618 f 904-825-2760
p 850-482-2148 f 850-482-2136
p 305-883-1004 f 305-883-1799
p 305-553-6203 f 305-207-7967
Arline’s Big Apple Seafood Restaurant
Wingstop
p 305-623-3434 f 305-623-3439
p 850-576-3200 f 850-576-3213
p 352-347-8555 f 352-347-3082
p 352-402-9081 f 352-622-5233
p 352-867-8300 f 352-867-8448
p 941-637-3974 f 941-637-5729
p 850-574-1299 f 850-574-6546
p 904-794-0426 f 904-794-7582
p 772-461-0091 f 772-461-0291
260 ALBANY DEF 80 4 Hwy 300 & Clark Ave 310 Cordele Road, 31705 331 ATLANTA (EAST) 7 S DEF 100 I-285 & Bouldercrest Road, Exit 51 2605 Bouldercrest, 30316 344 ATLANTA (WEST) 5 45 I-285 & South Atlanta Road, Exit 16 4600 South Atlanta Road, 30080 65 AUGUSTA 3 30 I-20, Exit 194 4091 Jimmie Dyess Parkway, 30909 144 AUGUSTA DEF 90 6 I-20, Exit 200 2975 Gun Club Road, 30907 66 BRASELTON 7 S DEF 70 I-85, Exit 129 5888 Highway 53, 30517 627 Brunswick DEF 150 15 rv dump I-95 Exit 29 2990 US Hwy 17 South, 31523 628 Carnesville DEF 190 15 rv dump I-85 Exit 160 10226 Old Federal Road, 30521 67 CARTERSVILLE 8 S DEF 100 I-75, Exit 296 968 Cassville-White Road, 30120 416 CORDELLE DEF 60 10 rv dump I-75, Exit 101 2201 East 16 Avenue, 31015 319 DALTON DEF 100 7 I-75/Connector 3, Exit 328 244 Connector 3 SW, 30720 421 DALTON 9 S DEF 210 rv dump I-75, Exit 326 142 Carbondale Road, 30721 68 DUBLIN DEF 6 2 I-16, Exit 51 2185 US 441, 31021 630 Jackson DEF 200 14 rv dump I-75 Exit 201 I-75 & Exit 66 Bucksnort Road, 30233 69 LAGRANGE DEF 60 3 I-85, Exit 13 1960 Whitesvillle Road, 30240
p 229-878-1355 f 229-878-1302
p 404-212-8733 f 404-212-8568
p 770-434-9949 f 770-434-8341
p 706-860-6677 f 706-869-9074
p 706-667-6557 f 706-481-9940
p 706-654-2820 f 706-654-9326
p 912-280-0006 f 912-280-9555
p 706-335-6656 f 706-335-4432
p 770-607-7835 f 770-607-7873
p 229-271-5775 f 229-271-5774
p 706-277-7934 f 706-277-3337
p 706-370-4060 f 706-370-5769
p 478-275-2143 f 478-275-0070
p 770-775-0138 f 770-775-1134
p 706-884-6318 f 706-884-1872
p 813-612-9438 f 813-612-9297
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IDAHO
631 Lake Park DEF 200 15 rv dump I-75 Exit 2 7001 Lake Park-Bellville Rd., 31636 420 MADISON DEF 110 6 rv dump I-20, Exit 114 1881 Eatonton Road, 30650 422 NEWNAN 7 S DEF 95 I-85, Exit 41 1645 South Highway 29, 30263 71 PORT WENTWORTH 8 S DEF 125 I-95, Exit 109 7001 Highway 21, 31407 632 Resaca DEF 200 15 rv dump I-75 Exit 320 288 Resaca Beach Blvd. NW, 30735 415 RISING FAWN DEF 150 8 I-59, Exit 4 319 Deer Head Cover Road, 30738 72 SAVANNAH DEF LTD 1 I-16, Exit 160 1504 Dean Forrest Road, 31408 575 St. marys DEF 235 12 I-95, Exit 1 491 W. St. Mary’s Street, 31558 312 TALLAPOOSA 6 S DEF 90 I-20 & GA 100, Exit 5 882 Georgia Highway 100, 30176 417 TEMPLE DEF 140 14 rv dump I-20, Exit 19 625 Carrollton Street, 30179 634 TEMPLE DEF 164 15 rv dump I-20 & Hwy 113 Exit 19 15 Villa Rosa Road, 30179 192 TIFTON 12 S DEF 200 I-75, Exit 60 4431 Old Union Road, 31794 633 union point DEF 189 9 rv dump I-20 & Exit 138 3600 Highway 77 South, 30642 73 VALDOSTA 5 S DEF 90 I-75, Exit 11 3495 Madison Highway, 31601 398 VIENNA DEF 85 5 I-75, Exit 109 39 Victory Lane, 31092 267 WARNER ROBINS (BYRON) 11 S DEF 150 I-75, Exit 146 2965 Highway 247C, 31008 254 WILDWOOD DEF 20 3 I-24 Exit 169 650 Highway 299, 30757
777 East Boise DEF 60 6 I-84 Exit 54 (Federal Way) 3353 Federal Way, 83705 638 Caldwell DEF 100 9 I-84 Exit 29 3512 Franklin Road, 83605 641 McCammon DEF 100 4 I-15 Exit 47 587 E. US Hwy 30, 83250 350 MOUNTAIN HOME DEF 100 7 I-84 & US 20, Exit 95 1050 Highway 20, 83647 639 Post Falls DEF 100 8 I-90 Exit 2 N 400 Idahline Rd, 83854 640 Twin Falls DEF 100 6 I-84 Exit 173 5350 Highway 93, 83338
p 229-559-6500 f 229-559-3008 TM
p 706-343-1455 f 706-343-1033
p 770-252-3551 f 770-252-2197
p 912-964-7006 f 912-964-7808
p 706-629-1541 f 706-629-2003
p 706-462-2455 f 706-462-2702
p 912-964-5280 f 912-964-5098
p 912-576-5424 f 912-882-8867
p 770-574-9922 f 770-574-9697
p 770-562-9773 f 770-562-2269
p 770-562-4009 f 770-562-3571
p 229-382-7295 f 229-382-4910
p 706-486-4835 f 706-486-4845
p 229-244-8034 f 229-244-6020
p 229-268-1414 f 229-268-4880
p 478-956-5316 f 478-956-3726
p 706-820-7353 f 706-820-9539
restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points
rv dump
p 208-385-9745 f 208-344-3624
rv dump
p 208-453-9225 f 208-453-9409
rv dump
p 208-254-9845 f 208-254-9893
p 208-587-4465 f 208-587-3071
rv dump
p 208-773-0593 f 208-773-0404
p 208-324-3454 f 208-324-4097
ILLINOIS 642 alorton DEF 202 15 rv dump I-255 & Exit 17A 140 Racehorse Drive, 62207 299 BLOOMINGTON 6 S DEF 160 I-55/74 & IL 9, Exit 160A 1522 West Market Street 526 Champaign road ranger DEF 150 3 I-57, Exit 240 4910 Market St 473 channahon DEF 45 0 I-55 & Route 6, Exit 248 23841 SE Eams 378 Chicago road ranger 0 LTD I-55 MM 288 “Stevenson Expressway” 3401 South California Avenue, 60632 368 Decatur DEF 60 7 I-72, Exit 144 (SE Quad) 4030 E. Boyd Road 523 Dixon road ranger DEF 45 5 I-88 Exit 54 1801 South Galena Ave. ,61021 313 EAST ST. LOUIS 11 S DEF 200 I 70/55 Exit 4 699 State Route 203 165 EFFINGHAM 7 S DEF 100 I-57/70, Exit 162 2500 North 3rd Street 643 Effingham DEF 180 15 rv dump I-70 & I-57, Exit 160 1701 W Evergreen / I-70 & I-57 468 Gilman DEF 80 7 I-57, Exit 283 815 Hwy 24 West, 60938
p 618-337-4579 f 618-337-4851
p 309-827-7867 f 309-827-2355
p 815-315-4991 f 217-643-7809
p 815-467-0918 f 815-467-0972
p 815-977-7020 f 773-847-1438
p 217-876-0208 f 217-876-0522
dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-516-1998 f 815-284-0469
p 618-875-5800 f 618-875-4234
p 217-342-3787 f 217-342-6672
p 217-347-7161 f 217-347-5815
p 815-265-4754 f 815-265-4795
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ILLINOIS (cont.)
543 Hampshire road ranger dan’s Big Slice Pizza DEF 30 4 I-90, Exit 43 p 815-209-9013 19 N. 681 US Hwy 20 f 847-683-7609 644 LaSalle DEF 186 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 77 p 815-220-0611 343 Civic Road f 815-220-0617 514 Lincoln Thorntons Subworks DEF 100 6 2903 Woodlawn Road p 217-732-3915 I-55, Exit 126 f 217-732-4875 540 Loves Park road ranger 0 LTD I-90 & Riverside Blvd p 815-580-4221 7500 East Riverside Blvd, 61111 f 847-232-3058 595 marion DEF 45 5 I-57, Exit 54B p 618-993-2697 2611Vernell Road, 62959 f 618-993-8100 347 Mclean road ranger dan’s Big Dixie Slice Pizza DEF 80 10 I-55, Exit 145 p 815-315-0774 501 South Main Street, 61754 f 309-874-2048 530 mendota road ranger DEF 25 3 I-39, Exit 72 p 815-315-4210 2705 12th Street, 61342 f 815-539-2340 326 Minonk road ranger dan’s Big Woody’s Slice Pizza DEF 100 4 I-39, Exit 27 p 815-315-4189 1311 Carolyn Dr, 61760 f 309-432-2002 236 MINOOKA 7 S DEF 100 I-80, Exit 122 p 815-467-4416 301 Ridge Road, 60447 f 815-467-5409 39 MONEE DEF 90 5 I-57, Exit 335 p 708-534-2483 6002 Monee-Manhattan Road, 60449 f 708-534-3980 482 MT. VERNON 7 S DEF 100 I-57, Exit 95 p 618-244-1216 4610 Broadway, 62864 f 618-244-1262 889 MT. VERNON 7 S DEF 200 I-64/57, exit IL Hwy 15 p 618-244-2616 101 S. 46th St., 62864 520 new berlin road ranger DEF 25 3 I-72, Exit 82 p 815-209-9009 700 King Rd, 62670 171 Oakwood 7 S DEF 100 I-74, Exit 206 p 217-354-4270 503 N. Oakwood St, 61858 f 217-354-4070 534 Okawville road ranger DEF 50 2 I-64, Exit 41 p 815-656-4143 905 Hen House Rd, 62271 f 618-243-6479 515 ottawa road ranger dan’s Big Slice Pizza DEF 25 2 I-80, Exit 93 p 815-516-0946 3041 North IL Route 71,61350 f 815-434-4081 645 Pontoon Beach DEF 185 15 rv dump I-270 & Exit 6B p 618-931-1580 1310 East Chain of Rocks Road, 62040 f 618-931-3587
541 Princeton road ranger DEF 250 7 I-80, Exit 56 2835 N Main St, 61356 539 Rochelle road ranger DEF 55 5 I-39, Exit 99 890 E Hwy 38, 61068 535 Rockford road ranger 0 LTD US 20 4980 S Main St, 61108 536 South Beloit road ranger DEF 75 5 I-90, Exit 1 6070 Gardner Street, 61080 646 South Beloit DEF 186 15 rv dump I-90 & HWY 75 16049 Willowbrook Road, 61080 512 Springfield road ranger DEF 25 2 I-55, Exit 90 500 Toronto Road, 62711 525 Springfield road ranger DEF 50 6 I-55, Exit 100-A 3752 Camp Butler Rd, 62707 249 TROY 7 S DEF 135 I-55/70 & IL 162, Exit 18 820 Edwardsville Road, 62294 529 Tuscola road ranger 3 15 I-57, Exit 212 1112 East Southline Dr., 61953 537 Winnebago road ranger 0 LTD US 20, MM8 101 S. Winnebago Rd, 61088 476 woodhull DEF 80 5 I-74, Exit 32 900 Plaza Ave, 61490
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dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-315-4951 f 815-875-1718 dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-209-9038 f 815-562-6573
p 815-315-4974 f 847-232-1183 dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-264-4311 f 815-389-3917
p 815-389-4760 f 815-389-4793
dan’s Big Slice Pizza p 815-516-0863 f 217-585-1883
Star 66 Café
dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-209-9059 f 217-528-9169
p 618-667-0946 f 618-667-0966
p 815-315-4988 f 217-253-3793
dan’s Big Slice Pizza p 815-957-4049 f 847-897-2600
p 309-334-4550 f 309-334-4556
INDIANA 444 BRAZIL 10 S DEF 110 I-70, Exit 23 4376 North SR 59, 47834 531 BRAZIL road ranger DEF 30 3 I-70, Exit 23 990 West State Rd 42, 47834 445 BURNS HARBOR 7 S DEF 115 rv dump I-94, Exit 22 243 Melton Road, 46304 247 CRAWFORDSVILLE 5 S DEF 110 I-74 & SR 32, Exit 39 4367 East State Road 32, 47933 28 DALEVILLE DEF 35 3 I-69, Exit 234 15151 Commerce Road, 47334 446 DALEVILLE DEF 125 5 I-69, Exit 234 15876 West Commerce Road, 47334
p 812-446-9400 f 812-446-6116
p 815-209-9052 f 812-442-5206
p 219-787-5705 f 219-787-9656
p 765-361-9603 f 765-361-9601
p 765-378-3599 f 765-378-3592
p 765-378-0246 f 765-378-4248
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indiana (cont.)
indiana (cont.)
iowa (cont.)
447 EVANSVILLE (HAUBSTADT) 5 S DEF 145 rv dump I-64, Exit 25B 1042 E Warrenton Road, 47639 362 FORTVILLE (PENDLETON) DEF 50 4 I-69, Exit 214 7455 South State Rd. 13, 46064 29 FREMONT 7 S DEF 130 I-80, Exit 144; I-69 N, Exit 157 6900 Old US 27, 46737 881 Ft Wayne Ft Wayne travel plz 6 260 I-69, Exit 109A 3037 Goshen Rd, 46808 271 GARY 9 S DEF 215 I-80/94 & Burr Street, Exit 6 2501 Burr Street, 46406 30 Greenfield DEF 150 5 I-70, Exit 96 2640 North 600 West, 46140 542 Greenwood road ranger DEF 40 7 I-65, Exit 99 1615 East Main Street, 46143 647 Haubstadt DEF 145 9 rv dump I-64 & SR 41 Exit 25B Rural Route 1, Box 254A, 47639 448 HEBRON 8 S DEF 135 I-65, Exit 240 18011 Colorado Street, 46341 31 HIGHLAND DEF LTD 2 I-80 & 94, Exit 2 8150 Indianapolis Boulevard, 46322 318 INDIANAPOLIS 7 S DEF 90 I-465 & IN37, Exit 4 4607 South Harding Street, 46217 649 Indianapolis DEF 190 15 rv dump I-465 Exit 4 1720 West Thompson Road, 46217 546 Lake staTIon - S – road ranger 4 15 I-80, Exit 15A 2151 Ripley St., 46405 650 Lake Station DEF 375 14 rv dump I-94 & Exit 15B 1401 Ripley Street, 46405 478 LEAVENWORTH DEF 65 5 I-64, Exit 92 6921 South SR 66, 47137 652 Lebanon DEF 150 9 rv dump I-65 Exit 139 520 South State Road 39, 46052 653 Lowell DEF 375 15 Rt 2 & I-65 Exit 240 3231 East 181st Street, 46356
152 MEMPHIS DEF 70 10 I-65, Memphis Road, Exit 16 14013 Memphis Blue Lick Road, 47143 304 new haven DEF 80 9 rv dump I-469, Exit 19 Hwy 30 & Doyle Road, 46774 198 PLYMOUTH 7 S DEF 110 US 30 & US 31 10619 9A Road, 46563 34 REMINGTON DEF 75 5 I-65, Exit 201 4154 West US Highway 24, 47977 339 RILEYSBURG (COVINGTON) DEF 50 6 I-74 & SR 63, Exit 4 16502 North State Road 63, 47932 242 SHELBYVILLE 7 S DEF 90 I-74, Exit 109 1851 West 400 North 35 SOUTH BEND DEF 70 5 I-80, Exit 72 6424 West Brick Road 655 Spiceland DEF 193 15 rv dump I-70 Exit 123 5300 South State Rte. 3 297 TERRE HAUTE DEF 70 5 I-70 & IN46, Exit 11 5555 E. Margaret Avenue 36 VALPARAISO DEF 25 3 US 30 & SR 49 4105 US 30 East 37 WHITELAND 8 S DEF 110 rv dump I-65, Exit 95 2962 County Road 500 North 656 WHITELAND DEF 173 15 I-65 & Whiteland Road, Exit 95 4982 North 350 East
329 COUNCIL BLUFFS 7 S DEF 80 I-80/29, Exit 1B 2647 South 24th Street, 51501 636 Davenport DEF 146 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 292 8200 N.W. Blvd., 52806 373 DES MOINES 17 S DEF 350 I-35/80 & Douglas Ave, Ext 126 11957 Douglas Avenue, 50322 532 elk run heights road ranger DEF 100 6 I-380, Exit 68 100 Plaza Drive, 50707 637 Evansdale DEF 80 7 rv dump I-380 & Evansdale Dr. 445 Evansdale Drive, 50707 131 Osceola DEF 80 5 rv dump I-35, Exit 34 2010 West Clay Street, 50213 238 Percival DEF 50 7 I-29, Exit 10 2495 210th Ave., 51648 594 Sioux city DEF 100 7 I-29, Exit 143 2815 Singing Hills Blvd, 51111 43 WALCOTT 8 S DEF 160 I-80, Exit 284 3500 North Plainview Road, 52773 268 WALCOTT DEF 25 3 I-80, Exit 284 2975 North Plainview Road, 52773 572 williams 7 S DEF 100 rv dump I-35, and SR 20, Exit 144 3040 220th Street, 50271
p 812-868-1048 f 812-868-1050
p 317-485-6211 f 317-485-4527
p 260-833-1987 f 260-833-6794 The Point Restaurant
p 260-482-7814 f 260-482-7780
p 219-844-2661 f 219-844-7957
p 317-894-1910 f 317-894-3499
p 815-315-4987 f 317-881-7301
p 812-768-5304 f 812-768-9215
p 219-696-8265 f 219-696-8281
p 219-923-6405 f 219-972-4134
p 317-783-1033 f 317-783-0851
p 317-783-5543 f 317-783-5648
p 815-239-6205 f 219-962-5723
p 219-962-8502 f 219-962-3259
p 812-739-2002 f 812-739-4034 TM
p 765-483-9755 f 765-483-9762
p 219-696-6446 f 219-696-2456
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TM
p 260-493-4035 f 260-493-4921
p 574-936-6525 f 574-936-4348
p 219-261-3786 f 219-261-3986
p 765-793-7307 f 765-793-2155
p 317-392-8771 f 317-392-8721
p 574-272-8212 f 574-272-9914
p 765-987-1833 f 765-987-1836
p 812-877-9977 f 812-877-9978
p 219-464-1644 f 219-464-9019
p 317-535-7656 f 317-535-3058
f 712-322-0236
p 563-386-7710 f 563-386-8243
p 515-276-1509 f 515-276-8599
dan’s Big Slice Pizza
Junies Family Restaurant
p 815-315-0271 f 319-235-5237
p 319-291-7714 f 319-291-7720
p 641-342-8658 f 641-342-1782
p 712-382-2224 f 712-382-1556
p 712-258-3816 f 712-258-3320
p 563-284-4100 f 563-284-4103
p 563-284-5074 f 563-284-5076
p 515-854-9117 f 515-854-9124
KANSAS p 317-535-1124 f 317-535-4123
IOWA 913 ALTOONA DEF 350 18 I-80 & US 65, Exit 142 3231 Adventureland Drive, 50009 496 Atalissa DEF 45 4 I-80, Exit 265 2086 Atalissa Rd., 52720 893 avoca wings america/Flying j 15 200 I-80, Exit 40 7005 N. Chestnut St, 51521 495 brooklyn 5 S DEF 140 I-80, Exit 201 4126 Hwy 21, 52211 407 CLEAR LAKE DEF 125 6 I-35, Exit 194 2411 US Highway 18 East, 50428
p 712-322-0088
p 515-967-7878 f 515-967-5726
p 563-946-3761 f 563-946-3871
p 712-343-4007 f 712-343-5026
p 319-685-4221 f 319-685-4575
920 colby 5 90 I-70, Exit 54 110 East Willow Street, 67701 657 Dodge City DEF 62 4 Hwy 400 & Hwy 283 2524 E. Wyatt Earp Blvd., 67801 658 Emporia DEF 74 7 rv dump I-35 & US 50 Exit 127 4245 West Hwy 50, 66801 903 SALINA 16 200 rv dump I-70, Exit 252 1944 North 9th Street, 67401 659 Salina DEF 120 9 I-70 Exit 253 2250 North Ohio Street, 67401
p 785-460-5832 f 785-460-5878
p 620-338-8888 f 602-338-8829 TM
p 620-343-2717 f 620-343-3692
p 785-825-6787 f 785-827-3394 TM
p 785-825-5300 f 785-452-9221
Kentucky p 641-357-3124 f 641-357-4939
356 BROOKS (SHEPHERDSVILLE) DEF 100 5 I-65 & Brooks Rd, Exit 121 2050 East Blue Lick Road, 40165
p 502-955-5049 f 502-955-9717
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KENTUCKY (cont.)
KENTUCKY (cont.)
660 catlettsburg DEF 155 9 rv dump I-64 SR 180 Exit 185 15236 State Route 180, 41129 231 CORBIN DEF 40 5 I-75 & US25E, Exit 29 249 West Cumberland Gap Prkwy, 40701 46 FRANKLIN DEF 150 3 I-65, Exit 6 2929 Scottsville Road, 42134 438 FRANKLIN 8 S DEF 80 I-65, Exit 6 Highway 100 & I-65, Exit 6, 42134 661 FRANKLIN DEF 172 15 rv dump I-65 US Hwy 31 W. Exit 2 4380 Nashville Road, 42134 47 GEORGETOWN DEF 90 5 I-75, Exit 129 259 Cherry Blossom Way, 40324 353 GEORGETOWN 12 S DEF 175 I-75, Exit 129 110 Triport Road, 40324 48 GLENDALE DEF 125 8 I-65, Exit 86 58 Glendale-Hodgenville Road, 42740 890 Kuttawa 7 S DEF 100 I-24, Exit 40 2299 E. Hwy 62, 42055 399 LEBANON JUNCTION 7 S DEF 85 I-65, Exit 105 150 Park Plaza Boulevard, 40150 240 MIDDLESBORO DEF 40 2 Rt 2, Hwy 25E 3000 US Highway 25 East, 40965 156 MORTON’S GAP DEF 90 5 Highway 813, Exit 37 Pennyrile Parkway, Exit 37, 42440 41 MT STERLING DEF 80 7 I-64, Exit 113 3060 Owingsville Road, 40353 49 OAK GROVE 8 S DEF 300 I-24, Exit 89 8190 Pembroke-Oak Grove Road, 42262 439 OAK GROVE 5 S DEF 125 I-24, Exit 86 12900 Fort Campbell Boulevard, 42262 662 OAK GROVE DEF 130 9 rv dump I-24 Exit 86 18750 Herndon Oak Grove Road, 42262 358 PADUCAH DEF 65 8 I-24 & KY 305, Exit 3 5353 Cairo Road, 42001 440 PENDLETON DEF 100 5 I-71, Exit 28 205 Pendleton Road, 40055
278 RICHWOOD (WALTON) DEF LTD 5 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 118 Richwood Road, 41094 321 RICHWOOD (WALTON) DEF LTD 3 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 11229 Frontage Road, 41094 354 SIMPSONVILLE DEF 60 7 I-64 & Veechdale Rd, Exit 28 819 Buck Creek Road, 40067 50 SULPHUR DEF 175 8 I-71, Exit 28 489 Pendleton Road, 40070 392 SONORA 6 S DEF 200 I-65, Exit 81 450 East Western Avenue, 42776 663 Waddy DEF 110 9 rv dump I-64 & HWY 395 Exit 43 1670 Waddy Road, 40076 664 Walton DEF 200 15 rv dump I-75 Exit 171 13019 Walton Verona Rd., 41094 437 WILLIAMSBURG DEF 80 3 rv dump I-75, Exit 11 481 West Highway 92, 40769
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p 606-928-8383 f 606-928-4546
p 606-528-0631 f 606-528-1003
p 270-586-4149 f 270-586-5171
p 270-586-9544 f 270-586-9887
p 270-586-3343 f 270-586-8984
p 502-868-7427 f 502-867-1847
p 502-863-2708 f 502-863-5012
p 270-369-7360 f 270-369-6991
p 270-388-8111 f 270-388-8084
p 502-833-2727 f 502-833-2759
p 606-248-4057 f 606-248-4149
p 270-258-5213 f 270-258-9830
p 859-497-4041 f 859-497-8709
p 270-439-1776 f 270-439-7624
p 270-439-0153 f 270-439-0765
p 270-640-7000 f 270-640-7060
p 270-443-2044
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p 859-485-6100 f 859-485-6113
p 859-485-1327 f 859-485-8519
p 502-722-5636 f 502-722-5630
p 502-743-5496 f 502-743-5228
p 270-369-7300 f 270-369-8596
p 502-829-9100 f 502-829-5600
p 859-485-4400 f 859-485-6886
p 606-549-0162 f 606-549-0166
LOUISIANA 274 BREAUX BRIDGE 7 S DEF 105 I-10, Exit 109 2112 Rees Street, 70517 79 DENHAM SPRINGS DEF 60 3 I-12, Exit 10 2601 South Range Avenue, 70726 665 Greenwood DEF 190 15 rv dump I-20 Exit 3 9510 Greenwood Road, 71033 300 HAMMOND DEF 60 5 I-12 Exit 40 / I-55/US 51 2111 SW Railroad Avenue, 70403 199 HAUGHTON 7 S DEF 90 I-20, Exit 33 490 North Elm Street, 71037 82 LAPLACE DEF 150 8 I-10/55, Exit 209 4301 South Main Street, 70068 335 RAYVILLE DEF 85 5 I-20 & LA137, Exit 138 103 Grimshaw Street, 71269 428 WEST MONROE DEF 100 5 rv dump I-20, Exit 112 300 Well Road, 71292
f 270-442-8538
MARYLAND
p 502-743-5222
875 Elkton DEF 225 23 I-95, Exit 109A 221 Belle Hill Rd, 21921
f 502-743-5123
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p 225-665-4151 f 225-665-4122
p 318-938-7744 f 318-938-5697
p 985-345-5476 f 985-542-5028
p 318-390-9709 f 318-390-9713
p 985-652-0531 f 985-652-4141
p 318-728-4100 f 318-728-4236
p 318-329-3590 f 318-329-3592
p 410-398-0287 f 410-392-3543
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MIchigan (cont.)
MIssouri (cont.)
408 GRANTSVILLE 7 S DEF 65 I-68, Exit 22 3000 Chesnut Ridge Road, 21536 150 HAGERSTOWN 7 S DEF 90 I-70 & MD 63, Exit 24 11633 Greencastle Pike, 21740 179 HAGERSTOWN 9 S DEF 111 I-81, Exit 5B 16921 Halfway Blvd, 21740 784 North East DEF 200 15 rv dump I-95, Exit 100 One Center Drive, 21901 290 PERRYVILLE 5 80 I-95 & MD 222, Exit 93 31 Heather Lane, 21903
895 Woodhaven Detroiter DEF 225 12 I-75, Exit 32A 21055 West Road, 48183
571 CHARLESTON DEF 65 7 I-57 Exit 12 2460 E. Marshall/E US Hwy 60, 63834 385 collins DEF 35 3 US 54 & Hwy 13 South Hwy 13 South, 64738 533 fenton road ranger DEF 25 2 I-44 W, Exit 275; I-44 E, Exit 274B 205 North Highway Dr., 63026 442 HAYTI 8 S DEF 150 rv dump I-55, Exit 19 1701 Highway 84 East, 63851 443 HIGGINSVILLE 6 S DEF 125 rv dump I-70, Exit 49 6676 Highway 13, 64037 317 JOPLIN 7 S DEF 90 rv dump I-44 & MO 43S, Exit 4 4500 Highway 43 South, 64804 669 JOPLIN DEF 160 15 I-44 U.S. 71 Exit 11A 11570 Hwy FF, 64804 768 Kansas City DEF 121 6 I-435 Front Street 1300 North Corrington Ave., 64120 252 Kearney 7 S DEF 125 I-35, Exit 26 600 West SR 92, 64060 301 MARSTON DEF 70 6 I-55, Exit 40 917 East Elm Street, 63866 671 Matthews DEF 188 15 rv dump I-55 Exit 58 703 State Hwy 80, 63867 167 nevada DEF 45 3 US 71 & Camp Clark Road 2424 East Austin Road, 64772 208 Pacific DEF 90 7 I-44W, Exit 257; I-44E, Exit 256 1475 Thornton Street, 63069 672 Peculiar DEF 165 9 rv dump US Hwy 71 Exit J 700 J Hwy, 64078 547 st. robert road ranger DEF 75 6 I-44, Exit 163 22345 Hwy 28, 65584 673 Sullivan DEF 160 15 rv dump I-44/Hwy. 185 Exit 226 1500 AF Highway, 63080 674 Warrenton DEF 200 14 rv dump I-70 Exit 188 24004 West Veterans Mem. Pkwy, 63383 675 Wayland DEF 99 6 rv dump Hwy 136 & Hwy 61 102 Fore Drive, 63472
p 301-895-4536 f 301-895-4548
f 301-582-9008
p 301-582-6111 f 301-582-5004
p 410-287-7110 f 410-287-7116
p 410-642-2883 f 410-378-4941
p 508-347-9104 f 508-347-9165
MICHIGAN 17 BATTLE CREEK 5 S DEF 25 I-94, Exit 104 15901 Eleven Mile Road, 49014 666 Benton Harbor DEF 135 6 I-94 Exit 30 1860 East Napier Ave., 49022 21 DEXTER DEF 80 3 I-94, Exit 167 750 Baker Road, 48130 296 DEXTER DEF 80 5 I-94, Exit 167 195 Baker Road, 48130 667 Grand Ledge DEF 265 9 rv dump I-96 & Exit 90/I-69 & Exit 81 7800 West Grand River Ave., 48837 23 IONIA DEF 18 4 I-96, Exit 67 7205 South State Road, 48846 24 MONROE DEF 20 3 I-75, Exit 15 1100 North Dixie Highway, 48162 284 MONROE DEF 60 5 I-75, Exit 18 1200 Nadeau Road, 48161 26 OTTAWA LAKE DEF 170 8 US 23, Exit 5 6158 US 223, 49267 596 port huron DEF 65 5 I-69, Exit 196 2424 Wadhams Road, 48074 668 Saginaw DEF 50 3 rv dump I-75 & Washington St. Exit 151 3475 East Washington, 48601
f 734-675-4973
MINNesota p 301-582-9004
MASSachusetts 222 STURBRIDGE 6 S DEF 222 I-84 Exit 1 400 Route 15 (Haynes Street), 01566
p 734-675-0222
590 alexandria DEF 50 6 I-94, Exit 100 & SR 27 3181 Evergreen Lane, 56308 521 AUSTIN 3 60 I-90, Exit 179 1509 10th Place NE #2, 55912 581 Inver Grove Heights DEF 45 5 Hwy 52 & 117 Street 11650 Courthouse Blvd, 55077 576 northfield DEF 80 6 rv dump I-35 & Hwy 19, Exit 69 8051 Bagley Avenue, 55057 134 ST. CLOUD DEF 40 7 I-94, Exit 171 (CR 75) 4231 Clearwater Road, 56301
p 320-763-9222 f 320-763-2339 Watt’s Cooking!
p 507-437-6702 f 507-437-0089
p 651-438-3397 f 651-480-4800
Big Steer Restaurant
p 507-645-6082 f 507-645-6082
p 320-251-8455 f 320-251-7750
MISSISSIPPI p 269-968-9949 f 269-968-9610
p 269-925-7547 f 269-925-7508
p 734-426-4618 f 734-426-7836
p 734-426-0065 f 734-426-0339
p 517-627-7504 f 517-622-4960
p 616-527-6520 f 616-527-5913
p 734-242-9650 f 734-242-6538
p 734-457-3500 f 734-457-2835
p 734-854-1772 f 734-854-6912
p 810-987-7823 f 810-987-7869
p 989-752-6350 f 989-752-6842
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676 Gulfport DEF 165 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 31 9351 Canal Road, 39503 77 JACKSON 5 S DEF 120 I-55/I-20, Exit 45 2520 South Gallatin Street, 39204 388 MERIDIAN 7 S DEF 100 I-59, Exit 151 1555 Tommy Webb Drive, 39307 586 Moss Point DEF 70 7 rv dump I-10, Exit 69 6705 Hwy 63 174 NEW ALBANY DEF 90 7 US 78, Exit 64 500 State Highway 15 South, 38652 677 Olive Branch DEF 51 9 rv dump Hwy 78 and Bethel Road 4740 Bethel Road, 38654 678 Pearl DEF 175 15 rv dump I-20/I-55 Exit 47 685 Hwy 80 East, 39208 519 Senatobia kangaroo pantry 4 75 I-55, Exit 265 510 E Main Street, 38668 261 WINONA 5 S DEF 110 I-55 & Hwy. 82, Exit 185 403 SW Frontage Road, 38967
p 228-868-2711 f 228-868-3711
p 601-968-9491 f 601-968-0699
p 601-484-5106 f 601-484-7370
p 228-474-6511 f 228-474-6549
p 662-539-0222 f 662-539-0212
p 662-895-1001 f 662-895-0008
p 601-936-0190 f 601-936-0196 TM
p 662-560-1973 f 662-560-1992
p 662-283-5985 f 662-283-5906
MISSOURI 44 BOONVILLE 8 S DEF 150 I-70, Exit 101 1701 Ashley Road, 65233
p 660-882-9120 f 660-882-9710
TM
p 573-683-4153 f 573-683-4196
p 417-275-4796 f 417-275-4796
p 815-566-4043 f 636-326-6922
p 573-359-2007 f 573-359-2031
p 660-584-8484 f 660-584-8486
p 417-781-0255 f 417-781-0179
p 417-626-7600 f 417-626-8802
p 816-483-7600 f 816-483-1492
p 816-635-4015 f 816-635-4116
p 573-643-2320 f 573-643-2252
p 573-472-3336 f 573-471-1161
p 417-667-3271 f 417-667-4843
p 636-257-4100 f 636-257-4107
p 816-779-8000 f 816-779-4441
dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-315-4953 f 573-336-3080
p 573-860-8880 f 573-860-8892
p 636-456-2001 f 636-456-2016
p 660-754-1550 f 660-754-1556
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MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEW JERSEY
968 Belgrade Pilot/broadway 3 125 I-90 Exit 298 6505 Jack Rabit Lane, 59701 915 billings Pilot/town pump DEF 150 14 I-90, Exit 455 2711 N Frontage Road, 59101 923 Billings Flying j/town pump 9 75 I-90, Exit 455 2775 Old Hardin Road, 59101 905 BONNER Pilot/town pump DEF 100 11 Junction of I-90 & Hwy 200 7985 Highway 200 East, 59851 924 Butte Flying j/town pump DEF 125 14 I-15 Exit 122 & I-90 MM220 122000 W. Browns Gulch Road; 59701 922 COLUMbia falls Pilot/town pump DEF 20 1 Hwy 2 West 6102 Hwy 2 West, 59912 906 COLUMBUS Pilot/town pump 7 150 I-90, Exit 408 602 8th Avenue North, 59019 917 GREAT FALLS Pilot/town pump DEF 100 5 Junction of I-15 & Hwy 87 3700 31st St SW, Suite 1, 59404 925 Great Falls Flying j/town pump 4 80 rv dump I-15 & 31st Street Exit 277 3715 31st St SW, 59404 964 Hardin Pilot/broadway 1 50 I-90 Exit 495 315 E 13th Street, 59034 916 LOLO Pilot/town pump 1 40 Junction of Hwy 93 & Hwy 12 11822 Highway 93 South, 59847 907 MILES CITY Pilot/town pump DEF 100 6 I-94, Exit 138 1210 South Haynes Street, 59301 914 MIssoula Flying j/town pump DEF 125 14 rv dump I-90 & MT Hwy 93, Exit 96 8475 Hwy 93 N Suite B, 59808 908 ROCKER/BUTTE Pilot/town pump DEF 195 10 I-90, Exit 122 1000 Grizzly Trail, 59701 909 SHELBY Pilot/town pump DEF 70 6 I-15, Exit 363 1350 West Roosevelt, 59474 911 SUPERIOR Pilot/town pump 2 10 I-90, Exit 47 403 Diamond Match Road, 59872 910 THREE FORKS Pilot/town pump DEF 90 5 Junction of I-90 & US 287, Exit 274 10800 Highway 287, 59751
904 BIG SPRINGS DEF 500 16 rv dump I-80, Exit 107 I-80 and Big Springs Road, 69122 901 ELM CREEK 5 75 I-80, Exit 257 5085 Buffalo Creek Road, 68836 902 GRAND ISLAND bosselman DEF 400 21 I-80, Exit 312N 3335 West Woodriver Road, 68803 686 Gretna DEF 150 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 432 15010 South State Hwy 31, 68028 687 North Platte DEF 123 9 rv dump I-80 Exit 179 3400 S. Newberry Road, 69101 912 WOOD RIVER 5 30 I-80 & Hwy 11, Exit 300 I-80 and Highway 11 and Exit 300, 68883
280 BLOOMSBURY 5 S DEF 30 I-78 & NJ 173, Exit 7 979 Route 173, 08804 253 CARNEYS POINT DEF LTD 2 I-295 at Jersey Turnpike, Exit 2B 600 Pennsville-Auburn Road, 08069 688 Carneys Point DEF LTD 16 rv dump I-295 Exit 2C 326 Slapes Corner Road, 08069 190 CLINTON 6 95 I-78, Exit 12 68 Rt. 173, 08827 210 mahwah 0 LTD 230 Route 17 South, 07430
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p 406-488-4124 f 406-388-4231
p 406-238-9823 f 406-238-9825
p 406-256-8826 f 406-256-9256
p 406-258-6588 f 406-258-6693
p 406-723-4325 f 406-723-8956
p 406-892-0747
f 406-892-0747*22
p 406-322-4833 f 406-322-5273
p 406-452-0342 f 406-452-0547
p 406-727-7945 f 406-761-2599
p 406-665-1237 f 406-665-3123
p 406-273-6666 f 406-273-3018
p 406-232-2582 f 406-232-2582
p 406-542-0400 f 406-327-0802
p 406-723-0088 f 406-723-4940
Country Skillet p 406-434-5221 f 406-434-7019
p 406-822-4444
f 308-889-3352
p 308-856-4330 f 308-856-4457
p 308-382-2288 f 308-381-7464
p 402-332-4483 f 402-332-4576
p 308-532-4555 f 308-532-8077
p 308-583-2493 f 308-583-2115
880 Montague Gulf 0 LTD I-84, Exit 1 15 Route 23 S, 07827
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO
966 Battle MTN. Flying j/broadway 9 70 I-80 Exit 231 650 W Front St., 89820 387 CARLIN DEF 60 5 I-80/NV 278, Exit 280 791 Tenth Street, 89822 340 FERNLEY 7 S DEF 100 I-80 & US 95, Exit 46 465 Pilot Road, 89408 341 LAS VEGAS 7 S DEF 80 I-15 & Craig Rd, Exit 48 3812 East Craig Road, 89031 513 Primm 6 S DEF 125 I-15, Exit 1 115 West Primm Blv, 89019 692 Wells DEF 105 9 rv dump I-80 & HWY 93, Exit 352 (South) 156 Hwy 93 South, 89835 147 WEST WENDOVER DEF 250 11 I-80 @ Peppermill Casino, Exit 410 1200 West Wendover Boulevard, 89883 485 Winnemucca 5 S DEF 140 I-80 & West Interchange, Exit 173 5625 I-80 W Winnemucca Exchange, 89445 770 Winnemucca 10 S DEF 105 rv dump I-80 Exit 176 1880 West Winnemucca Blvd., 89445
689 Albuquerque DEF 165 15 rv dump I-40 Exit 153 9911 Avalon Road NW, 87105 490 Carlsbad 2 S 20 Hwy 180 & Hwy 285 3202 S. Canal Street 305 JAMESTOWN 16 S DEF 450 I-40, Exit 39 I-40, Exit 39, 87347 266 LAS CRUCES DEF 40 5 I-10 & NM 292, Exit 139 2681 West Amador, 88005 163 LORDSBURG 7 S DEF 95 I-10 & East Motel Dr, Exit 24 1050 East Motel Drive, 88045 690 Lordsburg DEF 285 9 rv dump I-10 Exit 24 11 Old Highway 70, 88045 475 Moriarty 7 S DEF 85 Hwy 41 and I-40, Exit 196 305 Abrahames RD W, 87035 691 Tucumcari DEF 136 9 rv dump I-40 & Exit 333 2021 S. Mountain Road, 88401
f 406-822-4444
NEW HAMPSHIRE
p 406-285-3807
896 bow 3 55 I-93, Exit 11/12C 728 SR 3A, 03304
f 406-285-6976
p 308-889-3686
p 775-635-5424 f 775-635-0371
p 775-754-6384 f 775-754-6025
p 775-575-5115 f 775-575-4619
p 702-644-1600 f 702-644-8432
p 702-679-6666
p 775-752-2400 f 775-752-2406
p 775-664-3400 f 775-664-3347
p 775-625-2800 f 775-625-2814
p 775-623-0111 f 775-623-0120
p 603-223-6885 f 603-223-5204
p 908-479-6443 f 908-479-6394
p 856-299-5700 f 856-299-8563
p 856-351-0080 f 856-351-0293
p 908-735-7711 f 908-735-8153
p 201-529-2704 f 201-529-1784
p 973-293-3477 f 973-293-3177
p 505-831-2001 f 505-833-0464
p 575-887-7033 f 575-887-0466
p 505-722-6655 f 505-722-2674
p 575-523-2700 f 575-525-6727
p 575-542-3100 f 575-542-3111
p
575-542-3320
p
505-832-4954
f 575-542-3324
f 505-832-4953
p 575-461-6590 f 575-461-3879
NEW YORK 322 KANONA DEF 40 4 I-86, Exit 37 7767 State Rt 53, 14810 394 NEWBURGH 6 S DEF 110 I-84, Exit 6 239 Route 17K, 12550
p 607-776-2012 f 607-776-4179
p 845-567-1722 f 845-567-1773
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North dakotacont.)
ohio (cont.)
693 Pembroke DEF 150 9 rv dump I-90 Exit 48A 8484 Allegheny Road, 14036 494 Rotterdam DEF 50 4 I-88, Exit 25 1128 Duanesburg Road, 12306 146 SCHODACK LANDING DEF 15 4 I-90, Exit 12 995 US Route 9, 12033 380 SYRACUSE (LIVERPOOL) DEF 85 5 I-81, Exit 25; I-90, Exit 36 107 Seventh North Street, 13088
489 grand forks DEF 145 10 rv dump I-29, Exit 138 4401 32nd Avenue South, 58201 550 Minot DEF 55 4 rv dump Hwy 2 & 52 West 3800 Hwy 2 & 52 W, 58701 589 Williston DEF 75 5 13553 Hwy 2, 58801 NE Side Hwy 2 at Hwy 85 & Hwy 2
360 FINDLAY DEF 80 5 I-75 & OH 613, Exit 164 11471 State Route 613W, 45840 9 FRANKLIN 7 S DEF 200 I-75, Exit 36 6830 Franklin-Lebanon Road, 45005 285 HEBRON 9 S DEF 90 I-70 & OH 37, Exit 126 10258 Lancaster Road SW, 43025 697 Hubbard DEF 150 15 rv dump I-80 & Hwy 62, Exit 234B (Eastbound) 2226 North Main, 44425 698 Jeffersonville DEF 148 9 rv dump I-71 Exit 69 9935 SR 41, 43128 700 Lake Township DEF 150 15 rv dump I-280 Exit 1B; I-80/90, Exit 71 26415 Warns Dr., 43551 287 LODI (BURBANK) DEF 105 7 I-71 & OH 83, Exit 204 10048 Avon Lake Road, 44214 454 LONDON 9 S DEF 125 I-70, Exit 79 1365 SR 42 NE, 43140 455 MARENGO DEF 65 5 rv dump I-71, Exit 140 488 State Route 61, 43334 699 Millersport DEF 152 15 rv dump I-70 St Rd 158 Exit 122 10480 Baltimore, 43046 11 N. LIMA 5 S DEF 50 I-76, Exit 232 10920 Market Street, 44452 303 NAPOLEON DEF 75 5 Rt. 24 905 American Road, 43545 130 RICHFIELD DEF 80 7 I-77S, Ex 146; I-77N, Ex 145; I-80, Ex 173 5219 Brecksville Road, 44286 13 SEVILLE 10 S DEF 190 I-71, Exit 209 8924 Lake Road, 44273 12 STONEY RIDGE (PERRYSBURG) 5 S DEF 50 I-80/90, Exit 71 3430 Libbey Road, 43551 14 SUNBURY DEF 115 5 rv dump I-71, Exit 131 7680 East State Route 36, 43074 15 TOLEDO DEF 70 5 I-75, Exit 210 5820 Hagman Road, 43612 239 UPPER SANDUSKY DEF 70 5 St. Hwy 23 & 30 1600 W. Wyandot Avenue, 43351
p 585-599-4430 f 585-599-4436
p 518-356-5616 f 518-356-5634
p 518-732-7272 f 518-732-7228
p 315-424-0124 f 315-424-0126
North Carolina 275 CHARLOTTE DEF 60 5 I-85, Exit 39; I-77, Exit 13 3807 Statesville Avenue, 28206 885 dunn Kangaroo Pantry 3 40 I-95, Exit 71 873 Longbranch, 28334 900 dunn Saddler bros. 9 300 I-95, Exit 75 65 Sadler Rd, 28334 682 Graham DEF 251 14 rv dump I-85 & I-40 Exit 150 1043 Jimmie Kerr Road, 27258 56 KANNAPOLIS DEF 55 8 I-85, Exit 63 2825 Lane Street, 28083 683 Kenly DEF 145 9 rv dump I-95 & Exit 106 1800 Princeton-Kenly Road, 27542 57 MEBANE 8 S DEF 140 I-40/85, Exit 152 1342 Trollingwood Road, 27302 549 Mount Airy 10 S DEF 150 I-77, Exit 100 125 Plaza Lane, 27030 58 PLEASANT HILL 4 50 I-95, Exit 180 Route 1 - Box 202, 27866 393 WAYNESVILLE DEF 60 4 I-40 & NC 209, Exit 24 3712 Crabtree Road, 28786
p 704-358-1006 f 704-358-1506
p 910-892-3642 f 910-980-2364
p 910-892-0106 f 910-892-2084
p 336-578-2427 f 336-578-0804
p 704-938-6800 f 704-938-6900
p 919-284-4548 f 919-284-4214
p 919-563-4999 f 919-563-4929
p 336-352-3167 f 336-352-3169
p 252-537-4476 f 252-537-3666
p 828-627-8611 f 828-627-9499
North dakota 684 Beach DEF 89 9 I-94 & Hwy 16 I-94 & Hwy 16, 58621 685 fargo DEF 165 9 3150 39th Street SW, Suite A, 58104
p 701-872-4737 f 701-872-4985 TM
p 701-282-7766 f 701-282-7259
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p 701-746-8145 f 701-746-4342
p 701-839-5061 f 701-839-3623
p 701-826-2500 f 701-826-2504
ohio 2 AUSTINBURG 7 S DEF 150 I-90, Exit 223 2246 State Route 45, 44010 694 AUSTINBURG DEF 165 15 rv dump I-90 & State Rd 45, Exit 223 2349 Center Road, 44010 3 AUSTINTOWN 8 S DEF 200 I-80, Exit 223 1150 North Canfield-Niles Road, 44515 4 AVON DEF 55 3 I-90, Exit 151 39115 Colorado Road, 44011 457 BEAVER DAM 10 S DEF 105 I-75, Exit 135 427 East Main Street, 45808 695 BEAVER DAM DEF 150 15 rv dump I-75 Exit 135 420 East Main Street, 45808 449 Belmont 9 S DEF 67 I-70, Exit 208 66377 Belmont - Morristown Rd, 43718 696 Berkshire DEF 150 15 I-71 Exit 131 7735 State Route 37, 43074 309 CALDWELL DEF 45 5 I-77, Exit 25 44133 Fairground Road, 43724 6 CAMBRIDGE DEF 35 3 I-70, Exit 178 61700 Southgate Road, 43725 469 CAnton 7 S DEF 130 I-77, Exit 101 2320 Faircrest Street, 44706 8 CIRCLEVILLE DEF 55 3 US 23 and Pittsburgh Road 25600 US 23, 43113 213 COLUMBUS DEF 100 7 I-70 & Wilson Road Exit 94 3600 Interchange Road, 43204 286 EATON 5 S DEF 50 I-70 & OH 127, Exit 10 6141 US 127 North, 45320
p 440-275-3303 f 440-275-3311
p 440-275-1515 f 440-275-3289
p 330-505-3532 f 330-505-3548
p 440-934-0110 f 440-934-1168
p 419-643-6023 f 419-643-6085
p 419-643-8001 f 419-643-8106
p 740-782-0134 f 740-782-0148
p 740-965-9835 f 740-965-9770
p 740-732-5656 f 740-732-1404
p 740-439-0989 f 740-432-9607
p 330-484-3965 f 330-484-6304
p 740-420-8942 f 740-420-3972
p 614-308-9195 f 614-308-9673
p 937-456-6303 f 937-456-6497
p 419-299-3381 f 419-299-3096
p 937-746-4488 f 937-743-3006
p 740-928-5588 f 740-928-6032
p 330-534-3774 f 330-534-4372
p 740-426-9136 f 740-426-9156
p 419-837-2100 f 419-837-2199
p 330-948-4571 f 330-948-4575
p 614-879-4128 f 614-879-4137
p 419-253-1400 f 419-253-1402
p 740-964-9601 f 740-964-9611
p 330-549-9203 f 330-549-1930
p 419-599-0043 f 419-599-0051
p 330-659-2020 f 330-659-2021
p 330-769-4220 f 330-769-2202
p 419-837-5091 f 419-837-5658
p 740-965-5540 f 740-965-5641
p 419-729-3985 f 419-729-0905
p 419-294-2971 f 419-294-3812
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Oregon (cont.)
Pennsylvania (cont.)
97 Vandalia DEF 110 9 I-75, Exit 64 175 Northwoods Blvd, 45377 16 WILMINGTON DEF 20 3 I-71, Exit 50 5772 US 68 North, 45177 281 YOUNGSTOWN (GIRARD) 7 S DEF 80 I-80 & Salt Springs Rd., Exit 226 2786 Salt Springs Road, 44420
133 CHEMULT DEF 60 4 US 97 341 Damon Street, 97731 504 Klamath Falls DEF 50 4 rv dump Hwy 97 3817 N. Hwy 97, 97601 934 LaGrande A&B 4 50 I-84 Exit 265 I-84 & Exit 265, 97850 232 ONTARIO DEF 105 7 I-84, Exit 376A 653 East Idaho Avenue, 97914 233 RICE HILL 10 S DEF 160 I-5, Exit 148 800 John Long Road, 97462 390 STANFIELD DEF 90 9 I-84/82 & Hwy 395, Exit 188 2115 Highway 395, 97875
709 MILL HALL (Lamar) DEF 155 15 rv dump I-80 and Exit 173 p 570-726-4080 5609 Nittany Valley Drive, 17751 f 570-726-4363 555 Milton Penn 80 Milton Truck Plaza Penn 80 Grill 16 300 I-80, Exit 215 p 570-742-2663 1460 North Ridge Rd, 17847 f 1-877-395-0850 81 NEW CASTLE 7 S DEF 90 I-79, Exit 99 p 724-368-3028 2010 New Castle Road, 16051 f 724-368-3059 710 New Milford DEF 125 9 rv dump I-81 Exit 219 p 570-465-2974 1623 Oliver Road, 18834 f 570-465-2979 522 Pine Grove 3 160 I-81, Exit 100 p 570-345-8800 482 Suedberg Rd, 17963 f 570-915-6278 370 SCRANTON (PITTSTON) 7 S DEF 80 I-81N, Exit 175; I-81 S, Exit 175B; I-476, RT 315 p 570-655-4116 417 Route 315, 18640 f 570-655-2479 620 Smithton DEF 110 7 rv dump I-70 & Exit 49 p 724-872-4050 122 Fitzhenry Road, 15479 f 724-872-9471
p 937-264-8520 p 937-264-8525
p 937-382-0464 f 937-382-3069
p 330-530-8500 f 330-530-8318
Oklahoma 701 Ardmore DEF 136 9 rv dump I-35 & Exit 33 2450 Cooper Drive, 73401 702 Checotah DEF 150 9 rv dump U.S. Hwy 69 & U.S. Hwy 266 1255 W. Gentry, 74426 556 Choctaw Thunder Travel Plaza DEF 25 3 I-40, Exit 166 7501 S. Choctaw Road, 73020 704 Edmond DEF 73 8 rv dump I-35 & N.E. 122nd Street 4801 NE 122 Street, 73013 259 muskogee 7 S DEF 125 US 69 3006 N. 32nd Street, 74401 460 OKLAHOMA CITY 15 S DEF 145 I-40, Exit 140 400 South Morgan Road, 73128 703 OKLAHOMA CITY DEF 172 15 rv dump I-40, Exit 140 701 South Morgan Road, 73128 196 ROLAND DEF 125 7 I-40 & US 64, Exit 325 123 West Ray Fine Boulevard 705 Sayre DEF 150 9 rv dump I-40 & US 283 2400 South 4th Route, 73662 706 Tulsa DEF 185 9 rv dump I-44 & Exit 236 121 North 129 E/I-44 Exit 236, 74116
TM
p 580-226-3833 f 580-226-3546
p 918-473-1243 f 918-473-1957
p 405-638-3000 f 405-638-3006 TM
p 405-475-9440 f 405-475-9435
p 918-686-7856 f 918-686-0597
p 405-440-1048 f 405-440-1093 TM
p 405-324-5000 f 405-324-7181
p 918-427-0895 f 918-427-0862
p 580-928-2216 f 580-928-2354
p 918-437-5477 f 918-437-5660
oregon 195 BIGGS JUNCTION DEF 55 5 I-84 & US Hwy 97, Exit 104 91485 Biggs Rufus Highway, 97065 386 BROOKS 7 S DEF 110 I-5, Exit 263 4220 Brooklake Road, 97305 391 CENTRAL POINT DEF 100 7 I-5, Exit 33 1600 East Pine Street, 97502
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p 503-463-1114 f 503-463-0409
p 541-664-7001 f 541-664-7006
p 541-365-0991 f 541-365-0995
p 541-884-0400 f 541-884-0409 Full Service Restaurant
p 541-963-9762 f 541-663-9822
p 541-889-9070 f 541-889-4117
p 541-849-2133 f 541-849-2137
p 541-449-1403 f 541-449-1430
Pennsylvania 348 BENTLEYVILLE 7 S DEF 90 I-70 Exit 32-B 205 Wilson Road, 15314 516 breezewood all american 12 280 I-76, Exit 161; I-70, Exit 147 167 Post House Road, 15533 707 Brookville DEF 140 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 78 246 Allegheny Blvd., 15825 708 Carlisle DEF 278 22 rv dump I-81 Exit 52/I-76 & Exit 226 1501 Harrisburg Pike, 17013 336 DUBOIS DEF 100 7 I-80, Hwy 219, Exit 97 1742 Rich Highway, 15801 517 Duncannon DEF 85 6 US 22 and 322 30 Benvenue Ave, 17020 311 ERIE DEF 85 5 I-90 & PA97, Exit 27 8035 Perry Highway, 16509 518 Frystown DEF 240 8 I-78, Exit 10 (PA 645) 2210 Camp Swatara Road, 17067 245 HARRISBURG DEF 30 3 I-81 & PA39, Exit 77 7961 Linglestown Road, 17112 298 HAZLETON (DRUMS) DEF 60 5 I-80, Exit 256 1114 SR 93, 18222 1 MILL HALL 5 S DEF 70 I-80, Exit 173 5868 Nittany Valley Drive, 17751
p 724-239-5855 f 724-239-5801 Pizza Shop
Perkins
Taco Maker
p 814-735-4076 f 814-735-4823
p 814-849-2992 f 814-849-2440
p 717-243-6659 f 717-243-2510
p 814-375-6046 f 814-375-6047
p 717-834-3156 f 717-834-3208
p 814-864-8536 f 814-866-0332 TM
p 717-933-4146 f 717-933-5008
p 717-545-5507 f 717-545-6768
p 570-788-3262 f 570-788-2163
p 570-726-7618 f 570-726-5092
south carolina 711 Blacksburg DEF 200 15 I-85 Exit 102 1011 North Mountain Street, 29702 60 BOWMAN 8 S DEF 100 I-26, Exit 159 2064 Homestead Road, 29018 346 CAMDEN (LUGOFF) 5 S DEF 60 I-20 & US 601 Exit 92 522 Highway 601 South, 29078 884 Campobello Kangaroo Pantry 2 35 I-26, Exit 5 8998 SC Hwy 11, 29322 338 CAYCE (COLUMBIA) DEF 90 5 I-26/77 & US321, Exit 115 3008 Highway 321, 29033 61 CLINTON DEF 40 3 I-26, Exit 52 12818 Highway 56 North, 29325 712 Columbia DEF 180 15 rv dump I-20 Exit 70 5901 Fairfield Road, 29203 310 DUNCAN DEF 70 8 I-85 & SC290, Exit 63 1405 East Main Street, 29334 62 FLORENCE DEF 75 6 I-95, Exit 170 3006 North Williston Road, 29506 337 FLORENCE DEF 90 5 I-95 & US 52, Exit 164 2015 West Lucas St., 29501
p 864-839-5934 f 864-839-5942
p 803-829-3541 f 803-829-3352
p 803-438-5175 f 803-438-3947
p 864-472-2128 f 864-472-2280
p 803-739-2921 f 803-739-4521
p 864-833-4555 f 864-833-3765
p 803-735-9006 f 803-735-0917
p 864-433-1221 f 864-433-1210
p 843-662-6972 f 843-662-7013
p 843-662-2646 f 843-662-2893
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South Carolina (cont.)
tennessee (cont.)
tennessee (cont.)
453 GAFFNEY 7 S DEF 100 I-85, Exit 90 909 Hyatt Street, 29341 713 Latta DEF 200 15 rv dump I-95 Exit 181A 111 Mill Branch Road, 29565 63 PIEDMONT 5 S DEF 90 I-85, Exit 35 110 Frontage Road, 29673 714 Rock Hill DEF 140 9 rv dump I-77 & Hwy 901, Exit 73 2435 Mount Holly Road, 29730 493 St. George DEF 120 8 rv dump I-95, Exit 77 113 Motel Drive, 29477 64 SUMMERVILLE 3 S DEF LTD I-26, Exit 199 1521 North Main Street, 29483
409 DICKSON 11 S DEF 90 I-40, Exit 172 2320 Highway 46 South, 37055 720 Fairview DEF 150 9 rv dump I-40 & Hwy 96, Exit 182 1420 Hwy 96 North, 37062 51 GREENEVILLE DEF 25 3 I-81 Exit 36 11190 Baileyton Road, 37745 403 HEISKELL DEF 25 1 I-75, Exit 117 1915 East Raccoon Valley Road, 37754 53 HURRICANE MILLS 8 S DEF 250 I-40, Exit 143 15559 Highway 13 South, 37078 366 Jackson 7 S DEF 85 I-40, Exit 85 32 Sand Pebble Rd., 38305 241 KNOXVILLE DEF 80 0 I-40, Exit 398; @ John Sevier 2801 East Govenor John Sevier Hwy, 37914 722 Knoxville DEF 187 13 rv dump I-40 & I-75 Exit 369 800 Watt Road, 37932 270 KNOXVILLE (LOVELL ROAD) 7 S DEF 80 I-40/75, Exit 374 314 Lovell Road, 37922 219 KNOXVILLE (STRAW PLAINS) 9 S DEF 250 I-40, Exit 398 7210 Straw Plains Pike, 37914 52 LAVERGNE DEF 40 4 I-24, Exit 64 535 Waldron Road, 37086 411 LEBANON 8 S DEF 150 rv dump I-40, Exit 238 921 Murfreesboro, 37090 363 MEMPHIS DEF 70 5 US 78 @ Pleasant Hill 5021 Highway 78, 38118 405 MEMPHIS 5 S DEF 100 I-240, Hwy 78S 4949 Lamar Ave, 38118 404 Murfreesboro 7 S DEF 90 I-24, Exit 81 2441 S. Church St, 37127 413 nashville DEF 25 2 Briley Pkwy, Hwy 155N, Ex 26A, Hwy 155S, Ex 26 6418 Centennial Blvd., 37209 224 ONeiDA (PIONEER) DEF 85 4 I-75, Exit 141 304 Howard Baker Highway, 37847 149 STANTON DEF 50 5 I-40 Exit 42 7720 Highway 222, 38069
412 WHITE PINE 10 S DEF 130 rv dump I-81, Exit 4 3624 Roy Messer Highway, 37890
p 864-206-0050 f 864-206-0052
p 843-752-5047 f 843-752-7265
p 864-845-8177 f 864-845-8178
p 803-328-5700 f 803-909-5800
p 843-563-8989 f 843-563-8986
p 843-486-5770 f 843-486-5702
south dakota 932 Hermosa MG Oil DEF 25 2 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79, 57744 599 murdo DEF 50 4 rv dump I-90, Exit 192 601 E. Fifth Street, 57559 918 Rapid City DEF 200 5 I-90, Exit 55 2783 Deadwood Ave., 57702 931 Rapid City MG Oil DEF 150 8 I-90 Exit 61 4200 N I-90 Service Rd Exit 61, 57701 716 Sioux Falls DEF 158 9 rv dump I-29 Exit 83 5201 Granite Lane, 57107
p 605-255-4555 f 605-255-4522
p 605-669-2465 f 605-669-2859
p 605-348-7070 f 605-348-3438
p 605-342-5450 f 605-342-3011
p 605-977-1438 f 605-977-1538
tennessee 481 Cleveland DEF 75 7 I-75, Exit 20 281 Pleasant Grove Rd, 37353 265 COOKEVILLE DEF LMTD 1 I-40, Exit 287 1111 South Jefferson, 38501 406 CORNERSVILLE DEF 40 2 I-65, Exit 22 9211 Lewisburg Highway, 37047 114 CROSSVILLE 7 S DEF 80 I-40, Exit 320 2449 Genesis Road, 38571 226 DANDRIDGE DEF 80 6 I-40, Exit 417 505 Patriot Drive, 37725
p 423-476-3892 f 423-476-5430
p 931-528-7100 f 931-528-3893
p 931-363-3290 f 931-363-8248
p 931-787-1901 f 931-787-1905
p 865-397-3547 f 865-397-3699
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p 615-446-4600 f 615-446-0763
p 615-799-4116 f 615-799-4120
p 423-234-0414 f 423-234-0641
p 865-938-1439 f 865-938-1146
p 931-296-7180 f 931-296-7719
p 731-422-5545 f 731-422-5780
p 865-546-6776 f 865-546-7475
p 865-531-7400 f 865-531-7982
p 865-966-0445 f 865-966-2918
p 865-544-1067 f 865-544-1138
p 615-793-9856 f 615-793-9085
p 615-453-8866 f 615-453-8860
p 901-366-0337 f 901-366-1712
p 901-202-5520 f 901-202-5522
p 615-907-9595 f 615-907-3982
p 615-350-7225 f 615-350-7318
p 423-562-5000 f 423-566-1335
p 865-674-8570 f 865-674-8572
texas 436 AMARILLO 12 S DEF 150 rv dump I-40, Exit 75 715 South Lakeside Drive, 79118 723 AMARILLO DEF 200 13 rv dump I-40 Exit 76 9601 I-40 East Exit 76, 79118 477 anna DEF 100 8 1700 US Hwy 75/Hwy 75, Exit 48 714 South Central Expressway, 75409 435 ANTHONY 8 S DEF 100 I-10, Exit 0 2015 Antonio Street, 79821 724 ANTHONY DEF 175 13 rv dump I-10 Exit 0 3001 Mountain Pass Blvd., 79821 725 Baytown DEF 200 15 rv dump I-10 & Exit 789 Thompson Road 1876 East Freeway, 77521 740 Brookshire DEF 115 9 rv dump I-10, Exit 732 204 South Waller Ave., 77423 367 CADDO MILLS DEF 80 6 I-30 & FM1903, Exit 87 & 88 2725 FM 1903, 75135 883 Canton 4 S DEF 100 I-20, Exit 533 9800 Interstate 20, 75103 488 Cotulla 7 S DEF 75 I-35, Exit 69 921 N. IH35, 78014 433 DALLAS 11 S DEF 150 I-20, Exit 470 8787 South Lancaster Road, 75241 726 DALLAS DEF 180 12 rv dump I-20 Exit 472 7425 Bonnie View Road, 75241 727 Edinburg DEF 200 9 rv dump Hwy 281 & FM 1925 1305 East Monte Cristo, 78539 728 El Paso DEF 120 11 rv dump I-10 and Exit 37 1301 North Horizon Blvd., 79927 553 FORT Stockton 9 S DEF 100 I-10, Exit 259 2571 North Front Street, 79735 434 FORT WORTH 12 S DEF 185 rv dump I-35, Exit 65 2400 Alliance Gateway, 76178
p 806-335-3323 f 806-335-2868
p 806-335-1475 f 806-335-1058 TM
p 972-924-2035 f 972-924-2051
p 915-886-3090 f 915-886-3404
p 915-886-2737 f 915-886-3522
p 281-424-7706 f 281-424-7730
p 281-934-4133 f 281-934-4153
p 903-527-2150 f 903-527-2103
p 903-829-2600
p 830-879-5363 F 830-879-5359
p 972-228-2467 f 972-228-4386
p 972-225-3566 f 972-225-3681
p 956-316-0149 f 956-316-4732
p 915-852-4141 f 915-852-4101
p 432-336-3410 f 432-336-3430
p 817-337-5324 f 817-337-5137
p 901-466-3535 f 901-465-7822
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texas (cont.)
texas (cont.)
UTah (cont.)
375 HOUSTON 7 S DEF 90 I-610, Exit 24A US 90 E 4440 N. McCarty Street, 77013 729 Houston DEF 235 15 rv dump I-45 Richie Rd, Exit 64 15919 North Freeway, 77090 234 HUNTSVILLE 6 S DEF 90 I-45, Exit 118 639 State Highway 75 North, 77320 507 Jarrell 8 140 I-35 & Exit 275 11710 North Interstate 35, 76537 377 LAREDO 12 S DEF 300 I-35 S, Exit 13; I-35 N, Exit 12B 1101 Uniroyal Drive, 78045 730 LAREDO DEF 190 15 rv dump I-35 S, Exit 13; I-35 N, Exit 12B 1011 Beltway Parkway, 78045 733 Lubbock DEF 50 4 rv dump I-27 & 4th Street Exit 602 4th Street, 79401 257 MIDLAND 7 S DEF 84 I-20, Exit 126 4015 S. FM 1788, 79706 330 New Braunfels 7 S DEF 80 I-35, Exit 184 4142 Loop 337, 78132 734 New Caney DEF 150 9 rv dump US 59 & Exit 242 23412 Hwy 242, 77357 580 ODESSA 10 S DEF 100 I-20, Exit 121 5900 E. Interstate 20, 79766 431 ORANGE 8 S DEF 110 rv dump I-10, Exit 873 2205 North Highway 62, 77630 735 ORANGE DEF 150 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 873 7112 I-10 West, 77630 736 Pecos DEF 200 9 rv dump I-20 Exit 42 100 East Pinehurst, 79772 432 ROBINSON 10 S DEF 285 I-35, Exit 328 8055 South I-35, 76706 306 SAN ANTONIO 6 S DEF 50 I-10 E.bound, Ex 581; I-10 W.bound, Ex 582 5619 I-10 East, 78219 467 SAN ANTONIO 7 S DEF 85 I-37, Exit 125 4105 S Loop 1604 E, 78264 737 SAN ANTONIO 13 S DEF 200 I-10, Exit 583 1815 N. Foster Road, 78244
157 SULPHUR SPRINGS 7 S DEF 85 I-30, Exit 122 1200 South Hillcrest, 75482 888 Tulia 5 S 71 I-27 & Hwy 86, 79088 1200 South Hillcrest, 75482 738 Tye DEF 200 15 rv dump I-20 & FM 707 Exit 277 101 North FM 707, 79563 486 Tyler 7 S DEF 85 I-20 & FM 14 12881 FM 14A, 75706 209 VAN HORN 6 S DEF 75 I-10, Exit 140 501 Van Horn Drive, 79855 568 VoN ormy DEF 65 7 I-35, Exit 140 14555 IH35 South, 78073 739 Waco DEF 200 9 rv dump I-35 & New Road 2409 South New Road, 76711 206 WEATHERFORD 7 S DEF 110 I-20, Exit 406 1201 I-20 West, 76087 741 Wichita Falls DEF 50 3 rv dump US 287 & Jacksboro Highway 2311 Jacksboro Highway, 76301
773 Richfield DEF 50 4 rv dump I-70 Exit 40 35 East Flying J Drive, 84701 746 Salt Lake City DEF 110 9 rv dump I-15 & I-80 SR201, Exit 17 2025 South 900 West, 84119 510 Scipio 4 100 I-15, Exit 188 810 North 800 West, 84656 774 Snowville DEF 50 3 rv dump I-84 Exit 7 90 South Stone Road, 84336 747 Springville DEF 80 8 I-15 Exit 261 1460 North 1750 West, 84663 775 St. George DEF 60 4 I-15 Exit 4 2841 South 60 East, 84790 748 Willard Bay DEF 50 4 rv dump I-15 Exit 357 600 West 750 North, 84340
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p 713-675-3375 f 713-670-7629
p 281-893-0423 f 281-893-9368
p 936-291-1125 f 936-291-2421 Q Eats
p 512-746-4341
p 956-717-5006 f 956-717-5012
p 956-712-3265 f 956-791-3057
p 806-744-0539 f 806-744-7423
p 432-563-1683 f 432-563-1748
p 830-629-1424 f 830-629-1254
p 903-885-0020 f 903-885-1580
p 806-995-4597 f 806-995-3501
p 325-691-9974 f 325-691-5365
p 903-593-5466 f 903-593-3204
p 432-283-8067 f 432-283-8071
p 210-622-9384 f 210-622-9302
p 254-714-0313 f 254-714-1798
p 817-341-4600 f 817-341-4602
p 940-720-0598 f 940-720-0725
utah p 281-689-8065 f 281-689-8271
p 432-366-0812 f 432-366-0845
p 409-745-1124 f 409-745-3336
p 409-883-9465 f 409-886-8224
p 432-445-9436 f 432-445-7171
p 254-662-4771 f 254-662-4951
p 210-661-5353 f 210-661-4660
p 210-626-9183 f 210-626-9201
509 Beaver DEF 150 6 I-15, Exit 112 653 West 1400 North, 84713 892 Green River West winds truck stop 5 100 I-70, Exit 164 1085 East Main St., 84525 742 Lake Point DEF 130 9 rv dump I-80 Exit 99 1605 East Saddleback Blvd., 84074 743 Nephi DEF 110 9 rv dump I-15 Exit 222 1597 South Main, 84648 772 N. Salt Lake 4 40 I-215 & Redwood Rd, Exit 27 885 W. North Point Circle, 84054 294 OGDEN DEF 60 5 I-15 & UT 39, Exit 344 1670 West 12th Street, 84404 744 OGDEN DEF 100 9 I-15 Exit 343 1172 West 21st Street, 84401 508 Perry DEF 25 2 I-15 Exit 362 1674 W. 1100 S., 84302
Roberto’s Taco Shop
p 435-438-5191
West Winds Restaurant
p 435-564-3495 f 435-564-8162
p 801-508-7400 f 801-508-7404
p 435-623-2400 f 435-623-2421
p 801-936-1408 f 801-936-1457
p 801-731-2900 f 801-731-2380
p 801-399-5577 f 801-399-9353
p 435-723-9999
p 435-896-5050 f 435-896-4044
p 801-972-3711 f 801-972-6174
p 435-758-2345
p 435-872-8181 f 435-872-8171
p 801-489-3622 f 801-489-3059
p 435-674-7104 f 435-652-3627
p 435-723-1010 f 435-723-1044
virginia 749 Carmel Church DEF 239 15 rv dump I-95 Exit 104 24279 Roger Clark Blvd., 22546 256 DANVILLE DEF 45 3 Hwy 58 & 29, Exit 104 110 River Point Drive, 24541 898 Emporia Sadler’s Truck Stop 10 250 I-95, Exit 11B 918 West Atlantic Street, 23847 750 Ft. Chiswell DEF 270 14 I-81 & I-77 Exit 80 I-81, I-77 & VA Route 52, 24360 396 Greenville 11 S DEF 100 I-81S, Exit 213A;I-81 N, Exit 213 3541 Lee Jackson Highway, 24401 491 Harrisonburg DEF 100 7 I-81m Exit 251, 22802 3634 North Valley Pike, 22802 384 RICHMOND 9 S DEF 110 I-95 N, Exit 58; I-95 S, Exit 58A 2126 Ruffin Mill Road, 23834 876 Ruther Glen DEF 250 22 I-95, Exit 104 23866 Rogers Clark Blvd, 22546 899 South hill Sadler’s trk. Stp. 3 20 I-85, Exit 12A 1011 East Atlantic Street, 23970 159 TALLYSVILLE DEF 60 4 I-64, Exit 211 6721 Emmaus Church Road 23140
p 804-448-9047 f 804-448-9805
p 434-792-1180 f 434-792-7894
p 434-634-4312 f 434-634-5397
p 276-637-4115 f 276-637-6968
p 540-324-0714 f 540-324-0718
p 540-434-2529 f 540-434-2076
p 804-524-9556 f 804-524-9522
p 804-448-3077 f 804-448-8350
p 434-447-4528 f 434-447-6388
p 804-966-1880 f 804-966-9231
p 210-666-2266 f 210-666-2280
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Wisconsin (cont.)
alberta , canada (cont.)
258 TROUTVILLE 3 LTD I-81, Exit 150A or B 2966 Lee Highway South, 24175 752 Winchester DEF 144 15 rv dump I-81 Exit 323 1530 Rest Church Road, 22624 754 Wytheville DEF 177 13 rv dump I-77 & I-81 Exit 77 3249 Chapman Rd, 24382
470 roberts (hudson) DEF 100 9 US 65 & I-94 1191 70th Avenue, 55023 164 MAUSTON 7 S DEF 95 I-90/94 & WI 82, Exit 69 1101 State Road 82 East, 53948 40 OAK CREEK 8 S DEF 150 I-94, Exit 322 2031 West Ryan Road, 53154 538 Oakdale road ranger DEF 100 5 I-90, Exit 48 102 E Woody, 54660 324 RACINE (FRANKSVILLE) DEF 80 5 I-94 & CR K, Exit 329 13712 Northwestern Avenue, 53126
792 AB-BROOKS 2 20
p 540-992-2805 f 540-992-1534
p 540-678-3641 f 540-678-3651
p 276-228-7110 f 276-228-9010
Washington 965 Ellensburg Flying j/broadway 7 100 I-90 Exit 109 2300 Canyon Rd., 98926 583 Ferndale DEF 25 4 1678 Main Street #3, 98248 970 Pasco (spokane) Flying j/broadway 2 75 U.S. Hwy 395 2216 E Hillsboro Road, 99301 963 Spokane Flying j/broadway 2 LTD I-90 Exit 276 3709 S. Geiger Blvd., 99224 967 Spokane Flying j/broadway 7 80 I-90 Exit 286 6606 E. Broadway Ave., 99212 151 TUMWATER DEF 100 7 I-5, Exit 99 2430 93rd Avenue SW, 98512
p 509-925-6161 f 509-925-5748
p 360-213-1822 f 360-312-1851
p 509-547-5561 f 509-547-4570
p 509-456-8843
p 509-535-3028 f 509-535-7589
p 360-754-0151 f 360-754-0159
west virginia 474 flatwoods (sutton) DEF 70 5 I-79, Exit 67 270 Scott Fork - Bonnie Rd, 26601 243 NITRO DEF 60 6 I-64 & SR 25, Exit 45 4304 First Avenue, 25143 503 morgantown DEF 50 5 I-79, Exit 146 2309 Smithton Rd, 26508
p 304-765-9270 f 304-765-7306
p 304-755-8654 f 304-755-8655
p 304-284-8518 f 304-284-8509
wisconsin 289 BELOIT DEF 55 5 I-43/90 & WI 81, Exit 185A 3001 Milwaukee Road, 53511 756 Black River Falls DEF 150 14 rv dump I-94 & Exit 116 780 State Hwy 54, 54615 528 Cottage Grove road ranger DEF 50 2 I-90, Exit 147 2762 County Hwy N, 53527 544 East troy road ranger 1 5 I-43, Exit 38 1946 A. Energy Drive, 53120
p 608-364-3644 f 608-364-3643
p 715-284-4341 f 715-284-1551
f 608-873-1610
p 815-315-4979 f 847-232-1186
80 C H A L L E N G E D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 3
f 715-749-4241
p 608-847-3321 f 608-847-3316
p 414-761-0939 f 414-761-0165 dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-209-9040 f 608-374-2001
p 262-835-2292 f 262-835-2564
wyoming 758 Casper DEF 45 4 rv dump I-25 Exit 185 41 SE Wyoming Blvd., 82609 402 CHEYENNE DEF 120 10 rv dump I-80, Exit 367 8020 Campstool Road, 82007 759 CHEYENNE DEF 180 16 rv dump I-25 Exit 7 2250 Etchepare Drive, 82007 760 Cokeville DEF 90 4 rv dump US Hwy 30/SR 232 10501 US Hwy 30, 83114 141 EVANSTON 6 S DEF 75 I-80, Exit 6 289 Bear River Drive, 82930 761 Evanston 9 80 I-80 Exit 3 1920 Harrison Drive, 82930 762 Gillette DEF 50 4 rv dump I-90 & Hwy 59 1810 South Douglas Hwy, 82718 308 LARAMIE DEF 100 8 I-80 & Curtis St., Exit 310 1564 McCue Street, 82072 763 Rawlins DEF 200 10 rv dump I-80 Exit 209 I-80 Johnson Rd., 82301 764 Rock Springs DEF 85 6 rv dump I-80 Exit 104 650 Stage Coach Drive, 82901
85 East Lake Cres., T4B 2B5
11511 40th Street SE, T2H 1L4 793 AB-Calgary 2 15 4216 72 Ave SE, T2C 2C1 814 AB-Calgary 0 0 2525 23 ST N. E., T2E 7M1 848 AB-Calgary 9 80 4949 Barlow Trail Se, T2B3B5 815 ab-Drayton Valley 0 0
p 307-473-1750
p 307-635-5744
15609 121 A. Ave, T5V 1B1 850 ab-Edmonton 8 100
p 307-635-2918
16806 118 Avenue, T5V1M8 818 ab-Edson Motco 0 0
p 307-279-3050
2520 - 2 Ave., T7E 1T9 819 ab-Fort McMurray 0 0
p 307-783-5930
345 Sakitawaw Trail, T9H 4E4 820 ab-Grande Prairie 0 0
p 307-789-9129
9212 - 108 St., T8V 4C9 845 ab-Grassland 2 75
p 307-682-3562
1st Ave. 1st Street, TOA 1V0 846 ab-Hanna 2 100
p 307-742-6443
Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South, T0J 1P0 794 AB-High Level 0 25
p 307-328-0158
10529 96 St., T0H 1Z0 817 ab-Hinton 0 0
p 307-362-4231
294 Kelly Road, T7V 1H2 821 ab-Lethbridge 0 20
f 307-473-1759
f 307-635-5746
f 307-634-2794
f 307-279-3041
f 307-783-5916
f 307-789-5461
f 307-682-5038
f 307-742-2576
f 307-328-1668
f 307-362-9710
1005 43 St, T1K 7B8 822 ab-Lloydminster 1 0
alberta , canada 813 ab-Airdrie 0 10
1260 Cassils Road East, T1R 1B7 785 AB-Calgary DEF 130 9
5505 Jubilee Ave., T7A 1S3 816 ab-Edmonton 0 0
canada
dan’s Big Slice Pizza
p 815-580-4842
p 715-749-4238
p 403-948-4193
5109 63 St Ave, T9V 2E7 869 AB-nanton 3 130 Hwy #2 2810 21st Ave., T0L 1R0
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p 403-362-5594
p 403-720-0904 f 403-720-4937
p 403-236-2404
p 403-250-3835
p 403-273-4949 f 403-273-0628
p 801-725-1370
p 708-413-9116
p 780-455-1111 f 780-482-4448
p 780-743-3545
p 780-532-2378
p 780-525-2295 f 780-525-2299
p 403-854-5000
p 780-926-2066
p 801-725-1370
p 403-328-4735
p 780-875-2990
humpty’s Restaurant
p 403-646-2810 f 403-646-2872
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British Columbia , canada (cont.)
Ontario , canada (cont.)
795 Ab-Nisku 2 8
801 BC-Prince George 3 LTD
836 on-Schreiber 0 0
302 20th Avenue, T9E 7T8 796 AB-Red Deer DEF 26 4
p 780-955-3535
403-346-2785 f 403-346-2852 p
67th Ave. & 67 Street, T4P 1A4 826 ab-Redcliff 1 0 115 Lockwood St, T1A 7T9 797 Ab-Rycroft 0 8 Hwy #49 & Hwy #2 Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73, T0H 3A0 786 AB-Sherwood Park DEF 140 9 Yellowhead Hwy 16/ Broadmoor Blvd. 50 Pembina Rd., T8H 2G9 824 ab-Whitecourt 0 10 Hwy #43 & West Mtn. Road, T7N 1S9
p 403-526-2669
p 780-765-3740 f 780-765-3748
929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way, V2S 4N2 798 BC-Annacis Island 1 LTD 1291 Cliveden Ave, V5M 6G4 799 BC-Chilliwack 4 20 7970 Lickman Road, V2R 1A9 828 bc-Cranbrook 0 0 2209 Theatre Road, V1C 4H4 829 bc-Creston 0 0 1411 Northwest Blvd, V0B 1G6 830 bc-Dawson Creek 0 0 1725 Alaska Ave, V1G 1P5 861 bc-HOPE 4 S DEF 65 Hwy 1, Exit 168 63100 Flood Hope Road, VOX 1L2 800 bc-Fort St John 0 0 Alaska Hwy & 109 St. 9407 109th Street, V1J 6K6 847 bc-Kamloops 5 125 175 Kokanee Way, V2C 6Z2 831 bc-Merritt 0 0 1885 Cold Water Ave. 2190 Douglas Street North, V0K 2B0 832 bc-New Westminster 0 0 24 Braid St, V3L 3P3
802 BC-Vancouver 0 0 8655 Boundary Rd & Marine Way, V5S 4H3 788 MB-Headingley DEF 150 9 Hwy #1 & Camp Manitou Rd. 4100 Portage Avenue, R4H 1C5 803 MB-Portage La Prairie 0 40
p 780-416-2035
p 780-706-0471
1747 Brookside Blvd., R2C 2E8 835 MB-Winnipeg 0 0
f 780-416-2084
131 Warman Road & HWY. #59, R2J 3R3 p 604-850-1594
p 604-521-4445
p 604-795-7265
p 250-426-3763
p 250-428-7131
p 250-782-3111
p 604-886-6815 f 604-886-6821
p 250-785-3052
p 250-573-3032 f 205-573-7828
p 250-280-1555
p 604-522-6511
p 604-454-9578
p 204-832-8952 f 204-832-9104
862 ON-Ayr 5 30 Hwy 401, Exit 268 2492 Cedar Creek Road, N0B 1E0 805 ON-Etobicoke 0 0 1765 Albion Rd & Hwy 27, M9W 5S7 880 ON-Fort Erie 6 S DEF 0 QEW, Exit 5 1637 Pettit Road 806 ON-Kapuskasing DEF 40 4 410 Government Road E, P5N 2X7 852 ON-lancaster DEF 110 9 Hwy 401, Exit 814 20382 Old Hwy #2, K0C 1N0 789 ON-London DEF 230 16 Hwy 401 & Highbury Ave. Exit 189 3700 Highbury Ave. South, N6N 1P3 807 ON-Mississauga DEF 50 3 1400 Britannia Road Exit 401 and Dixie Road 790 ON-Napanee DEF 165 15 401 & Cnty Rd 41 Exit 579 628 County Road #41 RR6, K7R 3L1 866 ON-Pass Lake 3200 Hwy 11/17, Shuniah, ON POT 2MO 865 on-Pickering 9 50 Hwy 401 2000 Clements Road, L1W 4A1 838 on-Sault Ste Marie 0 0
Hwy # 17, P0T 2S0 837 on-Sudbury 0 0 17 Duhamel Road, P3E 4N1 461 ON-TILBURY DEF 150 6 Rural Route #5, Highway 401, Exit 56 19325 Essex County Road 42, N0P 2L0
p 204-857-9997
p 204-633-0663
p 204-231-5485
p 807-824-2383
p 705-692-5447
p 519-682-1140 f 519-682-9221
Quebec, canada 808 QC-Berthierville 0 10 1181 Ave Gilles Villeneuve, J0K 1A0 809 QC-Napierville 0 10 Hwy 15 Exit 21 1 Rang St-Andre, J0J 1L0 810 QC-Ste Helene 4 10 HWY 20, Exit 152 569 Rue Principale, J0H 1M0
p 450-836-6581
p 450-245-3539 f 450-245-9642
p 450-791-2232 f 450-791-2495
Saskatchewan, canada
ontario, canada
987 Great Northern Road, P6A 5K7 w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m
p 250-563-1677
manitoba, canada
Hwy #1 East, R1N 3B2 804 MB-Winnipeg 2 LTD
British columbia, canada 827 bc-Abbotsford 1 10
4869 Continental Way, V2N 5S5
restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points
Papa Joe’s hot Kettle p 519-624-9578 f 519-624-2587
p 416-674-8665
p 905-991-1800 p 905-991-1805
p 705-337-1333 f 705-337-1208
811 SK-Moose Jaw DEF 20 5 370 North Service Rd. Hwy #11, S6H 4N9 842 sk-Regina 3 12 1511 Ross Ave. East, S4R 1J2 791 SK-Saskatoon DEF 85 4 3850 Idylwylde Drive North, S7P 0A1 844 sk-Yorkton 0 0 Hwy #16A Bypass on York 1910 York Road West Box 794, S3N 2W8
p 306-693-5858
p 306-721-0070
p 306-955-6840 f 306-955-6846
p 306-782-2645
p 613-347-2221 f 613-347-1970
p 519-686-9154
f 519-686-8629
p 905-564-6216 p 905-564-0438
p 613-354-7044 f 613-354-3796
p 905-428-9700 f 905-428-9633
p 705-759-8280
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Doug Westlake ’m from St. Thomas, Ontario, and have been driving for Steelhorse Freight out of High River, Alberta, with my dog, and best buddy, Rodney, since 2007. Working for a great flatbed carrier like Steelhorse gives me the opportunity to enjoy home time with my family, especially my granddaughters Payton and Emilee, while at the same time earning a good living traveling across North America. As a company driver hauling many oversized loads for the oil and gas industry, life on the road can be stressful at the best of times. Pilot Flying J is constantly improving life on the road for me personally with such things as its new PJ-Fresh Marketplace concept. I also manage my time better with their new self-serve checkouts in the C-stores. A loyalty card holder from back when there were only a dozen Flying J locations, I take full advantage of all that comes with being a member, like the monthly specials. I love it. I also take part in the driver feedback survey and take relief knowing Pilot Flying J listens and reacts. I feel like they’re on my team and with me every mile.
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