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Sharing the road with ...

A chance meeting led Keith Field to hit the road helping disabled veterans around the country.

American Pride

On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Service One Transport owner Robert Walker decided to do something lasting and special to honor those lost on that tragic day.

Aiming for Gold

Brenda Villa leads a women’s water polo team determined to win gold at the London Olympic Games.

Athletes to watch

The U.S. has won more medals than any other country in the history of the Olympic Games. We spotlight a few athletes who are sure to add to our medal haul and also offer some interesting facts on the London event.

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debt reduction

Get some tips on managing and then decreasing your debt so you can get on a path toward financial stability.

rv journey

Sani-Star is making RV dump stations accessible again, Chad shares a roadside emergency story and a visit to Graceland Too is a must for any Elvis fan.

the voices of mrn

Get to know the men behind the voices of Motor Racing Network.

craig morgan

When Craig Morgan isn’t making hit country albums, he’s star and host of “All Access Outdoors” on the Outdoor Channel. See how Morgan takes life by the horns and takes his fans along for the ride.

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gettin’ outdoors

around the track

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Charles wants to squash the roadway litterslugs.

Bob shares the story of one truck driver who is replacing bad habits with healthy choices.

Lights, camera, action! Brenda takes us behind the scenes at the Campbell Outdoor Videography School.

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They just don’t make them like “Iron Man” Ricky Rudd anymore.

Mike reviews the FMCSA’s recently released strategic plan.

from the editor Holding out hope.

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.

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. We highlight a handful of artisan masters that have crafted the perfect summer treat.

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still hold out hope of competing in the Olympics one day. It’s one of those dreams I can’t seem to let go. The Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 is when my dream really took hold. Still in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc countries boycotted the event in response to the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Games held in Moscow. There seemed to be an added patriotic buzz about those games. It was the Olympics of Carl Lewis, Mary Lou Retton, Edwin Moses, Greg Louganis and Tracy Caulkins. The U.S. dominated, winning 174 medals (121 more than second-place Romania), and I was hooked. I will admit the number of sports I can qualify for is narrowing after 28 years. Track and field doesn’t look promising anymore. I thought about diving, but one wrong spin and I’ll be on YouTube under the title “Most Painful Belly Flop in History.” Maybe rowing, although they tend to practice really early in the morning. Then I came upon the sport of trampoline. Really, who can’t bounce up and down? I do it all the time with my kids in the back yard. It felt like this was the answer until I learned trampolinists bounce more than 30 feet in the air and contort their bodies in ways not practical for a man nearing the start of his fifth decade of life. I rue the day they got rid of pigeon shooting after the 1900 Olympics. It would seem my only hope is the winter games, where my favorite event, curling, takes place. Yes, shuffleboard on ice is my ticket to Olympic glory. I can still eat and drink whatever I want, I just need to learn how to sweep ice and knock my opponents’ deformed hockey puck away from the center circle. Remember to look for me in Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 games. Our cover story this month on water polo ace Brenda Villa (Page 22) will give you insight on the dedication of true Olympic athletes. The intense training, the strict nutrition and the year-round competitions are a way of life for these athletes in pursuit of their dream, and Villa is no exception. Her leadership in and out of the pool is worth celebrating. Speaking of someone living a dream: When Craig Morgan (Page 42) isn’t singing in front of thousands of fans on stage or making another country music album, he hosts his own Outdoor Channel show where he hunts, sky dives and races off-road at locations around the world. Not a bad way to go through life. He’s proved a few times over that doing what you love is the best way to live. My dream of Olympic glory may be a bit far-fetched at this point, but I can’t help being inspired by all the athletes competing. Their focus, drive and determination toward excellence are worth emulating in whatever passions we pursue in life. Safe driving.

in my mirrors. It’s not that I don’t appreciate courtesy, and if I am sure of what I saw, I do flash my lights as a thank you, but I can’t afford to misread that four-wheeler’s intentions as the law is on his or her side in any incident. So if your car has an off position for the headlights, please go on flashing, just don’t assume that I saw it and am being discourteous by not thanking you. But please, don’t flash your high beams at me! Trish Fenwick Ontario, Canada

Human Trafficking

I picked up the May issue of Challenge like I have done for the past year, and I just wanted to say thank you so much for shining a light on human trafficking! It’s out here on the road more than people would like to think it is and something needs to be done to those people who force other people into it. No one deserves to live in constant fear for their lives or made to feel worthless. It’s a shame it’s still going on! Thank you again for bringing it up in the magazine. Avid reader, Nika Smith Everywhere, USA

Kellie Pickler

How wonderful to see Kellie on the cover! The article was fantastic. Thanks so much! Kira Youssef Via Facebook

RE: Considerate Drivers

Shirley G., your presumption is incorrect. I want to dispose of this myth about flashing your lights to let one know when they are safe to come back over. I hear this a

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lot. I have been out here 34 years and have logged more than 3.5 million miles. I am an independent driver with a lot of experience, mostly oversize. We never flashed our headlights unless there was a reason for a driver to come over sooner than they should, e.g., traffic backed up behind them, fog, rain, or if they were oversize. This has been taught wrongly now by these trucking schools and classrooms. Now since this has been misinterpreted, it seems that a lot of drivers expect to start back over as soon as they are past the truck. We once flashed our lights to let someone waiting to pull out into the road to let them know that we see them, but that too got all confusing as new drivers came along and with the wrecks it was stopped. Thomas Duncan On the road

I’d like to respond to Shirley G.’s letter in the May 2012 issue. Automotive technology has changed significantly since 1956. Your father used to flash his lights from off to low in 1956, and even that low beam had significantly lower light output. Unfortunately, what seemingly courteous folks are now doing is flashing from low to high, which is honestly so blinding in our large mirrors that I truly wish they would stop doing it. Furthermore, the roads are so bumpy that car and pickup truck lights are constantly flashing both ahead of me and in my mirrors, so I can never be sure the flashing is intentional. And then if you flash them too fast, I can’t be sure I saw it at all. Keep in mind, I am primarily looking forward, not

I have been driving trucks and cars for 28 years now. My dad gave me simple instructions about driving, one of which was respect the other cars and trucks. To Shirley G. from Walnut Creek, Calif., don’t flash your lights to tell me I can come back to the lane. Please reach down just a little further toward your dashboard and turn your lights off then back on. I’m already looking in my mirror at your lights. I don’t need them any brighter. Thanks from that truck that just passed you, from any paved road in the United States. Richard Kline Pensacola, Fla.

Favorite Sports Comebacks

I would say the Cards World Series but I’m a Braves fan. BC Eagles’ Doug Flutie throws a last-ditch Hail Mary to beat the heavily favored Miami Hurricanes and win the Orange Bowl in 1984. Mike Singleton Via Facebook

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Say Goodbye to Jet Lag Imagine hopping into a capsule that can get you to New Zealand in a few hours to go surfing or impressing a date with dinner in Paris and getting back home before midnight. That’s what Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) promises to do. With the potential to revolutionize the travel industry, ETT is “space travel on Earth.” The idea is to have a network of tube “freeways” worldwide with capsules that can transport you to your destination as fast as 4,000 mph. According to the ETT website, the capsules are faster than jets and run on electricity, and can be built

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for a fraction of the cost of high-speed rail or freeway systems. Essentially, travelers would climb into tubes and be launched through a pipeline (both above and below ground) that looks similar to an oil pipeline. ETT hasn’t revealed much on the technology behind the tube transport and a major obstacle is figuring out where to put the tubes and who will pay for them. In the meantime though, it’s still fun to think of the possibilities. A day trip to the pyramids, a weekend hike on the Great Wall of China ....

Trolley Trucks

If you live in a city, you’ve probably seen the electric buses connected to overhead wires. Siemens, a German electronics company, wants to take that idea out of the city and onto the freeway with its new eHighway system. The system would enable an ELFA diesel-electric hybrid truck to run on electricity when connected to the overhead wires. Where wires are not available, the truck would run on traditional diesel. Siemens is testing the project on a freeway leading to Los Angeles and Long Beach ports where it’s not uncommon to see mile-long lines of idling 18-wheelers waiting to load freight. While the new system doesn’t curb congestion, Seimens claims it will cost less. The system is 1/19th of the cost of a traditional electrified railroad, the diesel-electric trucks are less expensive to fuel and maintain (although they do have a higher upfront cost), and overall environmental damage is reduced. If these highways catch on, driving will never be the same.

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City, State

Store

10-July

Freemont, IN

Ottawa Lake, MI

11-July

Monroe, MI

284

Dexter, MI

296

12-July

Grand Ledge, MI

667

Battle Creek, MI

13-July

Benton Harbor, MI

666

14-July

South Bend, IN

Hebron, IN

448

Bloomington, IL

299

Decatur, IL

368

Pontoon Beach, IL

645

E. St. Louis, IL

313

17-July

Alorton, IL

642

18-July

Effingham, IN

165

Effingham, IN

643

19-July

Terre Haute, IN

297

Brazil, IN

444

20-July

Haubstadt, IN

647

Evansville, IN

447

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By the numbers: Fourth of July 27

number of official flags the United States has had. The first one flew in 1777; the most current has been waving since 1959.

236

the age of the United States this year. That’s a lot of candles on the cake.

number of signers on the Declaration of Independence.

1931

year “The Star Spangled Banner” became the official national anthem.

1959

year that Hawaii joined the union, rounding out our 50 states.

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in feet, the height of the Statue of Liberty (not including her pedestal), which weighs an impressive 450,000 pounds. Statistics from www.usflag.org, www.ushistory.org and www.history.com

The Eye of the Beholder Innovega is hoping to change the view of the world, one set of eyes at a time. The company’s new iOptik contact lenses could give you Terminator-like vision, but without the red tint. Just like in the Terminator movies, whatever data is sent to the lenses is laid over what the eye is already seeing. The lenses are designed to enhance rather than block vision. Imagine: While trying to find an address in a new city, you could have the information sent to your lenses to show you the way. No GPS, no map, no asking a random person on the street. Even cooler are the “augmented reality” applications that have the capability of fully immersing users into video games. You don’t just see the game; you’re in the game. The Department of Defense has already ordered a prototype to test its uses in combat and doctors are looking into the lenses’ potential in helping cataract patients. Versions of the lenses for gaming systems are slated to be available in 2014. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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5 Driving Apps to Check Out MyPilot

We may be a little biased, but we think the MyPilot app has something for professional drivers, RVers and fourwheeler traffic alike. Get updated gas prices, DEF availability and even check out how many loyalty points you have. No matter where you find yourself, the MyPilot app will lead you to the nearest Pilot Flying J travel center. Available free on Apple products and Android.

Road Trip Scavenger Hunt

Similar to the classic game of I Spy, but instead of family members asking what they “spy,” this app will tell you what to keep your eyes peeled for. The best part is that the whole family can play; the app can keep track of up to six players at a time. A great way to kill some travel time, this app will keep track of “found” items and point totals of all players. Sure beats the unending license plate game. Available for 99 cents on Apple products and free on Android.

Yelp

Let’s face it, you’re more likely to go a restaurant

that your friends recommend. With Yelp you have “friends” in every city you stop in. Yelp can help you choose the best place to eat, the hottest coffee joints, even the most honest mechanics. Don’t waste any time or money guessing where to go. Let your friends help you out, even if you’ve never met them before. Available free for Apple products and Android.

Trapster

We’re not telling you to break the law, no, we wouldn’t do that. Despite its name, Trapster is more than a speed trap locator. This app offers real-time traffic conditions as well as locations of red light cameras and speed zone changes that tend to sneak up on drivers. With more than 14 million users around the world reporting more than 5 million speed traps, it’s safe to say that lead-footed drivers can avoid a big ticket. Available free on Apple products and Android.

Postagram

Show everyone how amazing your vacation is. Postagram allows you to send a personalized postcard to anyone in the U.S. for just 99 cents or internationally for just $1.99 and that includes the postage. Snap a photo with your smartphone, write a short message (140 characters) and click send. Make sure to send one to grandma; she hasn’t heard from you in ages. Available free for Apple products and Android.

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Sunscreen, anyone??? Driving can take a toll on the body, and here’s proof that your face is no exception. The New England Journal of Medicine published a report on the damage caused by UVA radiation. The man shown here has been a truck driver for 28 years and he was recently diagnosed with unilateral dermatoheliosis. Sitting behind the PHOTO: New England Journal of Medicine wheel of a truck for nearly three decades has caused the left side of his face to age much more rapidly. And he says most of the time his window was up, not realizing that UVA rays can pass through glass to penetrate the skin. We all know we should wear sunscreen, but it can be difficult to remember to apply it every day, especially when you’re not technically outside while driving. There’s not much medicine can do once the damage is done, so it’s important for all drivers to put on sunscreen every day. Try to make it part of your daily morning routine, like putting on deodorant. Now that summer is here, and the sun’s rays are even stronger, pick up a bottle of SPF 15 or higher and protect yourself. And get checked regularly for skin cancer.

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photos: courtesy of Serving Project, Inc.

Serving Project Inc.

started by saying, ‘Hey, let us come and help you do those little things that you used to be able to do.’ We’re not talking about rebuilding a house but we’re talking about changing a hot water tank, putting a fence back up after a storm, simple things.” And it grew from there. “I know groups all over the country doing this now,” says Field. “And we’re trying to connect with other groups so when a person calls me from Spokane, Wash., we can refer them to a local handyman or group that will help.” Field relies on donations and sponsorships to keep the bus going. “I love what I do. I’m not in it for the money because there isn’t any. We’ve taken an idea and made it real.” Now Field – in addition to continuing his work helping with transportation and odd jobs – speaks on behalf of disabled veterans across the country, shows the bus at conventions and parades, and helps veterans in ways he never would have imagined.

by: greg girard

t was a chance meeting with a Vietnam veteran named Buck that led Keith Field down a path of serving America’s disabled veterans. During their conversation, Buck described to Field how difficult it is for disabled veterans to travel for their medical needs – the expense and distance often forcing veterans to neglect medical procedures and let prescriptions lapse.

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As far as I’m concerned, these guys have already paid. And so we need to respect them, appreciate them and take the time with them to show we actually care.

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set out to find a solution to the problem. In 2009, he founded Serving Project Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping the needs of disabled veterans and the mobility challenged. “As far as I’m concerned,” says Field, “these guys have already paid. They have sacrificed some of themselves for their nation. And so we need to respect them, appreciate them and take the time with them to show we actually care and are not taking them for granted.” Field, who has a background in refurbishing motor homes, found a bus and refit it to make it fully accessible to the disabled. “We have built what I’ve been told is the first vehicle with a full wheelchairaccessible washroom to transport disabled veterans.” The bus is 60 feet long, has hardwood flooring, a stonewall facade and five wheelchair docks, each with outlet plugs and lighting. The washroom has a heated ceramic tile floor and a walk-in tub with therapeutic massage. It also has a full kitchen and a customizable room with beds and extra seating, and meets all the requirements under the American Disabilities Act. “When I started, I was changing light bulbs for amputees,” Field recalls. “We

A 7 ½ X 14 ½ foot, militarytheme quilt hangs from the ceiling of the Serving Project bus. “Recently I had fun with a group of World War II veterans who were given the privilege of flying in a refurbished WWII bomber,” says Field. “I was their transportation to the airfield. The cool part was one of the directors of Quilts of Valor came to the airport and gave the veterans a personal lap quilt. “To see the look on their face and the appreciation for what we’re able to do for them, that is more than enough gratitude.” PCM

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Initially just excited to be getting a “red Pete,” Robinson says discussions to make the truck more than a red cab quickly began. “They were showing commercials on the World Trade Centers, and it started out with just ‘Freedom’ in blue lettering and an American flag on both sides of the word,” she explains. “Then Robert Foshee and I were talking, and we said we needed to mention on the truck ‘In God We Trust’ since they are trying to remove this from so many things. Robert Walker thought of the truck number after we had the truck design in our minds.”

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People snap pictures and drivers holler at me over the radio. It’s really something.

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-Robert Foshee

american pride truck

After buying the truck from Werner Enterprises, Corey Williams at Dixie Signs and Decals Inc. in Florence was given the task of creating the final design. When approached with the idea for the truck, Williams, Dixie Signs’ graphic designer, immediately had his own suggestions. “We had a very short turn-around time to have the truck finished in, so I started a few minutes after the truck arrived by taking pictures of the truck and importing those images into my design software, then designing the graphics to fit onto the pictures

by: jennifer pencek

s news reports leading up to the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, played on television screens last year, people could not help but revisit that horrible day. But while some remembered the day and quickly moved on to something else, Robert Walker could not get the images out of his mind. Walker, owner of Service One Transport Inc. in Florence, Ala., decided to combine two things he knows a lot about: trucking and patriotism. On Sept. 11, 2011, Service One unveiled American Pride, a bright red 2007 Peterbilt truck decorated with graphics and lettering honoring America. “We wanted to make a statement that we are patriotic and support the people we love,” Walker says. “I hope it will instill a sense of patriotism and be a symbol of pride. It’s great for the morale of our company and

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great for the morale of the country.” With “American Pride” painted above the cab, the truck features the words “Freedom” and “In God We Trust” on both sides, along with an artistic rendering of a swooshing American flag. The truck’s number, 911, holds obvious meaning, along with the words “Never Forget” below it. Walker, who has owned Service One for seven years, spent 19 years and six months in the military, including the Navy and National Guard. When he speaks, his voice is steady and proud, his love of his country clearly visible. His devotion to his country permeates through his entire company. The idea for the American Pride truck was a joint venture among Walker, Corporate Secretary Becky Craig, driver Robert Foshee, and company President Kelly Robinson (Walker’s daughter).

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of the truck,” he says. “Within an hour I called Robert [Walker] to let him know I had the design finished, and they came into the office and we tweaked the design a little. After they approved the design, I measured all of the areas for the graphics and began the process of printing, laminating and contour cutting of the vinyl graphics.”

From design to completion, it took Williams more than six hours to finish the project, not including the two hours it took for the printer to print the graphics. From the idea first being born, it took two months for American Pride to be unveiled. But who would be the lucky driver to take American Pride on the road? That job went to Foshee,

On the anniversary of 9/11, Robert Walker, owner of Service One Transport, decided to do something more to honor those lost. The American Pride truck was designed so that we never forget that tragic day.

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Inspired by the success and feedback for the American Pride truck, Service One has added the Support Our Troops truck (above) and a pink Fight Breast Cancer truck to its fleet. someone Walker says fits the bill of a patriotic driver perfectly. “He’s a family man and he understands the great sacrifices done by a lot of people,” Walker says. “He’s distinguished himself as a great driver and a great patriot.” Foshee, 38, has been a professional truck driver for 15 years, the past six with Service One. While he gladly gave his input on the truck’s development, he was shocked when he was chosen as its driver. “My first thought was, ‘Why do I deserve this? What makes me that guy?’” he says. “It makes you feel proud to be an American and a driver in general.” Since its unveiling in September, American Pride has been seen on the roads of Alabama, Colorado, Nebraska and Tennessee. Along the way, Foshee has been given more thumbs-up signs than he can count and has even been called into two scale houses just to be told how beautiful the truck is. “People snap pictures and drivers holler at me over the radio,” Foshee says. “It’s really something. I find motorcyclists just love it. They’ll just drive by and look at it – maybe they can see it better than other drivers.” Williams says he has heard from several people who saw the truck after it was finished and everyone seems very excited and pleased with the results. There have even been tears of joy shed over the truck. “We all got a little teary-eyed when the truck was finished because we never imagined the outcome would be so beautiful,” Robinson says. Walker has ideas for two other decorated trucks – one dedicated to the Marine Corps and one to the Army Rangers. That is not surprising to Foshee, who says his boss is one to always put ideas into action. “Robert’s always been particular about his trucks, but something about the American Pride truck put a gleam in his eyes,” he says. “He’s the type of person who, when he gets an idea, he runs with it.” Since the American Pride truck hit the road, Walker commissioned the Support Our Troops truck, with its yellow and whitecolored design, and a pink Fight Breast Cancer truck. And they hope to do more themes on their fleet in the future. So if you are driving down the road and see any of Service One’s special trucks alongside you, give the driver a wave and admire the work of some dedicated individuals. PCM

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Brenda Villa looks to make a splash in London by: joan tupponce

ith retirement on the horizon, 32-year-old water polo player Brenda Villa keeps one goal top-of-mind: to win gold at the 2012 Olympics in London. “Knowing that it’s your last [Olympics] gives you a different drive and perspective,” she says. “You know you will not have another opportunity to get a gold.” Villa, an attacker on the USA women’s national team, is the most decorated player in women’s water polo, one of the more grueling sports in the Olympics. She was captain of the silver medal winning squad at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and was named the Female Water Polo Player of the Decade by swimming governing body Federation Internationale de Natation’s (FINA) magazine. “Brenda is a three-time Olympian,” says Team USA head coach Adam Krikorian. “It’s invaluable to have someone of

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her stature and intelligence level on the team.” Currently ranked sixth in the world, Team USA has won three Olympic medals - silver in 2000, bronze in 2004 and silver again in 2008 - and three world championships - in 2003, 2007 and 2009. The team qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning the Pan American Games in October 2011. Villa has been an integral part of the national team since 1996. A native of Commerce, Calif., she grew up across the street from a swim facility. She and her older brother, Edgar, were taking lessons when Edgar got the opportunity to play water polo. That sparked Villa’s interest in the sport. “I followed my brother everywhere,” she says. “I wanted to do everything he did.” Persuading her mother to let her play water polo wasn’t an easy sell for the youngster. “My mom

grew up in a different time and place,” she says, noting that her parents are from Mexico. Villa didn’t give up and finally her determination and persistence paid off. She started playing water polo for a club team when she was 8 years old and discovered that she was “just as good” as the boys on the team. “We are all equal here,” she says of the sport. “Most people that choose water polo over swimming do it because they like the team dynamic.” Those early years were good preparation for the aspiring athlete, who went on to try out for the boys’ team at Bell

After the Olympics, Villa will concentrate on the nonprofit she co-founded to help low-income children get access to swimming pools. Gardens High School. She didn’t feel intimidated by the experience because she already knew many members of the team. “They knew me as an athlete,” she says, adding that male-only teams at other schools would often make offhanded comments about her before a game. When her team pulled out a win, she felt vindicated. “Actions speak louder than words,” she says. Villa knew in her freshman year that she wanted to go to Stanford. To do that, she had to take advanced classes. “I also participated in water polo and swimming [not only for the school but also the junior national and national teams],” she says. “I focused on my sport hoping to get a scholarship to college.” She earned her scholarship to Stanford in 1998, graduating from college in 2003. During 1999 and 2000, she took time away from school to qualify for the Olympic team and to complete in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Villa remembers watching the 1988 Olympics when she was growing up. “I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer or a gymnast,” she says. “That was always in my head. Water polo was not an Olympic sport at the time.” The sport made its debut at the 2000 Olympics, making Villa one of the first women to compete at that level. Even though she was excited about making the team, she refused to let her feelings interfere with her performance. “You don’t think about anything,” she says of the minutes before a game. “You are just playing and enjoying the moment.” A three-time veteran of world championship games, Villa decided to face the Olympic games with the same mindset she had going into the championships. “You can’t let the stage you are

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playing at creep into your head,” she says. “You have to think that it’s just a water polo game. You don’t want to get distracted. You have to train your mind and yourself to be focused and not thinking ‘This is the Olympic game.’” Seventeen thousand Olympic spectators looked on as Team USA battled Australia for the gold medal. Australia took the coveted prize. Team USA brought home the silver. “It was amazing,” Villa says. “That was the biggest crowd ever for women’s polo. Even now, 12 years later, nothing has compared to that.” Teammate and fellow Olympian Heather Petri believes that Villa has an “innate game awareness. She makes things happen whether it’s through great passes or putting the ball in the goal when it is really needed.” Villa’s enthusiasm and passion for the game are infectious, says her coach. “Brenda looks at the game as a puzzle. She enjoys solving it. She is extremely competitive. She has a great desire to win and bring her team to the top.” Petri agrees. “She hates to lose and will analyze every part of the game in preparation for the next battle,” she says. Krikorian describes Villa as independent, a woman who stands up for what she believes in. “She has a very strong personality,” he says. “It’s admirable.” He credits part of her spunk to her height - a mere 5 feet 4

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inches, a good six inches shorter than most of her teammates. He says she uses any doubt that others may have had about her abilities as “motivation to prove them wrong. She is determined and intelligent. It’s great to see a female athlete like that.” Villa doesn’t see her height as a disadvantage. “I haven’t let that get in my way,” she says. As a friend, Villa is kind, fun and loyal. As an athlete, she’s not afraid to take a leadership position. “She has many different faces for me,” Petri says. “She is a leader of our team and advocate for our sport. She is an information-giver in and out of the pool. She is a friend and supporter of me and our long road together and the legacy in water polo we have been a part of.” When Petri first met Villa, a hug was not her preferred form of greeting or displaying affection. “She was a little more formal in her interactions and was reserved with her personal space bubble,” says Petri, a self-admitted hugger. “I would start giving Brenda hugs as often as I could. At first she would turn her body to the side with an embarrassed look and say ‘Oh, Petie.’ I didn’t give up and over time she accepted my hugs and then started to give her own.” Any challenges Villa has had have come from opponents. After the team’s loss in the 2004 Olympics to Italy, she didn’t know if

she wanted to continue playing water polo. Losing the game was “rough because we were one of the favorites to win,” she says, noting it was a lesson for her. “You learn that nothing is guaranteed.” Later that year, she decided to play professional water polo. Ironically, she joined the professional team in Italy, Olympic Club/Orizzonte, because there are no professional women’s water polo teams in the U.S. While the sport is popular in California, it hasn’t gained a following in other parts of the country. “Our challenge as a sport is to grow it outside of California,” Krikorian says, adding there are some good teams in the East and Midwest. “We want to make the sport more nationally recognized.” Villa admits it was difficult to play for the Italian team after Team USA lost to Italy in the Olympics just months earlier. “The team I was going to play for had half of the girls we lost to,” she says. “The wound was still fresh. It was a consistent reminder of my final game. Eight years later, I am good friends with the girls from that team. We can battle it out [at the Olympics] but whether you win or lose you respect them.” For the last year, Villa has been training for the Olympics. The schedule is rigorous. “This sport is one of the most physically exhausting sports you can play or practice,” Krikorian says. “Training is high intensity.

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Most sports train for two to three hours a day. [Our team] trains for six hours, which includes one-and-a-half hours of weight training and another four to four-and-a-half hours in the water.” “We practice, eat and sleep,” Villa says. “There is not a lot of time or energy to do other things.” Water polo consists of four quarters, each eight minutes in length. During a game, which can last up to 45 minutes with overtime, players continuously tread water. “You can’t touch the bottom or the side [of the pool],” she says, adding that halftime is only five minutes long. “There is not a lot of rest. You are going the whole time.” In the game, players play both offense and defense. “It takes all sorts of strength,” Villa says. “Upper-body strength because you have to fend people off. Leg strength to do egg beaters [a circular motion with the legs while in a sitting position] to tread water.” It’s not just the physicality that is so taxing. “What is most important is mental toughness because of the grueling nature of the sport,” Krikorian says. “Many times your mind will try to talk you into quitting. Those who are mentally tough can move past that.” Petri sees that toughness as the team’s biggest strength. “I think this team can battle through anything,” she says. The team’s travel schedule leading up to the Olympics was daunting. Since January, the team has participated in a three-week tournament in Australia and also one in Europe. It played a test event at the Olympic venue in London and then headed to China. “We need to get in some competition,” Villa says. “We always have to go to Europe to get as many games as possible.” During the Olympics, Team USA will be one of eight teams in the tournament with two brackets of four. The average age of

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this year’s team members is 27, with the oldest being 33 and the youngest 18. “I think it’s great,” Krikorian says. “We have a really good blend of older, more mature, experienced players with younger, enthusiastic players. You need to have that balance.” This year’s team, he adds, is “dynamic. About half the team will be returning Olympians and the other half will be new.” The process of putting the team together started in 2009 with a pool of up to 40 players vying for the chance to be one of the final 13 players making the cut. “It’s a competitive environment,” Krikorian says. “They reach a level they didn’t think was possible. [I try to] allow them to flourish and be the best they can be.” Even though he recognizes the parity in the teams playing for a medal at the Olympics, he believes Team USA has the “possibility of doing something special.” “When we start the tournament everyone has an equal chance,” he says. “Every country wants to be at the top at the very end. When you start getting caught up in that you forget about the process and little things that will help you get to that point. We want to play the best water polo we can play.” Villa plans to retire from Team USA after the Olympics. “This is the end. I have been thinking of retiring since 2004,” she says. “I want to start a family and do other things.”

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Women’s Olympic polo team Front row (L-R): Betsey Armstrong, Juliet Moss, Annika Dries, Melissa Seidemann, Lauren Wenger, Jessica Steffens. Second row (L-R): Sami Hill, Kami Craig, Elsie Windes, Tumua Anae, Heather Petri, Kelly Rulon. Top row (L-R): Maggie Steffens, Tanya Gandy, Lauren Silver, Courtney Mathewson, Brenda Villa She feels that it’s her time to give back to the community and the sport she loves. As co-founder of Project 2020, Villa wants to give children in low-income neighborhoods access to pools so they can learn to swim and play water polo. She can’t commit to the program full time until the Olympics are over. “That will be my job right after the Olympics, coaching that team,” she says.

Being a member of Team USA has taught her work ethic, self-discipline, teamwork, how to adapt to changes and how to be grateful, she says. “I travel the world with a great group of women. I am nervous about going into the real world and finding something I am passionate about. Project 2020 is a good transition for me.” PCM

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Mutant Ninja Turtles,’” he said. “One day I was walking through the mall and they had an ad for tae kwon do. I walked in, kicked and fell in love. I hung around and then it turned into something more serious than trying to be a ninja turtle.” Jennings defeated the reigning Olympic silver medalist, Mark Lopez, in the U.S. trials to earn his spot on the team for the London Games.

RYAN LOCHTE SWIMMING

Competing in the shadow of 16-time Olympic medal (14 gold) winner Michael Phelps is no easy task but since the 2008 Beijing Photo: USA Swimming games, Ryan Lochte has emerged to dominate the sport. In the 2011 World Championships, Lochte won all five events he entered and set the world record in the 200-meter individual medley, the first world record to be broken since high-tech swimsuits were banned in 2010. Already the winner of six Olympic medals, Lochte hopes to at least double that number in London.

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MISSY FRANKLIN SWIMMING

At 17, Missy Franklin is arguably the top young swimmer in the world and has her sights set on up to seven medals this summer. She alPhoto: USA Swimming ready has one world record (the short course 200-meter backstroke) and won five medals (three gold) at the World Championships in 2011. Nicknamed “Missy the Missile,” Franklin started swimming at 6 months old, prompted by her mother, who always had a fear of water. From her hometown in Colo-

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rado, she has worked hard to balance normal life as a teenager (going to the prom, getting a driver’s license) with the intense training regimen required for Olympic swimmers. She also plans to swim in college, and so must keep her amateur status, turning down upward of $150,000 in prize money from past competitions and endorsement deals. Photo: Brad Armstrong

Terrance Jennings Tae kwon do

Terrance Jennings can credit his start in tae kwon do to anthropomorphic turtles. “I watched a lot of ‘Teenage

SOCCER

Alex Morgan burst onto the international scene during the women’s World Cup last year. She scored two goals coming off the bench Photo: US SOCCER and has since cemented a starting position with the U.S. national team, notching a hat trick in a game against Sweden in March. Morgan found herself the center of attention after the World Cup, garnering several endorsements and offers from the entertainment world, including posing in body paint for the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. But it’s her scoring ability and prowess on the field that have the U.S. a favorite for Olympic gold.

WALTER DIX TRACK & FIELD

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London Olympics At a Glance

• Starts July 27, ends Aug. 12 • London is the first city to host the games three times (1908, 1948, 2012) • Competitions: 26 sports, 300 events, 31 venues • Dropped sports: baseball and softball • 10,500 athletes from 205 countries will compete in the games • Gold medals are 92.5 percent silver, 1.34 percent gold and 6.16 percent copper • Silver medals are 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper • Bronze medals are 97 percent copper, 2.5 percent zinc and 0.5 percent tin

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Terrance Jennings began tae kwon do when he was 12. Now 25, this will be his first Olympic Games.

• U.S. women’s basketball team is the first traditional team sport to win four consecutive gold medals. Their streak of 33 consecutive wins dates back to the 1992 Olympic bronze medal game. • Equestrian is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms. • At the 1904 Paris games, the winners were awarded paintings instead of medals, as the French believed that they would be more valuable. • In the 117-year history of the modern Olympics, the games have been canceled only three times (all due to world wars): in 1916, 1940 and 1944. • The last time that solid gold medals were used to award Olympic winners was at the Stockholm games in 1912. For the 2012 London games, nearly 3,600 grams of gold, worth more than $190,000, will be used to plate the gold medals. • Past Olympic sports have included tug of war, croquet, cricket, motor boat racing, lacrosse, tandem cycling and even a live pigeon shooting event in 1900. • The United States has won the most medals of any country: 2,112. The next country (USSR) has nearly 1,000 fewer. PCM

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Cut Spending

Meanwhile, get serious about spending less. It sounds obvious, but it’s easier said than done. “One place to begin is to stop using your credit cards. The last thing you want to do is stack additional debt on top of the already outstanding balances,” says Mark Bare, a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. “Take the credit cards out of your wallet or purse and leave them somewhere at home where they are out of sight.”

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ou might not have creditors knocking down your door, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t feel burdened by debt. The typical American has 13 credit obligations on record with a credit bureau, according to MyFico. com. A July 2011 Federal Reserve report on consumer debt found that 50.2 million American households carry credit card debt – an average of $15,956 – and with an average APR hovering around 13 percent, the amount of money spent just on interest adds up fast. Frugality has gained ground with the

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country’s lingering economic downturn, but wishful thinking and good intentions can only take you so far. If you’re ready to get out of debt, where do you start? First things first: The Federal Trade Commission recommends contacting your creditors as soon as making ends meet becomes a struggle. “Tell them why it’s difficult for you, and try to work out a modified payment plan that reduces your payments to a more manageable level,” the FTC suggests. “Don’t wait until your accounts have been turned over to a debt collector. At that point, your creditors have given up on you.”

A common pitfall involves “differentiating discretionary spending from required spending,” Bare says. “Required spending goes to support the basic necessities of life, such as food, water, shelter, clothing, education [and] health care. Discretionary spending deals with the purchase of luxury goods and nonessential services.” People often convince themselves that a discretionary purchase was actually a need, he says. And while one lapse in judgment might not ruin your financial future, “once the consumer rationalizes with one purchase, they tend to continue the trend and make additional discretionary purchases, often putting the purchases back on the credit cards they are trying to pay off.” As the charges pile up and the credit-card balance increases, so does the temptation to slip back into a “minimum payments only” mindset.

Analyze and Prioritize

Bare suggests sitting down with pencil and paper and writing out the details of each debt – lender, balance, terms, interest rate and fees – in order to “analyze the balances and establish a priority list” for paying them off. “Many people are unaware of how much debt they have outstanding,” he says. “... Even though the total balance can shock people and cause concern, it is a necessary step in tackling the debt.” Dave Ramsey, host of the nationally syndicated radio program “The Dave Ramsey w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

Show” and author of four best-selling books on personal money management, encourages consumers to take seven steps toward digging themselves out of a financial hole and building wealth, starting with saving $1,000 for an emergency fund. His second step focuses on paying off all debts (except home loans, which he tackles in step six), one by one.

Snowball Strategy

Ramsey’s debt-payoff method, often referred to as a debt snowball, starts with listing your debts from smallest to largest by the amount owed, giving top priority to the one with the smallest balance. Make the minimum payment on all the debts except that smallest one, and “attack that with a vengeance,” he says. “We’re talking gazelle intense, sell out, get-this-thing-out-of-mylife-forever energy. Once it’s gone, take the money you were putting toward that debt, plus any extra money you find, and attack the next debt on the list. Once it’s gone, take that combined payment and go to the next debt. Knock them out one by one.” This strategy offers some “quick wins” that provide crucial momentum, Ramsey says. “Paying off debt is not always about math. It’s about motivation. Personal finance is 20 percent head knowledge and 80 percent behavior. When you start knocking off the easier debts, you will see results and you will stay motivated to dump your debt.”

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Reducing your debt today - whether on your own or with the help of a credit counselor- can improve your peace of mind tomorrow. Ramsey allows for one exception to the payoff order: if one of the debts is to the IRS. “You do not want them in your life, so it would make sense to move a tax bill up in priority,” he says. Bare agrees the snowball strategy can work and generally makes sense, but he suggests tweaking it to pay off debts in order of interest rate, highest to lowest, since any money you put toward interest is money you could be applying to the principal.

Consider Credit Counseling

The Federal Trade Commission suggests considering seeking credit counseling if you’re “not disciplined enough to create a workable budget and stick to it, can’t work out a repayment plan with your creditors, or can’t keep track of mounting bills.” Reputable counseling organizations “can advise you on managing your money and debts, help you develop a budget and offer free educational materials and workshops,” according to the FTC. Many credit unions, universities, military bases, housing authorities and U.S. Cooperative Extension Service branches operate such programs. Schneider Community Credit Union, for example, offers mebers financial counseling through its partnership with Accel. Services offered include budget counseling, a debt-management program, credit-report review and housing counseling. The financial counseling sessions are free and confidential; consumers receive impartial advice and can attend as many sessions as they need. At the initial session, the credit counselor works with the consumer to develop a detailed budget worksheet and action plan.

Reward Yourself

Bare encourages people to allow themselves some kind of reward after three to six months of sticking with their debt-reduction plan – something small enough not to get them off track with their goals, yet sufficient to encourage them in their efforts and motivate them to continue. “I always urge consumers to be realistic and don’t get discouraged,” Bare says. Reducing debt takes time and discipline, but “stay dedicated to the plan and the results will come.” PCM

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their driver’s license for a key that unlocked the cap. Then, once they were done emptying their tanks, they would lock the cap (hopefully) and return the key in exchange for their driver’s license. The system was generating some money for the service, basically to cover the cost of maintenance, but it wasn’t efficient or convenient. Bartolotta knew there had to be a more convenient way for both offering the service and for using the station. After an extensive search revealed no better solution, the Sani-Star Automated RV Dump Fee Collection System was born.

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f you’re one of the more than quarter million RV drivers across North America, then at some point you’ve probably used an RV dump station in your travels. Eventually the tanks fill up and need to be emptied. Unfortunately, over the past decade, the number of RV dump stations has steadily declined. Ask an RV campground or travel center manager and they’ll say maintaining a dump station is more of a hassle than it’s worth. From RVers abusing the honor payment system to users cramming garbage, rocks and other debris into the pipe, clogging the system and necessitating expensive repairs, it just doesn’t make sense for many

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locations to continue providing the service. Fewer dump stations means RVers are forced to search farther for this essential service, often costing them more gas and altering their travel plans in the process. In 2009, Vito Bartolotta, founder of SaniStar, shared the frustration of many other dump station providers. Bartolotta runs a coffee shop and automated car wash in the scenic town of Bend, Ore. As an added service to a steady flow of RVers, he managed a dump station on the property using a tedious key and lock system. RVers would pull up to the station, walk 50 yards to the coffee shop and exchange a nominal fee and

“Vito invented our patent-pending locking cap,” explains Eric Huffman, director of marketing and sales for Sani-Star. “And then he connected a kiosk to the cap, giving the customer the flexibility to pay in multiple ways.” The Sani-Star system, which can run on 110-volt electric or solar power, allows RVers to simply pay the fee at the kiosk, which then unlocks the cap for use and re-locks the cap after dumping. The business owners and campground managers continue to maintain the dump station, but the Sani-Star system allows the station to be available 24/7 without an attendant. With hundreds of locations in the United States and Canada, Sani-Star is making dump stations once again accessible, easy to use and convenient for the RV owner. “We think it’s a win-win for the dump station operators and the RVers alike,” says Huffman. “The travel centers and campgrounds can now manage the costs of providing the RV dump service more effectively and the RVers now have dump stations that are readily available and convenient to use.” Locations using Sani-Star agree. “SaniStar has improved our fee compliance by three to four times, and allowed us to keep our RV dump station open for our RV pa-

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The Sani-Star system is user friendly and makes emptying RV tanks easier and more accessible. Simply pay the nominal fee at the kiosk using cash, credit cards or tokens and the patent-pending cap will unlock. Use the foot pedal to lift the cap, insert the RV hose and dump. After the dump is complete, drop the cap and it will lock back into place.

trons,” says Steve A. Perez, general manager of Rosamond Community Service District in California. “We believe it’s due to the equipment’s simple and secure operation.” Sani-Star systems can be found in municipalities, national parks, federal and state campgrounds and Canadian provincial parks, as well as travel centers across the country, including all Pilot Flying J dump stations. “We value our RV customers and are constantly looking for ways to upgrade our services,” says Asa Hazelwood, director of

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facility revenue at Pilot Flying J. “Sani-Star helps us more effectively manage our RV dump stations by allowing us to offer this service across the country, while keeping our costs to a minimum and continuing to offer a high level of service to RVers.” The challenge, says Huffman, is making people aware that the Sani-Star system exists. “We want to get the word out so we can keep RV dumping stations available across North America,” says Huffman. Sani-Star is therefore offering a “Where is Sani-Star Needed” Incentive Program for 2012 that

awards a $100 Pilot Flying J gift card to anyone who provides the company with a unique lead on a potential Sani-Star location. Simply go to their website, fill out the contact form and provide the potential lead in the comments section. If your suggestion results in a Sani-Star installation, you’ll receive the gift card. “This incentive program is designed to help maintain conveniently located, reliable and accessible RV dump stations,” says Huffman, “and reward RV users who help us find new locations.” PCM

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columned home, now painted a vivid blue, is covered with Elvis memorabilia, from newspaper clippings to records to posters to pictures. Some items are valuable, like Elvis’ elementary school report card, but the real draw is the host and the overwhelming amount of Elvis … stuff. PCM

Off the beaten path Photos: Lauren Silberman

Graceland T oo

BY: Marion Kelly

lvis fans around the world know about Graceland, the sprawling Memphis estate of “the King,” but only the fervent devotees have made the trek to Graceland Too. Located in Holly Springs, Miss., about an hour’s drive from its namesake, Graceland Too is owned by possibly the biggest Elvis fan in the world, Paul MacLeod. Not so much a museum as a shrine (and MacLeod’s personal residence), Graceland Too is open 24 hours a day, year-round. The $5 admission includes a personal tour led

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by MacLeod, who can weave a yarn of tales (truth being optional), sometimes two hours long. Even if you show up at 3 a.m., knock loud enough and the 69-year-old MacLeod will answer the door. Visit three times and earn a lifetime membership with free tours, a membership card and your photo taken in a black Elvis jacket (which will hang in a room at Graceland Too). The museum is the No. 1 attraction in Holly Springs, a picturesque township of 8,000 known for its traditional antebellum architecture. Every inch of wall in the stately

Located about an hour from Memphis, Graceland Too is a must-stop for any Elvis fan.

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am going to go out on a limb here and say anyone who owns a recreational vehicle has a roadside emergency story. They seem to go hand in hand. It’s a given that when you purchase your dream vehicle you also buy in for “stuff” to happen. The “stuff” can come in many variations, from blown tires to engine problems to transmissions. None of it is pleasant to deal with, but it is part of RV life. Trust me, I know. My wife, Cassie, and I bought our first “new” Class A in 1999. Many of the RVs of that year were beginning to offer slide-outs in their coaches, which greatly increases the livable floor space. Once these innovations began to show up at RV dealers, they were an instant hit. The RV that we were looking at was a 1998 that had no slides and so to the dealer whom we were working with, it was the proverbial white elephant, only we didn’t know that at the time. It fit our budget and it was new, even though it had sat on the lot for 16 months. We decided to baptize this new joy with a visit to our daughter and her family in Minnesota. We were excited. A maiden voyage in a new RV only happens once, after all, and a roadside emergency was the furthest thing from our minds. We were just looking forward to the journey. It was a new RV, so why should we worry? We had just crossed the Michigan border, south of Kalamazoo, and were in heavy traffic when we had our first emergency. Busy intersection. Dead RV. After a lot of honks, gestures and comments, most of which were not real nice, we got towed to a nearby RV campsite. We were pretty shaken, but safe. Since the RV was new, it was, thankfully, under warranty, but it would be days before a Chevy dealer could look at it. After several heated calls I got them to agree to let a local NAPA dealer look at it the next day. A bad fuel pump was the diagnosis and we were soon on our way again. But just 162 miles down the road, the engine died again. Another tow, another fuel pump issue. At this point, needless to say, I’m no longer a happy camper. It was about this time that I started reflecting back to why this RV was such a “good” deal. Eventually, though, we made it to our daughter’s home without further incident. Now, you’d think after being fixed twice, the fuel pump would be the least of my worries for our next trip. No such luck. At least the third time the RV died in our driveway. This time the dealer found the problem – two inches of gunk in the fuel tank. Here is what I learned: RV dealers never fill a fuel tank. It sat idle for more than a year during extreme shifts in temperature. This caused condensation, which caused rust, which created gunk and led to the fuel pump failures. This has not been the only roadside problem for us. I could go on, but the message here is stuff happens. You must expect it, but the joys of traveling and experiencing this great country far outweigh the occasional hiccup. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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Joe Moore

Co-Anchor AGE: 60

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the Voices of MRN

by: ben white

ans of NASCAR who transport goods cross-country probably have enjoyed the familiar voices of Motor Racing Network as they travel. Formed in 1970 under the direction of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., MRN began with the Daytona 500 and has been going strong for more than four decades. Many broadcasters have graced the airwaves for MRN Radio over the years covering NASCAR’s top series. We caught up with some of the MRN crew at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway in May to get the stories behind the voices.

Barney Hall

Lead Booth Announcer/ Co-Anchor AGE: 79

The native of Elkin, N.C., is co-anchor of MRN Radio’s NASCAR Sprint Cup, Na-

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tionwide and Camping World Truck series broadcasts. He is one of the network’s original announcers, having started as a race broadcaster in 1958 with WNDB in Daytona Beach to cover the 1960 Daytona 500 while also working at a western North Carolina radio station. Hall worked on pit road, out in the turns, and moved to the broadcast booth beginning with the 1979 Daytona 500. After a half-century of race broadcasting, he was inducted into the National Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007. He has also received the prestigious Bill France Award. “As far as my role has been all these years with MRN, I would say it’s compared to being a traffic cop,” Hall says. “Our guys in the turns get a little excited and they at times need someone to turn them back a notch or two. Sometimes that’s what I do.” KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS: “If you can tell the listener what’s happening on the race track, cover the pit stops, do a little bit of the racing, talk to the drivers who fall out, then you can’t have a bad broadcast. You’ve covered it.”

Joe Moore is the co-anchor for MRN Radio’s NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series broadcasts. The Wilmington, N.C., native joined MRN in 1979 and for many years was a turn announcer. Moore first worked for a local radio station as a disc jockey for WGNI in Wilmington. The radio station helped with promotions for a local racetrack in Hampton, Va. The promoter of the track, Joe Carver, suggested Moore work for the network. He thought it would be prestigious for his track to have an announcer for MRN. Moore persuaded Mike Joy, who was running the network at the time, to give him an audition in 1979. “Working with MRN Radio is a dream come true,” Moore says. “I worked for American Forces Radio and TV Service in Thailand for two years when I was in the Army. I used to run the board when MRN was doing the broadcast. It was on Monday morning because of the time difference. The troops loved to hear the races. I remember sitting there thinking, ‘Wow, I would love to be able to work with MRN.’ I thought it was out of my reach.”

KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS:

“Keeping a perspective of who your listener is and what they need to hear. We have guys in the turns, commercials, promos that have to be read. Our job is to sew it together where it’s a smooth flow.”

Dave Moody

Lead Turn Announcer AGE: 51

Originally from Montpelier, Vt., Moody got started with MRN through Ken Squier, a longtime anchor with the network. Moody was doing sports playby-play with Squier’s network of radio stations when he was asked to announce at Squier’s Thunder Road Speedway on Thursday nights in 1978. The former sportswriter was given an audition and debut with MRN in 1988 and has been a regular since 1998. “When you’re out in the turns you don’t get to take any time off,” Moody says. “Just because the leaders are at the other end of the race track doesn’t mean the back markers aren’t going to wad it up in front of me. Probably the hardest thing about working w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

the turns is you don’t get to take any mental vacations at any point in the race. You have to be paying attention all the time because you just don’t know what will happen.” KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS: “A strong vocabulary and the ability to translate sight into sound pretty quickly and in a cohesive fashion.”

Alex Hayden

Pit Road Reporter AGE: 41

A native of Muncie, Ind., Hayden joined MRN Radio in 1997. It was the first radio opportunity of his career. The longtime fan of MRN used to play with Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars and call his own races as a kid. A former actor at Universal Studios, he became a track announcer at Wayne County Speedway and Southern National Speedway in eastern North Carolina. While there, a track promoter secretly recorded him and sent the tape to MRN. The rest, as they say, is history and he debuted with MRN at the North Carolina Motor Speedway. “I help with the pre-race interviews we decide on in our production meeting and track down the drivers and storylines

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Barney Hall (center) and Joe Moore lead the show as co-anchors. Combined, they have nearly 90 years of experience in race broadcasting. that are pertinent to that particular race,” Hayden says. “Throughout the race, everyone has their own ways of doing things. Among myself, Steve Post and Winston Kelley, we divide the cars into 14, 14 and 15 cars and we cover our sections of pit road. I wander through my part of pit road talking with crew chiefs, crew members and public relations folks gathering stories throughout the race. After the race, we do an interview in victory lane as well as second, third, fourth and fifth.” KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS: “You

have to listen closely to what’s going on. We have to hear what others on our team are doing.”

Winston Kelley

Pit Road Reporter AGE: 54

Originally from Concord, N.C., Kelley followed his father, Earl Kelley, into the busi-

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MRN reporters work tirelessly to give listeners the latest news from pit crews during NASCAR races.

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ness. The elder Kelley announced for Universal Racing Network through the 1960s and until 1977 as a turn and pit road announcer. Winston Kelley began with URN as a statistician and worked as a public address announcer at North Wilkesboro Speedway for many years. He started with MRN as a production assistant in 1987 and was put on the air at Martinsville Speedway in 1988. He is also executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. “I help with the pre-race and postrace interviews and talk to all of the crew chiefs during the race,” Kelley says. “We keep up with the folks in our territory, such as if the drivers are running well or how well the car is doing. Each one of us on pit keeps track of all the pit stops and what they do during the stops, and monitors whether they are going forward or backward and we weave all that into the broadcast. It has to be relevant to what is on the racetrack. You look at it like the guy driving a truck down the road. Is this something I would want to know about?”

KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS:

“Pay attention to the race and try to report what the race fan wants to hear.”

Steve Post

Pit Road Reporter AGE: 47 The native of Hallstead, Pa., has been with the network since March 2003. He began his career announcing short track races in Pennsylvania and New York. Post moved to North Carolina to pursue a full-time career in motor sports in 1995. Over the next eight seasons, he worked in media relations with driver Kenny Wallace, the late Tony Roper and former driver Ricky Rudd. Post auditioned in New Hampshire in 2002 and began doing a limited amount of races the next year. Studying the tendencies of the racetrack, talking with crew chiefs and investigating information on the cars keeps Post busy on race day. “All of that comes together in the 12 seconds when 43 cars come down pit road,” he says. “It’s absolute chaos! It’s all about the knowledge picked up throughout the week, as we get ready. It’s attempting to present all of what the teams are doing and all the changes they are

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Alex Hayden interviews Jimmy Johnson along pit road. Hayden is one of three pit road reporters for MRN during races. making as well as all of their challenges and how they are fixing them. In my opinion, pit road is the most intense element of our sport.” KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS: “Getting the knowledge from crew chiefs and doing your homework.”

Mike Bagley

Turn Announcer AGE: 42 Born in Salisbury, Md., Bagley lived in Milford, Del., and worked for a radio station that carried MRN races. Bagley started as a runner for the network in 1988 after writing a letter asking if MRN needed help at the Dover Downs International Speedway, which they did. He also worked as P.A. announcer at Dover, Daytona and Pocono. In 1992, John McMullen, then president of MRN, asked if Bagley wanted to be a turn announcer for a Busch Series race at Pocono Raceway. He jumped at the chance and has been along the track for the network ever since. Bagley has covered many races, but one stands out above the rest. “One of my favorite races of all time was last year’s Ford 400 at Homestead, Fla., which was the last Sprint Cup race of the season,” Bagley recalls. “You had the ebbs and flows of a Cup race and considering where we started in Daytona, where we had been all those races over all those months and it comes down to that one final race in south Florida between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards. “It was about all the cars they passed, all the laps they led, all the bonus points they accrued. That race obviously had the interest, it had the storylines, and it had a tiebreaker at the end. Our broadcast that day was stellar.” KEY TO BROADCAST SUCCESS: “Staying sharp, listening to the tower, listening to your comrades and communicating with competitors.” PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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childhood. “I hunted as early as 8 or 10 years old with my folks,” Morgan recalls. “I remember harvesting my first deer at about 14 or 15 years old with my mom.” Morgan started in television long before he got his own show. “I’ve been hunting on other shows on the Outdoor Channel for a long time,” he says. The idea of filming his own show was brewing for quite a while. A friend, and now co-producer of the show,

Country listeners love to ride four-wheelers and dirt bikes and they’re not scared to try things. That’s what this music’s about. – Craig Morgan

taking life by the horns

by: amanda jakl

raig Morgan isn’t afraid of anything. No matter if he’s on stage singing in front of thousands of fans, bungee jumping in New Zealand, racing his motorcycle during his two-day charity event, or guest starring on a popular television show, Morgan jumps into life headfirst. “There’s nothing I can’t [recover from] and the worst thing that happens is I die,” Morgan says. And that philosophy is evident in every episode of his Outdoor Channel reality show, “Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors.” Now in its third season, which begins July 1, the show isn’t just about hunting. “[It] chronicles how I integrate all of my

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outdoor activities, whether it be hunting, fishing, skydiving, deep-sea diving, motorcycle racing, whatever outdoor activity fits into my touring life and my family life.”

suggested the concept of following the singer’s touring and hunting schedule almost a decade ago, but Morgan didn’t want to risk his music career. “At the time, I already had a couple hits and I just felt like it wouldn’t behoove me to give any more time away from my music,” Morgan explains. Eventually he realized he could do both at the same time. After his fifth album, Morgan was in a position to seriously consider a show and “Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors” was born. The show immediately became the Outdoor Channel’s No. 1 rated hunting show on Saturday morning, which isn’t surprising when you consider episodes have included hunting red stag, bungee jumping in New Zealand, skydiving with an old Army buddy, hog hunting in the woods of Tennessee, intense motorcycle racing and brown bear hunting in the wilds of Alaska. If any of the activities Morgan does on the show seem extreme,

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CRAIG’S HUNTING STATS TOP 5 GAME: • Wild turkey • Muledeer • Coyote

• Whitetail deer • Elk

WEAPON OF CHOICE: Bow HUNTING CHARITY: Hunters for the Hungry Ideal Country Yet to Hunt: South Africa RACK MISSING FROM WALL: Moose GREATEST COUNTRY FOR HUNTING: United States

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he certainly doesn’t view it that way. It’s just the way he lives his life. “I never have [considered myself extreme] in the past, but you know I got a lot of extreme friends,” he says. “I hang out with guys who do back flips on motorcycles.” Morgan’s down-to-earth personality and his self-deprecating sense of humor help explain the popularity of the show. Unlike other reality shows, “All Access Outdoors” isn’t scripted or as scheduled as a viewer might expect. In an episode from season 3, the fishing trip in Florida with Leeann Tweeden, ESPN commentator and host of “Poker After Dark,” is a perfect example of events falling into place. Morgan had a day off between concerts so he called Tweeden, asked her to fish and flew her to Florida to film the episode. As Morgan explains, “My life is sporadic and chaotic and organized as it can be.” Fans of the show can expect to see a bit more of Morgan’s personal life in season 3. “We did a couple shows that will take place about my dad and [his band featuring Morgan’s uncles] and the influence they’ve had not only on my hunting but my music,” Morgan says. “We took them out on the road. There’s a lot of difference in the touring industry now and the way it was in the late ’60s, early ’70s. [It’s] just a really cool piece that people will be able to see.” Viewers will also learn of a surprise hunting paradise. “Hawaii is the best-kept hunting secret,”

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A Man of Many Talents, Craig Morgan is as comfortable on stage performing in front of thousands of fans as he is in front of the cameras as an actor and TV host. Morgan says. “There’s an area of Lanai, you would think you’re in the Serengeti. I’ve never seen so many animals; it’s unbelievable. And it’s all free range. It’s amazing.” Morgan is a prolific hunter so he can’t eat everything he shoots. He makes good use of the whole animal. “I have a lot of them mounted,” he says. “All the meat is shipped and what meat I don’t use I donate to various organizations and families. I’m a big part of the Hunters for the Hungry program.” Not one to be pigeonholed in his television career, Morgan had a small cameo on the hit cable show “Army Wives” that aired in March and a multi-episode guest role as a medical examiner on the show “Rizzoli & Isles” that will air in July. Angie Harmon, who plays Rizzoli, starred in Morgan’s music video for “This Ole Boy.” Craig Morgan’s sixth album, “This Ole Boy,” was released in February and debuted in the Top 5 of the Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, the best debut of his career. Morgan, who wrote seven of the 12 tracks, describes the album as “very descriptive, very image-driven and a lot of fun.” “This music is all about who I am and the people who I hang out with and the people who I think listen to my music,” Morgan

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Morgan’s latest album, “This Ole Boy,” was released in February and continues to climb the country music charts.

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says. “It’s the way we live. The country listeners love to ride fourwheelers and dirt bikes and they’re not scared to try things. That’s what this music’s about.” The album continues to climb the country charts and it’s not difficult to understand why. “We looked at all the music in the past that I had success with – “Redneck Yacht Club,” “International Harvester,” “That’s What I Love About Sunday” – we looked at all of those songs that were huge and we tried to record an album like that,” Morgan explains, “so I said it’s a greatest hits record that nobody’s ever heard the hits before.” Tracks like “Show Me Your Tattoo” is a playful song that makes Morgan “laugh every night,” but more importantly because of the fan interaction. “We get to see tattoos,” he adds with a chuckle. When it comes to a song that fans love and Morgan loves to sing, “Love Loves A Long Night” is where he “finally got it right.” Through all his success, Morgan has focused on giving back. For the past five years, he has hosted a charity weekend to raise money for Billy’s Place, a home in Dickson, Tenn. (Morgan’s hometown), for children who are temporarily displaced from their families. The annual outdoor event features dirtbike races, a sporting clay shoot and a concert. In 2011, Morgan raised $95,000 and he hopes this year to collect more than $100,000. “We just want to bring in people that share our passions and that are willing to support the charity,” Morgan says. With a hit reality show, a budding Hollywood career and a steady touring schedule, it’s safe to say that Craig Morgan will be busy for a long time. In the end, though, he says it comes down to the music. “I want to make records as long as I can. As long as the fans want to hear my music and we can tour successfully and the people around me can prosper, I’m going to do that.” PCM

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Squash those litterslugs

was on Interstate 95 in Virginia when the large fast-food bag came barreling toward me like a bowling ball heading for a turkey strike. I had noticed something being squeezed out the passenger window of the SUV in front of me but it didn’t register that it could be a giant ball of garbage. The bag ricocheted off my right bumper and landed along the side of the road to join the rest of the junk. A litterslug, as I like to call them, had struck again. I’ve seen a few cabs in my day that I wouldn’t enter unless wearing a hazmat suit. I saw one cab with so much junk, just looking at it made my head itch and had me buying a gallon jug of hand sanitizer. Nasty. While I’m partial to keeping things clean, I say to each his own if it’s not harming anyone. At least the nasty cabs are

contained. You don’t see the mess unless you’re either right near it or inside it. Litterslugs decide they’ll share their junk with all of us. I want to say it’s laziness but it actually takes effort to litter. You have to push the button that rolls down the window, take hold of the garbage, extend your hand and arm out the window and release the garbage. It’s probably the same amount of energy it would take to drop the garbage in a trash can at the next stop. I’ve seen a few types of litterslugs while on the road. You have your blatant “pitch everything out the window” kind; your cigaretteflicking kind, so that their car doesn’t smell like smoke (here’s a thought, if you don’t want smoke smell in your car, then don’t smoke in your car); the pickup-truck kind, where loose

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pieces of paper and cups do a wind dance in the bed of the truck until they come whipping toward my windshield; and the moon-roof kind, where a toss overhead sends the garbage flying in all directions. So if it’s not laziness, then what is it? What thought has to pop into a person’s head to make him or her think throwing garbage out the window while going 70 mph is a good idea? Life’s about making choices. There are a few hard life choices we have to make but mostly the choices are easy. You either do the right thing or the wrong thing. We’re taught that by our parents when we’re 3. It’s simple to see that littering is wrong, so basically those slugs that litter are using less brainpower than a 3-year-old. The only difference is they’re behind the wheel of an 8,000-pound SUV. Scary. PCM

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on the road Managing your inspiration Arthritis

dent since I began incorporating better nutritional choices and exercise into my daily routine. I believe we need to see the wealth and value in eating right and staying active because the value it creates is living longer.” As we continue on the 2012 Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour, I’d like to thank our good friends at Freightliner for sponsoring drivers at each of our tour stops with a one-year membership to the Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tool Bag Program. Drivers like Ramos will have the opportunity to take advantage of all of the wellness tools that Rolling Strong has to offer to keep them on the road to better health. “Like” me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rollingstrong and I’ll give you a 15-minute workout using the PowerBlock exercise equipment you can carry in your cab. It’s a great way to get your workouts on the road. If you’re looking for a gym setting, visit our Snap Fitness Rolling Strong Gym at the Pilot Flying J at 7425 Bonnie View Road in Dallas. Also, download our RoadApp (not yet available for Android) by visiting www.rollingstrong.com/app. Remember, together, we can do this! PCM

next tour date: July 18: Lake Station, Ind.

by: bob perry

Bob Perry is the chair of the American Trucking Association’s Safety Management Council’s Health & Wellness Working Group email: bob@rollingstrong.com • thetruckertrainer.com • facebook.com/rollingstrong

he 2012 Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour has hit the road with its first event in Knoxville, Tenn., where we met professional OTR driver Franco Ramos, of Central Refrigerated Services. He shared his story of making exercise and a balanced, nutritional diet his top priorities. “You have to rewire your thinking about health in order for your health and nutrition plans to be successful,” Ramos said. “You need to make time in between sleeping, eating and grabbing the wheel to work out and stay active. The challenge is the job itself; it’s a lifestyle. You need to remain focused, know what you want, eat right and develop new habits.” After battling weight issues his whole life, Ramos decided he was going to make the lifestyle changes he needed in order to live healthier. When we met in Knoxville, we had a chance to work out at Pilot Flying J using one of our new Trucker Trainer PowerBlock sets. “Since meeting Bob I have become more determined on focusing on my health,” Ramos said. “In this line of work it is very easy to disregard the health priorities before the

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monetary priorities. Since becoming a Rolling Strong Ambassador I have taken my nutrition to a whole new level, even eliminating certain dietary products. Of course, there are days that I have my sweets but it’s all about putting the right things in my body now. I have finally taken the reins on my life.” Before our meeting, Ramos shared, “I had not been pushing myself hard enough in my workouts but now with my PowerBlock and 50-pound dumbbells I will spend one to two hours working out. It’s a mind-body process. I allow no distractions when I run or work out because I need to remain focused on myself.” According to the USDA, the daily calorie intake for a man in his 40s who gets less than 30 minutes of exercise a day should be about 2,400. For women, 1,800. If you want to consume more calories, bump up your exercise to 60 minutes a day and men can enjoy about 2,800, while it is recommended women stay at about 2,200 calories. Ramos says he’s determined to stay on the road to health in order to be a role model for his son. “I want to be sure that I am teaching and illustrating to my son good, healthy eating habits. I feel leaner and more confi-

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Lights! Camera! Outdoor Action! by: brenda potts

ave you ever dreamed of having your own outdoor television show? If so, Campbell Cameras Outdoor Videography School can help you take a big step toward realizing that

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dream. Or maybe you would love to film your own hunt, or that of a family member, and edit those memories into a video for all to enjoy. Their Advanced Production class is for advanced videographers who want to “take their video skills up a notch.” During the Outdoor Videography School participants receive hands-on training from award-winning DrivenTV producer Pat Reeve. Campbell Camera staff members also provide their expertise. The three-day course begins with basic camera terminology and function, audio setup basics and lighting techniques. You will learn how to film from an elevated tree stand with different angles for point-of-view filming, and get some tips on filming the elusive whitetail deer. Ground blind hunting requires different gear and techniques. You will learn how to film in tight situations with different setups for filming one or more people. Spot-and-stalk filming is also included in the course along with recovering the animal and recreating scenes not captured in the original action.

In addition, the course teaches specifics of filming in a boat for a fishing show. Learn how to capture underwater action and protect your gear from water damage. And learn how to use your camera gear while filming waterfowl hunts, including capturing your dog’s point of view. The Advanced Production class continues your education with storytelling techniques, show ideas, openers, tips on setting the scene, recaps and recoveries and much more. You will also learn how to shoot more dynamic scenes, the secrets of time lapse, area reference shots, logo integration and how to add motion with dollies and cranes. Studio setups and interview techniques are also covered. Finally, you will learn how to buy airtime, create a media kit, gain and maintain sponsors and utilize public relations and social media. The next Outdoor Videography class is Aug. 1-3. Classes are held at the Campbell Outdoor Challenge/Campbell Cameras facilities near Carmi, Ill. The price ($1,295) includes lodging and all meals. If you fly, transportation to and from the airport is not included. The local airport is Evansville, Ind. (45 minutes away); the closest large airports are St. Louis, Mo., Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky. www.campbellcameras.com PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

a lesson from the ‘Iron Man’ column

by: claire b. lang

Listen to Claire B. Lang’s radio show on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Channel 90. aybe when you’re reading this column it’s the best day of your life or just maybe it’s one of the worst. As you ride down that long and lonely highway today, maybe your challenges seem insurmountable. Hang on, the “Iron Man,” Ricky Rudd, is pulling up beside you to ride shotgun for a few minutes. Rudd recently told his personal story about battling adversity just before being inducted into the 2012 class of the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame. As a driver, Rudd had 23 Cup wins in the NASCAR ranks over the course of 32 years. He drove for some of the sport’s premier owners, including Bud Moore, Richard Childress, Rick Hendrick, Robert Yates and the Wood Brothers, and he also won races competing as an owner/driver. In 1984, Rudd was involved in a horrific crash in the Busch Clash at Daytona. His car became airborne and he suffered a severe concussion. His eyes were swollen so badly that he taped his eyes open to race in the Daytona 500.

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“I just remember going to Daytona in 1984, having a career opportunity driving for Bud Moore. It was going to be our first race out of the gates in the Bud Shootout (I think that was before they were restricted and we were running 200-plus mph laps) and I remember getting tapped in the back bumper,” recalled Rudd. “The car does one of those reverse flips and goes way up in the air. I remember hearing the wind getting knocked out of my lungs when I hit the ground.” Rudd recalled thinking he was going to end up in the Goodyear suite high above the fence before the car came down. Then, he was on a stretcher and on his way to the hospital. After being treated, Rudd told his wife that he wanted to return to the racetrack. She immediately helped him over to the mirror to show him how bad he looked and since he didn’t recognize the face looking back at him, he decided to stay in the hospital. The next day, however, in horrible pain, he went back to the track and got back inside his race car. “I was hurting pretty bad internally – ribs, torn cartilage, rib cage, things like that – but I could tolerate it,” Rudd said. “I got in

the car, made a few laps and go down in turn one and all of a sudden my eyes crossed. I could see but everything was distorted and I just didn’t need to be in the car going that fast with that happening. During that time, the lights would go out, it would get dark and I’d get to the straightaway and it would get light again; (I was) still dizzy, but it would get light again.” Rudd came into the garage area and told owner Bud Moore that he could not see when he drove into the corner. “(Bud) looked back and he thought a little bit and I don’t know who said it but the duct tape came out and they taped all the excess loose swollen eyes up to my forehead … and we went (back) out,” Rudd said. “That fixed the darkness. I still got dizzy but, anyway, that’s how it went for about three weekends after that.” Rudd was badly injured and he thought that the injury could be a career ender. But then, he decided that he simply could not give up. So what’s Rudd’s advice for those who are going through adversity? “I think I was driven,” Rudd told me. “I had a goal and focused on what I wanted to do. I don’t think it matters if you’re driving race cars or what you are doing, I think if you’re that passionate about something I definitely would recommend seeing it to the end. Don’t give up.” He added, “I was always the gung-ho ‘Put me in, Coach, I’ll do it’ (kind of guy), you know,” Rudd said. “... It’s OK to dream about stuff but you gotta have the desire to follow it through.” Despite multiple injuries, and in a physical state that NASCAR would never allow a driver to race in today, Rudd started fourth and finished first at Richmond, the second race after the crash. PCM

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FMCSA shares future plans by: mike howe

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ny organization worth its salt will devote time to strategic planning. Once the strategic planning is complete, the key is to effectively implement the plan. This past May, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released the final draft of its strategic plan for 2012-2016. While any strategic plan covering multiple years is bound to change and evolve, especially when politics is involved, the FMCSA’s plan offers us valuable insight as to what we can expect in the near future. Administrator Anne Ferro, in her letter introducing the plan, said, “Our strategy is based on establishing a strategic framework that places safety as the highest priority of the agency.” Though a bit of an obvious statement (after all, safety is the reason the FMCSA exists), it also sets the tone for goals of the plan: raising the bar to enter the motor carrier industry; maintaining high safety standards to remain in the industry; and removing high-risk carriers, drivers and service providers from operation. Anyone who has paid attention to the FMCSA over the past several months has undoubtedly noticed an increased effort to stop unsafe carriers from operating, and it looks like this will continue. One of the key strategies of the FMCSA in coming years is to maintain a strong relationship with state and local officials. Right now, about half of the FMCSA’s total budget is dedicated to local governments in the form of grants. While no federal grant comes without strings attached, it is this funding that allows local governments to conduct safety inspections, audits and compliance reviews. To achieve its goal of a “safety first” culture, the FMCSA’s strategic plan indicates the following actions will occur: • Expand the use of an automated vetting service as part of the new applicant screening process for all new carriers; • Complete rulemaking to revise 49 CFR Part 385, safety fitness procedures for drivers; • Require all carriers to install and operate EOBRs; • Continue to educate non-CMV drivers

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about safety; • Implement high standards in the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners; • Survey carriers to determine how they compensate their drivers and what impact their compensation package has on safety; and • Initiate rulemaking to prevent unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the interstate household goods industry. The organization’s strategic plan also includes more inward-looking goals, including personnel, communication and environmental issues. Such goals are not unusual for an organization, but it’s unlikely any of these areas will have an impact on the overthe-road driver. The areas that will have an impact are the goals listed above and the accountability aspect. Essentially, here is the plan and here is how FMCSA will achieve its goals, but how will we really know what happened and what the results are? The reality is that FMCSA will likely only share the results once an action or task is completed, especially if it is successful. Beyond that, it will take some real digging to track the relative success of FMCSA strategic goals. The strategic plan itself is only 28 pages and is an easy read. I encourage every driver to visit the FMCSA website (www.fmcsa. dot.gov) to read it – this is an agency that has a profound impact on your operations, your profits and your future. While much of the plan is dependent upon funding, it is also quite telling about what they want to accomplish. Safety is the priority and this plan suggests achieving safety goals through more and more regulation and oversight, from the time you or a carrier enters the industry until the time you or a carrier leaves the industry. No regulation comes without cost – either directly (like EOBRs) or indirectly. Unfortunately, a key part of the plan seems to be missing. It talks about more and more regulations, and more and more penalties, but there seems to be no discussion of incentivizing safety. The concern is that if we regulate to the lowest common denominator, it will ultimately cost everyone more money. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

Don’t Be Caught Holding the Phone.

Know the regulations and how they affect you… For commercial drivers, using a cell phone without a hands-free device is no longer an option. New federal regulations prohibit it. The fines for breaking the law are high. You can still talk and drive, but you need a hands-free device to do it. Plantronics offers award-winning headsets that help you comply with regulations, while enhancing your hands-free experience.

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have amended the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to restrict the use of hand-held mobile telephones by drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).

Penalties for violating new regulations are serious – for you and your employer. For drivers, penalties amount up to $2,750 and potential loss of your license, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier and Safety Administration. For your employer, they face a fine up to $11,000 for not requiring drivers to comply with the law.

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The road is a noisy place It makes having conversations difficult. The Voyager PRO delivers excellent audio quality, with advanced dual mics and noise-canceling technology that reduce background noise while retaining the natural sound of your voice. Audio levels are automatically adjusted based on the noises around you, offering a crisp and clear conversation. We’ve spent 50 years developing headset technology to get the sound just right.

For more information about the new regulations and how they affect you, contact the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration at 800-832-5660 or visit their web site at www.fmcsa.dot.gov

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ice cream parlors by: amanda jakl

he best part of summer is ice cream and the best part of ice cream is the magnitude of choices. One scoop or two? Plain, sugar or waffle cone? Chocolate, strawberry balsamic or maple bacon? No choice is wrong when it comes to this frozen delight. July is National Ice Cream Month, but it might as well be National Ice Cream Year, with Americans consuming almost six gallons per person annually! Now that we think of it, that doesn’t sound like much. Check out some of these ice cream parlors across the country featuring smallbatch handcrafted ice cream.

Big Dipper Ice Cream – Missoula, Mont.

www.bigdippericecream.com Big Dipper Ice Cream carries great ice cream and highlights unusual flavors depending on the whim of owner Charlie Beaton. On any given day, the menu might feature ice cream flavors like Horchata, BBQ Sauce and Coconut Lemon Curry. Throw caution to the wind and try the flavor of the day. Must-try flavor: Huckleberry. Similar to a blueberry, but make no mistake: Huckleberries are their own distinct berry and are showcased perfectly in this Big Dipper signature flavor. Try it in a shake. Other flavors worth checking out: Simple names, not-sosimple flavors, like Cardamom, Mexican Chocolate and Black Licorice.

Sebastian Joe’s – Minneapolis, Minn.

www.sebastianjoesicecream.com Family-owned since 1984, Sebastian Joe’s is named after the owner’s grandfather Sebastiano, who was nicknamed Joe upon arriving in New York from Italy. They’re the most awarded ice cream in the Twin Cities – what more do you need to know?

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Must-try flavor: Pavarotti – caramel, banana, and chocolate chip. Other flavors worth checking out: When Pigs Fly contains a hint of maple, bacon, chocolate chips and black pepper. Praline Home Companion, a nod to NPR-favorite “A Prairie Home Companion,” features chocolate ice cream with cinnamon, caramel and pralines.

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams – Columbus, Ohio (11 locations)

www.jenisicecreams.com Don’t let the multiple locations mislead you into thinking that Jeni’s ice cream is mass-produced. Just be thankful that you can find this delicious confection in more than one place. If you’re an adventurous eater, Jeni’s will keep you on your toes with flavors like Wildberry Lavender and Queen City Cayenne (chocolate ice cream with some heat). Must-try flavor: Juniper and Lemon Curd: a fresh burst of juniper married to a homemade lemon curd in a cream base. Other flavors worth checking out: The Buckeye State blends the popular duo peanut butter and dark chocolate in homage to Ohio. Also, Goat Cheese with Red Cherries.

Anabelle’s Natural Ice Cream – Portsmouth, N.H.

www.anabellesicecream.com The owner, Dr. Lewis Palosky, is a retired optometrist with a real “eye” for ice cream. We couldn’t pass up the pun and you shouldn’t pass up the chance to get a scoop or two of delicious 16.5 percent butterfat handmade ice cream. Musttry flavor: Yellow Brick Road consists of roasted pecans, praline pecans and caramel swirls immersed in golden vanilla ice cream. Other flavors worth checking out: Black Raspberry, the traditional New England flavor, is done to perfection. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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Driver by: Justin Patrick Stock

The time has come, I must go. Where the compass may lead me, I do not know. Leaving behind family and friends, and sadly, mi amour, the one I truly adore. As my bags are packed, I shut the door. She watches me disappear upon the horizon. Her heart is pining and she is left behind to yearn, for the day not soon enough that I return. My travels take me as the four winds blow, north, south, east, and west. Often with time passing much too slow. Sleep is nary a whisper and as the wheels turn the seasons change with summer giving way to winter. The air becomes crisper than an apple fresh from the tree. They say the road brings freedom, but on occasion I find myself a prisoner of the line in which my mind and body entwine. It travels alongside me to my left, and to my right, mocking me all the miles I drive through the day, and showing the way during the dark shroud of night. Throughout creation I move to and fro, seeing things many in my life will never know. I ascend mountains high to thousands of dizzying feet above the sea. The heavenly view makes it

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an intoxicating place to be. Down into the valleys I drop, where townships and forest flourish. They are laced with picturesque rivers fulfilling their need to nourish. Through the heartland I drift where my blue-collared brother the farmer cultivates his land. His skill and precision are something quite grand. Into the wide open west I wander. The sky here seems endless as it blankets all that can be seen. At night, millions of stars with the wisdom of ages look down upon me, and it is here I most often ponder things that were, and things that will come to be. Finally, I reach the city I am destined for. All of manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation is here on display. The city never sleeps, it is as they say. A culmination of wealth and ingenuity for certain, all contained within a steel curtain. I deliver thousands of pounds of payload, tools to keep the machine of humanity in service. I quickly escape the clutches of Metropolis. Navigating her labyrinth makes me entirely too nervous. I am part of an industry that is the backbone of America; I carry our lives on my back one trip at a time. I do all I can to help

this wonderful nation continue to shine. I am proud of the job I do, which, sadly, is appreciated by very few. Away from home more often than not, I travel the most treacherous roads in the land, under the protection of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guiding hand. Battered by weather that would make the most road-hardened squeamish, to get home to my family is my one and only wish. Finally my tour is done, but my journey home has just begun. It seems every road is uphill and the wind rips into my face, the mile markers stretch themselves to their longest possible space. Road-weary and battling fatigue, I drive hard and I persevere. For every curve I turn my home draws near. I return safely to my loved ones and the warm embrace of the one that I love. I am thankful for the divine protection from the great spirit above. But woe, my days home abate. For the road is a cruel mistress who does not like to wait. She calls to me; her words are clear and true At the end of the day I am a born driver through and through. The time has come, and I must go. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

A Road to Success by: Sanchez Marche’ Gardner

Dedicated to my grandfather Allen Eugene Austin

How can someone really define success? Is it determined by the car you drive or the way that you dress? My grandfather once told me that success can only be granted if you love what you do. And never let society be the judge for you. He said, “Even if you sweep streets, give it your best. Your reward may not be monetary; however, you will know that you’re blessed. Please stay on your highway, and stick with your goals. God will give you a peace, not for the world, but rather for your soul.”

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Trucker’s Blues by: Susanna Hull

I live in this ol’ truck It’s not much of a life Sometimes I feel stuck In a world of misery and strife Away from those I love Just me and the Lord above Travelin’ down this highway Never goin’ my way Mile after mile, day after day Cruisin’ along, I look up and pray Are my kids behavin’ right? Are they in another fight? Do they miss me like I miss them? My precious little gems So much to do at home It’s all I think of out here as I roam Load after load, dock after dock No good to look at a clock. 5 o’clock isn’t coming The radio keeps on hummin’ It’s six days to go out and back One day at home to get things on track Then out again down this road My love given over the telephone.

Moose by: Richie Walker

You hang out in the swamp and rut in the muck. You stood in the road and wrecked my truck.

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Fog rolling in Mississippi morning

Leonel Corona

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Speed Trap

Rhonda Hampton

Friendly tree frog

Richard Evans

Geysers & Buffaloes honorable mention

Belinda O’Brien Shasta Lake Aerial Firefighting – Chris Hansen

Boats in the marina Jerry Woodard

honorable mention A Lil’ Bit Of Snow – Kristine Molmen

Pretty mushrooms

John Yeager

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PTC 328

Teresa Richardson Quartzsite, AZ

A driver recently said, “Theresa is very friendly and nice. She made sure my order was correct, which doesn’t happen much anymore, and I will definitely be back.”

PTC 503

Randy Coulter, Joyce Bennett, Kelly Deems, Krystal Yost, Kristi Haun, Melissa Lane, Tyler Hawn, Jeremiah Bolen, Robert Comas, Randy LoFaso, Cassandra Parsons, and Robert Jubin Morgantown, WV

“I drive patients and stop in Pilot quite often,” wrote a driver. “I want to let you know what a good job [the team] does at this location. Randy (the manager) and the other employees are excellent with our patients. All very helpful. We are going to get our public relations people to give 503 a citation for their good work on our behalf.”

If you would like to recognize a Pilot Flying J employee

who has made your visit fast, friendly or clean, or if you have any comments, please call our customer line at 1-877-866-7378.

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alabama

ARIZONA (cont.)

ARKANSAS (cont.)

369 BIRMINGHAM 7 S DEF 100 I-20/59/65 AL 78, Exit 123 901 Bankhead Highway West, 35204 602 BIRMINGHAM DEF 157 15 I-65 & SR 94, Exit 264 224 Daniel Payne Drive North, 35207 603 Dothan DEF 158 9 Ross Clark Hwy/Hwy 231 2190 Ross Clark Circle, 36301 604 Hope Hull 9 S DEF 127 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 I-20/I-59 Exit 104 6098 MacAshan Dr, 35111 302 MOBILE (THEODORE) 5 65 I-10 & Theodore Dawes Rd, Exit 13 6955 Theodore Dawes Road, 36582 441 PRICEVILLE 7 S DEF 90 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 125 I-20/59, Exit 76 4416 Skyland Boulevard East, 35405

609 Eloy DEF 350 11 I-10 Exit 208 16189 S Sunshine Blvd, 85231 610 Kingman DEF 95 11 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 I-10 Exit 137 6700 West Latham, 85043 328 QUARTZSITE 4 100 I-10 & US 95, Exit 17 1201 West Main Street, 85359 612 Winslow DEF 250 15 I-40 Exit 255 400 Transcon Lane, 86047 505 Yuma 6 100 I-8, Exit 12 108000 North Frontage Road, 85367

429 West Memphis 11 S DEF 150 I-40, Exit 280 1100 Martin Luther King Blvd, 72301 607 West Memphis DEF 225 15 I-40 Exit 280 & I-55 Exit 4 3400 Service Loop Road, 72301

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Pizza 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

Pizza p 251-679-6260 f 251-679-6235

p 205-553-9710 f 205-553-3089

ARIZONA 459 AVONDALE 13 S DEF 145 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 I-10, Exit 208 619 South Sunshine Boulevard, 85231

p 623-936-0900 f 623-936-7376

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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p 928-757-7300 f 928-757-1085

p 870-732-1202 f 870-732-1340

p 870-735-8200 f 870-735-3300

Pizza 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 928-927-7777 f 928-927-7000

p 928-289-2081 f 928-289-3798

f 928-342-2696

ARKANSAS 118 BENTON 7 S DEF 70 I-30, Exit 121 7801 Alcoa Road, 72015 332 N. LITTLE ROCK 7 S DEF 100 I-40 & SR391 Galloway Road, Exit 161 3300 Highway 391 North, 72117 430 RUSSELLVILLE 5 S 130 I-40, Exit 84 215 SR 331 North, 72802 605 Russellville DEF 165 15 I-40, Exit 84 42 Bradley Cove Road, 72801 145 SPRINGDALE DEF 75 4 US 412 & 71 Bypass 5660 West Sunset Avenue, 72762 606 Texarkana DEF 157 15 I-30 Exit 7 Rt 12 Box 254B, I30 & Hwy 108, 71854

Pizza

p 501-794-5900 f 501-794-5904

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

CALIFORNIA 613 Bakersfield DEF 250 14 Hwy 99 Exit Merced Ave. 17047 Zachary Ave., 93308 282 barstow 5 S 30 I-15/40 & US 58 2591 Commerce Parkway, 92311 614 Bartsow DEF 171 15 I-15 & Lenwood Exit 2611 Fisher Boulevard, 92311 372 CASTAIC 7 S 125 I-5 & Lake Hughes Exit 31642 Castaic Road, 91384 168 DUNNIGAN 11 S DEF 155 I-5, Road 8 Exit 554 30035 County Road 8, 95937 616 Frazier Park 18 285 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 7 50 US 395/US 58 5725 Highway 58, 93516 617 Lodi DEF 187 15 I-5 & Hwy 12, Exit Fairfield 15100 North Thornton Road, 95242 154 LOST HILLS 7 S 70 I-5 & CA 46 14808 Warren Street, 93249 365 MADERA DEF 150 11 CA-99 at Ave 18.5 22717 Avenue 18 1/2, 93637 307 N. PALM SPRINGS 5 80 I-10 & Garnett & Indian Ave. 6605 N. Indian Canyon Drive, 92258

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p 760-253-2861 f 760-253-2863

p 760-253-7043 f 760-253-7051

Pizza p 661-257-2800 f 661-257-2109

p 530-724-3060 f 530-724-3029

Pizza p 661-248-2600 f 661-248-2610

Pizza 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 Pizza

p 559-673-3878 f 559-673-7679

p 760-329-5562 f 760-329-0083

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CALIFORNIA (cont.)

FLORIDA (cont.)

343 Otay Mesa 9 S DEF 150 I-905, Exit 1B, CA905 1497 Piper Ranch Rd, 92154 618 Ripon DEF 197 15 Hwy 99 Exit Jack Tone Rd 1501 North Jack Tone Road, 95366 879 Sacramento 49er Travel Plaza 12 275 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 9 88 I-10 Ramon Exit 72235 Varner Road, 92276 137 weed DEF 80 7 I-5, Exit 745 395 E Vista Drive, 96094

352 FT. MYERS 6 80 I-75, Luckett Rd, Exit 139 6050 Plaza Drive, 33905 90 FT. PIERCE 8 S DEF 100 I-95, Exit 129 7300 West Okeechobee Road, 34945 471 Haines City DEF 80 7 US Hwy 27 North 35647 US Hwy 27 North, 33845 91 JACKSONVILLE 5 30 I-95, Exit 329 1625 County Road 210 West, 32259 374 MARIANNA 7 S 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 10 SR 826, Exit SR 817 16650 NW 27th Avenue, 33054 425 MIDWAY 8 S DEF 90 I-10, Exit 192 33333 Blue Star Highway, 32343 293 OCALA 7 60 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 125 I-75, Exit 358 4032 West Highway 326, 34482 94 PUNTA GORDA DEF 70 5 I-75, Exit 161 26505 Jones Loop Road, 33950 623 Quincy 15 150 I-10 Exit 192 32670 Blue Star Highway, 32343 626 St. Augustine DEF 160 9 I-95 Hwy 206 Exit 305 950 State Road 206 West, 32086 622 St. Lucie 15 156 I-95 Hwy 68 Exit 131 100 North Kings Hwy 625 Tampa 4 30 I-4 & SR 579 Exit 10 11555 East Sligh Ave.

95 WILDWOOD 5 S 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 619-661-9558 f 619-661-9814

p 209-599-4141 f 209-599-4265 Hot Deli

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 I-70 Exit 285 (South) 16751 East 32nd Ave., 80011 316 DENVER 7 S 100 I-70 & Steele Street, Exit 276A 4640 Steele Street, 80216 621 Limon 2 200 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 I-95, Exit 201 4455 King Street, 32926 624 Dade City DEF 180 15 I-75 Exit 285 & SR52 29933 State Road 52, 33576 89 ELLENTON 2 20 I-75, Exit 224 1526 51st Avenue East, 34222

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p 321-639-0346 f 321-639-0351

p 352-588-5444 f 352-588-4629

p 941-729-6288 f 941-729-7523

p 239-693-6868 f 239-693-1253

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

Hot Deli

Sunshine Deli

p 305-883-1004 f 305-883-1799

p 305-553-6203 f 305-207-7967

Arlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Apple Seafood Restaurant

Wingstop

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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

p 813-612-9438 f 813-612-9297

p 352-748-4486 f 352-748-6095

p 407-436-1224 f 407-436-1919

GEORGIA 260 ALBANY 5 80 Hwy 300 & Clark Ave 310 Cordele Road, 31705 331 ATLANTA (EAST) 8 S 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 6 S 70 I-85, Exit 129 5888 Highway 53, 30517 627 Brunswick DEF 150 15 I-95 Exit 29 2990 US Hwy 17 South, 31523 628 Carnesville DEF 190 15 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 10 60 I-75, Exit 101 2201 East 16 Avenue, 31015 319 DALTON 7 100 I-75/Connector 3, Exit 328 244 Connector 3 SW, 30720 421 DALTON 9 S DEF 210 I-75, Exit 326 142 Carbondale Road, 30721 68 DUBLIN 3 20 I-16, Exit 51 2185 US 441, 31021 630 Jackson DEF 200 14 I-75 Exit 201 I-75 & Exit 66 Bucksnort Road, 30233 69 LAGRANGE 3 60 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

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GEORGIA (cont.)

idaho (cont.)

631 Lake Park DEF 200 15 I-75 Exit 2 7001 Lake Park-Bellville Rd., 31636 420 MADISON DEF 110 6 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 15 200 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 1 I-16, Exit 160 1504 Dean Forrest Road, 31408 312 TALLAPOOSA 6 S 90 I-20 & GA 100, Exit 5 882 Georgia Highway 100, 30176 417 TEMPLE DEF 140 14 I-20, Exit 19 625 Carrollton Street, 30179 634 TEMPLE 15 164 I-20 & Hwy 113 Exit 19 15 Villa Rosa Road, 30179 192 TIFTON 12 S 200 I-75, Exit 60 4431 Old Union Road, 31794 633 union point 9 189 I-20 & Exit 138 3600 Highway 77 South, 30642 73 VALDOSTA 6 S 90 I-75, Exit 11 3495 Madison Highway, 31601 398 VIENNA 5 100 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

638 Caldwell 9 100 I-84 Exit 29 3512 Franklin Road, 83605 641 McCammon DEF 84 5 I-15 Exit 47 587 E. US Hwy 30, 83250 350 MOUNTAIN HOME 9 100 I-84 & US 20, Exit 95 1050 Highway 20, 83647 639 Post Falls 8 100 I-90 Exit 2 N 400 Idahline Rd, 83854 640 Twin Falls 6 100 I-84 Exit 173 5350 Highway 93, 83338

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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 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

IDAHO 777 East Boise 6 60 I-84 Exit 54 (Federal Way) 3353 Federal Way, 83705

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p 208-453-9225 f 208-453-9409

p 208-254-9842 f 208-254-9106

p 208-587-4465 f 208-587-3071

p 208-773-0593 f 208-773-0404

p 208-324-3454 f 208-324-4097

ILLINOIS 642 alorton 15 202 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 3 150 I-57, Exit 240 4910 Market St 473 channahon 0 25 I-55 & Route 6, Exit 248 23841 SE Eams 368 Decatur DEF 90 7 I-72, Exit 144 (SE Quad) 4030 E. Boyd Road 523 Dixon road ranger 2 45 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 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 543 Hampshire road ranger 4 30 I-90, Exit 43 19 N. 681 US Hwy 20 644 LaSalle DEF 186 15 I-80 Exit 77 343 Civic Road

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 217-876-0208 f 217-876-0522

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

p 815-209-9013 f 847-779-0039

p 815-220-0611 f 815-220-0617

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ILLinois (cont.) 514 Lincoln Thorntons 6 100 2903 Woodlawn Road I-55, Exit 126 540 Loves Park road ranger 0 I-90 & Riverside Blvd 7500 East Riverside Blvd, 61111 595 marion DEF 43 5 I-57, Exit 54B 2611Vernell Road, 62959 530 mendota road ranger 0 4 I-39, Exit 72 2705 12th Street, 61342 326 Minonk road ranger 4 100 I-39, Exit 27 1311 Carolyn Dr, 61760 236 MINOOKA 7 S DEF 100 I-80, Exit 122 301 Ridge Road, 60447 39 MONEE 5 90 I-57, Exit 335 6002 Monee-Manhattan Road, 60449 482 MT. VERNON 7 S DEF 100 I-57, Exit 95 4610 Broadway, 62864 534 Okawville road ranger 0 50 I-64, Exit 41 905 Hen House Rd, 62271 515 ottawa road ranger DEF 22 2 I-80, Exit 93 3041 North IL Route 71,61350 645 Pontoon Beach DEF 185 15 I-270 & Exit 6B 1310 East Chain of Rocks Road, 62040 541 Princeton road ranger 7 250 I-80, Exit 56 2835 N Main St, 61356 539 Rochelle road ranger DEF 55 2 I-39, Exit 99 890 E Hwy 38, 61068 535 Rockford road ranger 0 US 20 4980 S Main St, 61108 536 South Beloit road ranger 2 75 I-90, Exit 1 6070 Gardner Street, 61080 646 South Beloit DEF 186 15 I-90 & HWY 75 16049 Willowbrook Road, 61080 512 Springfield road ranger DEF 25 2 I-55, Exit 90 500 Toronto Road, 62711

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ILLinois (cont.) Subworks p 217-732-3915 f 217-732-4875

p 815-580-4221 f 847-232-3058

p 618-993-2697 f 618-993-8100

p 815-315-4210 f 815-539-2340

woody’s p 815-315-4189 f 309-432-2002

p 815-467-4416 f 815-467-5409

p 708-534-2483 f 708-534-3980

p 618-244-1216 f 618-244-1262

p 815-656-4143 f 618-243-6479

p 815-516-0946 f 815-434-4081

p 618-931-1580 f 618-931-3587 Dan’s Big Slice Pizza

p 815-315-4951 f 815-875-1718

p 815-209-9038 f 815-562-6573

p 815-315-4974 f 847-232-1183

Beef a roo

Dan’s Big Slice Pizza

p 815-264-4311 f 815-389-3917

p 815-389-4760 f 815-389-4793

p 815-516-0863 f 217-585-1883

525 Springfield road ranger 2 80 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 US 20, MM8 101 S. Winnebago Rd, 61088 476 woodhull DEF 80 5 I-74, Exit 32 900 Plaza Ave, 61490

Star 66 Café

p 815-209-9059 f 217-528-9169

p 618-667-0946 f 618-667-0966

p 815-315-4988 f 217-253-3793

p 815-957-4049 f 847-897-2600

Hot Deli p 309-334-4550 f 309-334-4556

INDIANA 444 BRAZIL 10 S DEF 55 I-70, Exit 23 4376 North SR 59, 47834 531 BRAZIL road ranger 3 S 30 I-70, Exit 23 990 West State Rd 42, 47834 445 BURNS HARBOR 7 S DEF 115 I-94, Exit 22 243 Melton Road, 46304 247 CRAWFORDSVILLE 5 S 110 I-74 & SR 32, Exit 39 4367 East State Road 32, 47933 28 DALEVILLE 3 35 I-69, Exit 34 15151 Commerce Road, 47334 446 DALEVILLE DEF 125 5 I-69, Exit 34 15876 West Commerce Road, 47334 447 EVANSVILLE (HAUBSTADT) 5 S 145 I-64, Exit 25B 1042 E Warrenton Road, 47639 362 FORTVILLE (PENDLETON) 4 50 I-69, Exit 14 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 5 150 I-70, Exit 96 2640 North 600 West, 46140

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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

Pizza 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 206-482-7780

p 219-844-2661 f 219-844-7957

p 317-894-1910 f 317-894-3499

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indiana (cont.)

iowa (cont.)

542 Greenwood road ranger 8 65 I-65, Exit 99 1615 East Main Street, 46143 647 Haubstadt DEF 145 9 I-64 & SR 41 Exit 25B Rural Route 1, Box 254A, 47639 448 HEBRON 8 S 135 I-65, Exit 240 18011 Colorado Street, 46341 31 HIGHLAND 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 I-465 Exit 4 1720 West Thompson Road, 46217 546 Lake staTIon - S â&#x20AC;&#x201C; road ranger 4 25 I-80, Exit 15A 2151 Ripley St., 46405 650 Lake Station DEF 375 14 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 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 10 70 I-65, Memphis Road, Exit 16 14013 Memphis Blue Lick Road, 47143 198 PLYMOUTH 7 S 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) 6 50 I-74 & SR 63, Exit 4 16502 North State Road 63, 47932 242 SHELBYVILLE 7 S 90 I-74, Exit 109 1851 West 400 North 35 SOUTH BEND 5 70 I-80, Exit 72 6424 West Brick Road

655 Spiceland DEF 193 15 I-70 Exit 123 5300 South State Rte. 3 297 TERRE HAUTE 5 70 I-70 & IN46, Exit 11 5555 E. Margaret Avenue 36 VALPARAISO 3 25 US 30 & SR 49 4105 US 30 East 37 WHITELAND 8 S DEF 110 I-65, Exit 95 2962 County Road 500 North 656 WHITELAND DEF 173 50 I-65 & Whiteland Road, Exit 95 4982 North 350 East

268 WALCOTT 3 25 I-80, Exit 284 2975 North Plainview Road, 52773 969 Williams Flying j/broadway 4 60 I-35 & SR 20, Exit 144 3040 220th Street, 50271

p 815-315-4987 f 317-881-7301

p 812-768-5304 f 812-768-9215

Pizza 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

p 765-483-9755 f 765-483-9762

p 219-696-6446 f 219-696-2456

p 812-294-4233 f 812-294-4237

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

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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

p 317-535-1124 f 317-535-4123

IOWA 913 ALTOONA BOSSELMAN DEF 350 18 I-80 & US 65, Exit 142 3231 Adventureland Drive, 50009 496 Atalissa 4 45 I-80, Exit 265 2086 Atalissa Rd., 52720 893 avoca wings america 15 225 I-80, Exit 40 7005 N. Chestnut St, 51521 495 brooklyn 4 S 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 329 COUNCIL BLUFFS 7 S 80 I-80/29, Exit 1B 2647 South 24th Street, 51501 636 Davenport 15 146 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 6 100 I-380, Exit 68 100 Plaza Drive, 50707 637 Evansdale DEF 80 7 I-380 & Evansdale Dr. 445 Evansdale Drive, 50707 131 Osceola DEF 80 5 I-35, Exit 34 2010 West Clay Street, 50213 43 WALCOTT 8 S DEF 160 I-80, Exit 284 3500 North Plainview Road, 52773

Hot Deli

p 515-967-7878 f 515-967-5726

p 563-946-3761 f 563-946-3871

p 563-284-5074 f 563-284-5076 Hot Deli

p 515-854-2238 f 515-854-2239

KANSAS 920 colby bosselman 5 90 I-70, Exit 54 110 East Willow Street, 67701 657 Dodge City 4 62 Hwy 400 & Hwy 283 2524 E. Wyatt Earp Blvd., 67801 658 Emporia DEF 74 4 I-35 & US 50 Exit 127 4245 West Hwy 50, 66801 903 SALINA bosselman 13 140 I-70, Exit 252 1944 North 9th Street, 67401 659 Salina DEF 120 9 I-70 Exit 253 2250 North Ohio Street, 67401

Hot Deli

p 785-460-5832 f 785-460-5878

p 620-338-8888 f 602-338-8829

p 620-343-2717 f 620-343-3692 Hot Deli

p 785-825-6787 f 785-827-3394

p 785-825-5300 f 785-452-9221

Hot Deli

p 712-343-4007 f 712-343-5026

p 319-685-4221 f 319-685-4574

p 641-357-3124 f 641-357-4939

p 712-322-0088 f 712-322-0236

p 563-386-7710 f 563-386-8243

p 515-276-1509 f 515-276-8599

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

Hot Deli p 563-284-4100

Kentucky 356 BROOKS (SHEPHERDSVILLE) 6 100 I-65 & Brooks Rd, Exit 121 2050 East Blue Lick Road, 40165 660 catlettsburg DEF 155 9 I-64 SR 180 Exit 185 15236 State Route 180, 41129 231 CORBIN DEF 128 5 I-75 & US25E, Exit 29 249 West Cumberland Gap Prkwy, 40701 46 FRANKLIN 4 150 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 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 175 I-75, Exit 129 110 Triport Road, 40324 48 GLENDALE 8 125 I-65, Exit 86 58 Glendale-Hodgenville Road, 42740

p 502-955-5049 f 502-955-9717

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

f 563-284-4103

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KENTUCKY (cont.)

LOUISIANA

399 LEBANON JUNCTION 7 S DEF 100 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 5 90 Highway 813, Exit 37 Pennyrile Parkway, Exit 37, 42440 41 MT STERLING DEF 7 I-64, Exit 113 3060 Owingsville Road, 40353 49 OAK GROVE 8 S 175 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 9 130 I-24 Exit 86 18750 Herndon Oak Grove Road, 42262 358 PADUCAH 8 65 I-24 & KY 305, Exit 3 5353 Cairo Road, 42001 440 PENDLETON 5 100 I-71, Exit 28 205 Pendleton Road, 40055 278 RICHWOOD (WALTON) 5 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 118 Richwood Road, 41094 321 RICHWOOD (WALTON) 3 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 11229 Frontage Road, 41094 354 SIMPSONVILLE 7 25 I-64 & Veechdale Rd, Exit 28 819 Buck Creek Road, 40067 50 SULPHUR 8 175 I-71, Exit 28 489 Pendleton Road, 40070 392 SONORA 6 S 200 I-65, Exit 81 450 East Western Avenue, 42776 663 Waddy 9 110 I-64 & HWY 395 Exit 43 1670 Waddy Road, 40076 664 Walton DEF 200 15 I-75 Exit 171 13019 Walton Verona Rd., 41094 437 WILLIAMSBURG 3 80 I-75, Exit 11 481 West Highway 92, 40769

274 BREAUX BRIDGE 7 S DEF 105 I-10, Exit 109 2112 Rees Street, 70517 79 DENHAM SPRINGS 3 60 I-12, Exit 10 2601 South Range Avenue, 70726 665 Greenwood DEF 190 15 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 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 5 85 I-20 & LA137, Exit 138 103 Grimshaw Street, 71269 428 WEST MONROE 5 100 I-20, Exit 112 300 Well Road, 71292

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p 606-248-4057 f 606-248-4674

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 f 270-442-8538

p 502-743-5222 f 502-743-5123

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

DEF

parking

restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept FFA points

p 337-332-1253 f 337-332-0618

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

MARYLAND 875 Elkton elkton travel plz 23 225 I-95, Exit 109A 221 Belle Hill Rd, 21921 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 I-95, Exit 100 One Center Drive, 21901 290 PERRYVILLE 5 80 I-95 & MD 222, Exit 93 31 Heather Lane, 21903

Hot Deli

p 443-245-4229 f 443-485-2048

p 301-895-4536 f 301-895-4548

p 301-582-9004 f 301-582-9008

p 301-582-6111 f 301-582-5004

Pizza p 410-287-7110 f 410-287-7116

p 410-642-2883 f 410-378-4941

f 502-829-5600

MASSachusetts p 859-485-4400 f 859-485-6886

222 STURBRIDGE 6 S DEF 250 I-84 Exit 1 400 Route 15 (Haynes Street), 01566

Deli p 508-347-9104 f 508-347-9165

p 606-549-0162 f 606-549-0166

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MICHIGAN

MISSISSIPPI (cont.)

MISSOURI (cont.)

17 BATTLE CREEK 5 S 25 I-94, Exit 104 15901 Eleven Mile Road, 49014 666 Benton Harbor 6 135 I-94 Exit 30 1860 East Napier Ave., 49022 21 DEXTER DEF 80 3 I-94, Exit 167 750 Baker Road, 48130 296 DEXTER 5 80 I-94, Exit 167 195 Baker Road, 48130 667 Grand Ledge 9 265 I-96 & Exit 90/I-69 & Exit 81 7800 West Grand River Ave., 48837 23 IONIA 4 45 I-96, Exit 67 7205 South State Road, 48846 24 MONROE 3 20 I-75, Exit 15 1100 North Dixie Highway, 48162 284 MONROE 5 60 I-75, Exit 18 1200 Nadeau Road, 48161 26 OTTAWA LAKE DEF 170 8 US 23, Exit 5 6158 US 223, 49267 668 Saginaw 3 50 I-75 & Washington St. Exit 151 3475 East Washington, 48601

388 MERIDIAN 7 S DEF 100 I-59, Exit 151 1555 Tommy Webb Drive, 39307 174 NEW ALBANY DEF 90 7 US 78, Exit 64 500 State Highway 15 South, 38652 677 Olive Branch 9 51 Hwy 78 and Bethel Road 4740 Bethel Road, 38654 678 Pearl DEF 175 15 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

671 Matthews DEF 188 15 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 US Hwy 71 Exit J 700 J Hwy, 64078 547 st. robert road ranger 6 75 I-44, Exit 163 22345 Hwy 28, 65584 673 Sullivan DEF 160 15 I-44/Hwy. 185 Exit 226 1500 AF Highway, 63080 674 Warrenton DEF 200 14 I-70 Exit 188 #1 Camp Branch Rd, 63383 675 Wayland 4 99 Hwy 136 & Hwy 61 102 Fore Drive, 63472

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 989-752-6350 f 989-752-6842

MINNesota 590 alexandria 6 50 I-94, Exit 100 & SR 27 3181 Evergreen Lane, 56308 581 Inver Grove Heights 5 43 Hwy 52 & 117 Street 11650 Courthouse Blvd, 55077 576 northfield 6 80 I-35 & Hwy 19, Exit 69 8051 Bagley Avenue, 55057 134 ST. CLOUD DEF 44 4 I-94, Exit 171 (CR 75) 4231 Clearwater Road, 56301

p 320-763-9222 f 320-763-2339

Pizza 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 676 Gulfport DEF 165 15 I-10 Exit 31 9351 Canal Road, 39503 77 JACKSON 6 S DEF 120 I-55/I-20, Exit 45 2520 South Gallatin Street, 39204

p 228-868-2711 f 228-868-3711

p 601-968-9491 f 601-968-0699

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p 601-484-5106 f 601-484-7370

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 359 CHARLESTON 4 60 I-57 & MO 105, Exit 10 2071 Main Street, 63834 385 collins 3 35 US 54 & Hwy 13 South Hwy 13 South, 64738 533 fenton road ranger 2 25 I-44 W, Exit 275; I-44 E, Exit 274B 205 North Highway Dr., 63026 442 HAYTI 8 S 25 I-55, Exit 19 1701 Highway 84 East, 63851 443 HIGGINSVILLE 5 S DEF 120 I-70, Exit 49 6676 Highway 13, 64037 317 JOPLIN 7 S DEF 90 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 6 70 I-55, Exit 40 917 East Elm Street, 63866

Hot Deli Pizza p 660-882-9120 f 660-882-9710

p 573-683-6056 f 573-683-6016

p 417-275-4796 f 417-275-4796

p 815-566-4043 f 636-326-6922

Pizza 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 417-667-32716 f 417-667-48431

p 636-257-4100 f 636-257-4107

p 816-779-8000 f 816-779-4441

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

MONTANA 968 Belgrade Pilot/broadway 3 125 I-90 Exit 298 6505 Jack Rabit Lane, 59701 915 billings Pilot/town pump 14 150 I-90, Exit 455 2711 N Frontage Road, 59101 923 Billings Flying j/town pump 9 123 I-90, Exit 455 2775 Old Hardin Road, 59101 905 BONNER Pilot/town pump 11 100 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 1 20 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 5 100 Junction of I-15 & Hwy 87 3700 31st St SW, Suite 1, 59404 925 Great Falls Flying j/town pump 4 100 I-15 & 31st Street Exit 277 3715 31st St SW, 59404

Hot Deli

p 406-488-4124 f 406-388-4231 Hot Deli

p 406-238-9823 f 406-238-9825 Hot Deli

p 406-256-8826 f 406-256-9256 Hot Deli

p 406-258-6588 f 406-258-6693 Hot Deli

p 406-723-4325 f 406-723-8956 Hot Deli

p 406-892-0747

f 406-892-0747*22 Hot Deli

p 406-322-4833 f 406-322-5273 Hot Deli

p 406-452-0342 f 406-452-0547 Hot Deli

p 406-727-7945 f 406-761-2599

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montana (cont.)

NEVADA (cont.)

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 4 100 I-94, Exit 138 1210 South Haynes Street, 59301 914 MIssoula Flying j/town pump 14 125 I-90 & MT Hwy 93, Exit 96 8475 Hwy 93 N Suite B, 59808 908 ROCKER/BUTTE Pilot/town pump 10 195 I-90, Exit 122 1000 Grizzly Trail, 59701 909 SHELBY Pilot/town pump 6 70 I-15, Exit 363 1350 West Roosevelt, 59474 911 SUPERIOR Pilot/town pump 2 8 I-90, Exit 47 403 Diamond Match Road, 59872 910 THREE FORKS Pilot/town pump 5 90 Junction of I-90 & US 287, Exit 274 10800 Highway 287, 59751

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 692 Wells DEF 200 9 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 10 105 I-80 Exit 176 1880 West Winnemucca Blvd., 89445

p 406-665-1237 f 406-665-3123 Hot Deli

p 406-273-6666 f 406-273-3018 Hot Deli

p 406-232-2582 f 406-232-2582 Hot Deli

p 406-542-0400 f 406-327-0802 Hot Deli

p 406-723-0088 f 406-723-4940

Country Hot Skillet Deli p 406-434-5221 f 406-434-7019 Hot Deli

p 406-822-4444 f 406-822-4444 Hot Deli

p 406-285-3807

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p 775-575-5115 f 775-575-4619

p 702-644-1600 f 702-644-8432

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 775-523-0120

NEW HAMPSHIRE 896 bow 3 60 I-93, Exit 11/12C 728 SR 3A, 03304

p 603-223-6885 f 603-223-5204

f 406-285-6976

NEW JERSEY NEBRASKA 904 BIG SPRINGS bosselman Hot Deli 16 500 I-80, Exit 107 p 308-889-3686 I-80 and Big Springs Road, 69122 f 308-889-3352 901 ELM CREEK bosselman Hot Deli 6 75 I-80, Exit 257 p 308-856-4330 5085 Buffalo Creek Road, 68836 f 308-856-4330 902 GRAND ISLAND bosselman Hot Deli 21 400 I-80, Exit 312N p 308-382-2288 3335 West Woodriver Road, 68803 f 308-381-7464 686 Gretna DEF 150 15 I-80 Exit 432 p 402-332-4483 15010 South State Hwy 31, 68028 f 402-332-4576 687 North Platte DEF 123 9 I-80 Exit 179 p 308-532-4555 3400 S. Newberry Road, 69101 f 308-532-8077 912 WOOD RIVER bosselman Hot Deli 6 65 I-80 & Hwy 11, Exit 300 p 308-583-2493 I-80 and Highway 11 and Exit 300, 68883 f 308-583-2115

280 BLOOMSBURY 5 S DEF 30 I-78 & NJ 173, Exit 7 979 Route 173, 08804 253 CARNEYS POINT 2 I-295 at Jersey Turnpike, Exit 2B 600 Pennsville-Auburn Road, 08069 688 Carneys Point DEF 360 16 I-295 Exit 2C 326 Slapes Corner Road, 08069 190 CLINTON 6 95 I-78, Exit 12 68 Rt. 173, 08827 210 mahwah 0 8 230 Route 17 South, 07430 880 Montague Lukoil 0 I-84, Exit 1 15 Route 23 S, 07827

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

NEW MEXICO NEVADA 966 Battle MTN. Flying j/broadway 9 70 I-80 Exit 231 650 W Front St., 89820 387 CARLIN 5 60 I-80/NV 278, Exit 280 791 Tenth Street, 89822

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p 702-635-5424 f 775-635-0371

p 775-754-6384

689 Albuquerque DEF 165 15 I-40 Exit 153 9911 Avalon Road NW, 87105 305 JAMESTOWN 16 S DEF 450 I-40, Exit 39 I-40, Exit 39, 87347

p 505-831-2001 f 505-833-0464

Pizza p 505-722-6655 f 505-722-2674

f 775-754-6025

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new mexico (cont.)

north Carolina (cont.)

ohio (cont.)

266 LAS CRUCES 5 40 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 9 285 I-10 Exit 24 11 Old Highway 70, 88045 691 Tucumcari DEF 136 9 I-40 & Exit 333 2021 S. Mountain Road, 88401

57 MEBANE 8 S DEF 140 I-40/85, Exit 152 1342 Trollingwood Road, 27302 58 PLEASANT HILL 4 25 I-95, Exit 180 Route 1 - Box 202, 27866 393 WAYNESVILLE 4 60 I-40 & NC 209, Exit 24 3712 Crabtree Road, 28786

286 EATON 5 S DEF 50 I-70 & OH 127, Exit 10 6141 US 127 North, 45320 360 FINDLAY 5 80 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 I-80 & Hwy 62, Exit 234B (Eastbound) 2226 North Main, 44425 698 Jeffersonville DEF 148 9 I-71 Exit 69 9935 SR 41, 43128 700 Lake Township DEF 150 15 I-280 Exit 1B; I-80/90, Exit 71 26415 Warns Dr., 43551 287 LODI (BURBANK) 7 105 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 5 65 I-71, Exit 140 488 State Route 61, 43334 699 Millersport 15 152 I-70 St Rd 158 Exit 122 10480 Baltimore, 43046 11 N. LIMA 5 S 50 I-76, Exit 232 10920 Market Street, 44452 303 NAPOLEON 7 75 Rt. 24 905 American Road, 43545 130 RICHFIELD 7 80 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 50 I-80/90, Exit 71 3430 Libbey Road, 43551 14 SUNBURY 5 115 I-71, Exit 131 7680 East State Route 36, 43074

p 575-523-2700 f 575-525-6727

p 575-542-3100 f 575-542-3111

p 505-542-3320 f 505-542-3324

p 575-461-6590 f 575-461-3879

NEW YORK 322 KANONA DEF 70 4 I-86, Exit 37 7767 State Rt 53, 14810 394 NEWBURGH 6 S DEF 110 I-84, Exit 6 239 Route 17K, 12550 693 Pembroke DEF 150 9 I-90 Exit 48A 8484 Allegheny Road, 14036 494 Rotterdam 4 95 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

Pizza p 607-776-2012 f 607-776-4179

p 845-567-1722 f 845-567-1773

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. 9 350 I-95, Exit 75 65 Sadler Rd, 28334 682 Graham 4 251 I-85 & I-40 Exit 150 1043 Jimmie Kerr Road, 27258 56 KANNAPOLIS 7 55 I-85, Exit 63 2825 Lane Street, 28083 683 Kenly DEF 145 14 I-95 & Exit 106 1800 Princeton-Kenly Road, 27542

p 704-358-1006 f 704-358-1506 Hot Deli

p 910-892-3642 f 910-980-2364 Hot Deli

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

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p 919-563-4999 f 919-563-4929

p 252-537-4476 f 252-537-3666

p 828-627-8611 f 828-627-9499

North dakota 684 Beach 9 89 I-94 & Hwy 16 I-94 & Hwy 16, 58621 489 grand forks 10 141 I-29, Exit 138 4401 32nd Avenue South, 58201

p 701-872-4737 f 701-872-4985

p 701-746-8145 f 701-746-4342

ohio 2 AUSTINBURG 7 S 150 I-90, Exit 223 2246 State Route 45, 44010 694 AUSTINBURG DEF 164 15 I-90 & State Rd 45, Exit 223 2349 Center Road, 44010 3 AUSTINTOWN 8 S 200 I-80, Exit 223 1150 North Canfield-Niles Road, 44515 4 AVON 3 55 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 I-75 Exit 135 420 East Main Street, 45808 696 Berkshire DEF 150 15 I-71 Exit 131 7735 State Route 37, 43074 309 CALDWELL 5 50 I-77, Exit 25 44133 Fairground Road, 43724 6 CAMBRIDGE 3 35 I-70, Exit 178 61700 Southgate Road, 43725 8 CIRCLEVILLE 3 55 US 23 and Pittsburgh Road 25600 US 23, 43113 213 COLUMBUS 7 100 I-70 & Wilson Road Exit 94 3600 Interchange Road, 43204

Pizza 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 740-965-9835 f 740-965-9770

p 740-732-5656 f 740-732-1404

p 740-439-0989 f 740-432-9607

p 740-420-8942 f 740-420-3972

p 614-308-9195

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

f 614-308-9673

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auto showers

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DEF

parking

ohio (cont.)

oregon (cont.)

Pennsylvania (cont.)

15 TOLEDO 5 70 I-75, Exit 210 5820 Hagman Road, 43612 239 UPPER SANDUSKY 5 70 St. Hwy 23 & 30 1600 W. Wyandot Avenue, 43351 16 WILMINGTON 3 20 I-71, Exit 50 5772 US 68 North, 45177 281 YOUNGSTOWN (GIRARD) 7 S 80 I-80 & Salt Springs Rd., Exit 226 2786 Salt Springs Road, 44420

391 CENTRAL POINT DEF 100 7 I-5, Exit 33 1600 East Pine Street, 97502 133 CHEMULT 4 60 US 97 341 Damon Street, 97731 504 Klamath Falls DEF 50 4 Hwy 97 3817 N. Hwy 97, 97601 934 LaGrande Flying j/broadway 4 50 I-84 Exit 265 I-84 & Exit 265, 97850 232 ONTARIO 7 105 I-84, Exit 376A 653 East Idaho Avenue, 97914 233 RICE HILL 10 S 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 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 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 570-345-3707 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 I-70 & Exit 49 p 724-872-4050 122 Fitzhenry Road, 15479 f 724-872-9471

p 419-729-3985 f 419-729-0905

p 419-294-2971 f 419-294-3101

p 937-382-0464 f 937-382-3069

p 330-530-8500 f 330-530-8318

Oklahoma 701 Ardmore DEF 136 9 I-35 & Exit 33 2450 Cooper Drive, 73401 702 Checotah 9 150 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 15 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 7 S DEF 145 I-40, Exit 140 400 South Morgan Road, 73128 703 OKLAHOMA CITY DEF 172 9 I-40, Exit 140 701 South Morgan Road, 73128 196 ROLAND 7 125 I-40 & US 64, Exit 325 123 West Ray Fine Boulevard 705 Sayre DEF 150 4 I-40 & US 283 2400 South 4th Route, 73662 706 Tulsa DEF 185 9 I-44 & Exit 236 121 North 129 E/I-44 Exit 236, 74116

p 580-226-3833 f 580-226-3546

p 918-473-1243 f 918-473-1957

p 405-638-3000 f 405-638-3006

p 405-475-9440 f 405-475-9435

Pizza p 918-686-7856 f 918-686-0597

p 405-440-1048 f 405-440-1093

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 5 55 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

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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

Hot Deli

Full Service Restaurant

p 541-963-9762 f 541-663-9822

Gooseberry Farms Restaurant

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

south carolina

348 BENTLEYVILLE 7 S 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 15 140 I-80 Exit 78 246 Allegheny Blvd., 15825 708 Carlisle DEF 278 22 I-81 Exit 52/I-76 & Exit 226 1501 Harrisburg Pike, 17013 336 DUBOIS 7 100 I-80, Hwy 219, Exit 97 1742 Rich Highway, 15801 311 ERIE 5 85 I-90 & PA97, Exit 27 8035 Perry Highway, 16509 518 Frystown 8 240 I-78, Exit 10 (PA 645) 2210 Camp Swatara Road, 17067 245 HARRISBURG 3 30 I-81 & PA39, Exit 77 7961 Linglestown Road, 17112 298 HAZLETON (DRUMS) 5 60 I-80, Exit 256 Route 2, Box 301, 18222 1 MILL HALL 5 S DEF 70 I-80, Exit 173 5868 Nittany Valley Drive, 17751

711 Blacksburg 15 200 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) 3 S 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 3 40 I-26, Exit 52 12818 Highway 56 North, 29325 712 Columbia DEF 178 15 I-20 Exit 70 5901 Fairfield Road, 29203 310 DUNCAN 8 70 I-85 & SC290, Exit 63 1405 East Main Street, 29334 62 FLORENCE 6 75 I-95, Exit 170 3006 North Williston Road, 29506 337 FLORENCE 5 90 I-95 & US 52, Exit 164 2015 West Lucas St., 29501

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 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

Pizza p 570-726-7618 f 570-726-5092

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.) 878 FLORENCE florence travel plz 19 23 I-95, Exit 169 3001 TV Road, 29501 453 GAFFNEY 5 S DEF 100 I-85, Exit 90 909 Hyatt Street, 29341 713 Latta DEF 200 15 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 141 9 I-77 & Hwy 901, Exit 73 2435 Mount Holly Road, 29730 493 St. George DEF 118 8 I-95, Exit 77 113 Motel Drive, 29477 64 SUMMERVILLE 3 S 40 I-26, Exit 199 1521 North Main Street, 29483

Hot Deli

p 843-669-5736 f 843-269-2079

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 Flying j/broadway 2 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79, 57744 599 murdo DEF 50 4 I-90, Exit 192 601 E. Fifth Street, 57559 918 Rapid City Bosselman 5 100 I-90, Exit 55 2783 Deadwood Ave., 57702 931 Rapid City Flying j/broadway 8 150 I-90 Exit 61 4200 N I-90 Service Rd Exit 61, 57701 716 Sioux Falls DEF 158 9 I-29 Exit 83 5201 Granite Lane, 57107

Hot Deli

p 605-255-4555 f 605-255-4522

p 605-669-2465 f 605-669-2466

p 605-348-7070 f 605-348-3438 Country Market

Hot Deli

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 LMTD 1 I-40, Exit 287 1111 South Jefferson, 38501 406 CORNERSVILLE 2 20 I-65, Exit 22 9211 Lewisburg Highway, 37047 114 CROSSVILLE 7 S 80 I-40, Exit 320 2449 Genesis Road, 38571

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

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tennessee (cont.)

226 DANDRIDGE 6 80 I-40, Exit 417 505 Patriot Drive, 37725 409 DICKSON 11 S 90 I-40, Exit 172 2320 Highway 46 South, 37055 720 Fairview DEF 150 9 I-40 & Hwy 96, Exit 182 1420 Hwy 96 North, 37062 51 GREENEVILLE 3 25 I-81 Exit 36 11190 Baileyton Road, 37745 403 HEISKELL 2 25 I-75, Exit 117 1915 East Raccoon Valley Road, 37754 53 HURRICANE MILLS 8 S 180 I-40, Exit 143 15559 Highway 13 South, 37078 366 Jackson 7 S DEF 95 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 15 I-40 & I-75 Exit 369 800 Watt Road, 37932 270 KNOXVILLE (LOVELL ROAD) 5 S 80 I-40/75, Exit 374 314 Lovell Road, 37922 219 KNOXVILLE (STRAW PLAINS) 9 S DEF 115 I-40, Exit 398 7210 Straw Plains Pike, 37914 52 LAVERGNE 4 25 I-24, Exit 64 535 Waldron Road, 37086 411 LEBANON 8 S DEF 150 I-40, Exit 238 921 Murfreesboro, 37090 363 MEMPHIS 5 70 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 2 25 Briley Pkwy, Hwy 155N, Ex 26A, Hwy 155S, Ex 26 6418 Centennial Blvd., 37209

224 ONeiDA (PIONEER) 4 85 I-75, Exit 141 304 Howard Baker Highway, 37847 149 STANTON 7 50 I-40 Exit 42 7720 Highway 222, 38069 412 WHITE PINE 9 S DEF 130 I-81, Exit 4 3624 Roy Messer Highway, 37890

p 865-397-3547 f 865-397-3699

Pizza 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

Pizza p 931-296-7180 f 931-296-7719

Pizza 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 901-466-3535 f 901-465-6704

p 865-674-8570 f 865-674-8572

texas 436 AMARILLO 5 S DEF 90 I-40, Exit 75 715 South Lakeside Drive, 79118 723 AMARILLO DEF 200 13 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 5 S DEF 100 I-10, Exit 0 2015 Antonio Street, 79821 724 ANTHONY DEF 176 15 I-10 Exit 0 3001 Mountain Pass Blvd., 79821 725 Baytown DEF 200 15 I-10 & Exit 789 Thompson Road 1876 East Freeway, 77521 367 CADDO MILLS 6 80 I-30 & FM1903, Exit 87 & 88 2725 FM 1903, 75135 433 DALLAS 8 S DEF 150 I-20, Exit 470 8787 South Lancaster Road, 75241 726 DALLAS DEF 150 15 I-20 Exit 472 7425 Bonnie View Road, 75241 727 Edinburg DEF 200 15 Hwy 281 & FM 1925 1305 East Monte Cristo, 78539 728 El Paso DEF 120 9 I-10 and Exit 37 1301 North Horizon Blvd., 79927 434 FORT WORTH 8 S DEF 185 I-35, Exit 65 2400 Alliance Gateway, 76178 375 HOUSTON 7 S DEF 90 I-610, Exit 24A US 90 E 4440 N. McCarty Street, 77013 729 Houston DEF 233 15 I-45 Richie Rd, Exit 64 15919 North Freeway, 77090

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 903-527-2150 f 903-527-2103

p 972-228-2467 f 972-228-4386

p 972-225-3566 f 972-225-3681

p 956-316-0149 f 956-316-4732

Pizza p 915-852-4141 f 915-852-4101

p 817-337-5324 f 817-337-5137

p 713-675-3375 f 713-670-7629

p 281-893-0423 f 281-893-9368

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# parking

texas (cont.)

utah (cont.)

234 HUNTSVILLE 6 S 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 191 13 I-35 S, Exit 13; I-35 N, Exit 12B 1011 Beltway Parkway, 78045 733 Lubbock 4 50 I-27 & 4th Street Exit 602 4th Street, 79401 257 MIDLAND 7 S DEF 84 I-20, Exit 126 4015 S. FM 1788, 79706 982 MIDLAND 0 0 7700 W. I-20 7500 W. Hwy 80, 79706 983 MIDLAND 0 0 I-20, Exit 138 7800 Interstate 20 Frontage, 79706 330 New Braunfels 7 S DEF 80 I-35, Exit 184 4142 Loop 337, 78132 734 New Caney DEF 150 9 US 59 & Exit 242 23412 Hwy 242, 77357 431 ORANGE 8 S 110 I-10, Exit 873 2205 North Highway 62, 77630 735 ORANGE DEF 150 15 I-10 Exit 873 7112 I-10 West, 77630 736 Pecos 15 200 I-20 Exit 42 100 East Pinehurst, 79772 432 ROBINSON 7 S DEF 285 I-35, Exit 328 8055 South I-35, 76706 306 SAN ANTONIO 5 S 50 I-10 E.bound, Ex 581; I-10 W.bound, Ex 582 5619 I-10 East, 78219 737 SAN ANTONIO DEF 200 15 I-10 Exit 583 1815 North Foster Road, 78244 157 SULPHER SPRINGS 7 S DEF 85 I-30, Exit 122 1200 South Hillcrest, 75482

738 Tye DEF 200 15 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 7 S DEF 75 I-10, Exit 140 501 Van Horn Drive, 79855 740 w. houston 9 117 I-10, Exit 732 204 South Waller Ave., 77423 739 Waco DEF 200 9 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 US 287 & Jacksboro Highway 2311 Jacksboro Highway, 76301

510 Scipio 4 100 I-15, Exit 188 810 North 800 West, 84656 774 Snowville 3 50 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 4 52 I-15 Exit 357 600 West 750 North, 84340

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p 936-291-1125 f 936-291-2421 Hot Deli

Q Eats

p 512-746-4341

p 956-717-5006 f 956-725-0156

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 877-561-8432

p 432-563-1365

p 830-629-1424 f 830-629-1254

p 281-689-8466 f 281-689-8271

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 210-666-2266 f 210-666-2280

p 903-885-0020 f 903-885-1580

p 325-691-9974 f 325-691-5365

p 903-593-5466 f 903-593-3204

Pizza p 432-283-8067 f 432-283-8071

p 281-934-4133 f 281-934-4153

p 254-714-0313 f 254-714-1798

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

Pizza p 817-341-4600 f 817-341-4602

p 940-720-0598 f 940-720-0725

utah 509 Beaver 6 150 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 I-80 Exit 99 1605 East Saddleback Blvd., 84074 743 Nephi 9 100 I-15 Exit 222 1597 South Main, 84648 772 N. Salt Lake 4 42 I-215 & Redwood Rd, Exit 27 885 W. North Point Circle, 84054 294 OGDEN 5 60 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 2 25 I-15 Exit 362 1674 W. 1100 S., 84302 773 Richfield DEF 50 4 I-70 Exit 40 35 East Flying J Drive, 84701 746 Salt Lake City DEF 110 9 I-15 & I-80 SR201, Exit 17 2025 South 900 West, 84119

p 435-758-2345

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 Hot Deli

p 435-723-9999

p 435-896-5050 f 435-896-4044

p 801-972-3711 f 801-972-6174

virginia 749 Carmel Church DEF 239 15 I-95 Exit 104 24279 Roger Clark Blvd., 22546 256 DANVILLE 3 45 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 384 RICHMOND 9 S DEF 110 I-95 N, Exit 58; I-95 S, Exit 58B 2126 Ruffin Mill Road, 23834 876 Ruther Glen Ruther Glen Trvl plz DEF 250 22 I-95, Exit 104 23866 Rogers Clark Blvd, 22546 899 South hill (Bracy) Sadler’s trk. Stp. 0 20 I-85, Exit 12A 1011 East Atlantic Street, 23970 159 TALLYSVILLE 4 60 I-64, Exit 211 6721 Emmaus Church Road 23140 258 TROUTVILLE 3 I-81, Exit 150A or B 2966 Lee Highway South, 24175 752 Winchester DEF 144 15 I-81 Exit 323 1530 Rest Church Road, 22624 754 Wytheville 15 177 I-77 & I-81 Exit 77 3249 Chapman Rd, 24382

p 804-448-9047 f 804-448-9805

p 434-792-1180 f 434-792-7894 Hot Deli

p 434-634-4312 f 434-634-5397

p 276-637-4115 f 276-637-6968

Pizza p 540-324-0714 f 540-324-0718

p 804-524-9556 f 804-524-9522

Hot Deli

p 804-448-8419 f 804-448-5592 Hot Deli

p 434-447-4528 f 434-447-4582

p 804-966-1880

f (804) 966-1986

p 540-992-2805 f 540-992-1534

p 540-678-3641 f 540-678-3651

p 276-228-7110 f 276-228-9010

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Washington 965 Ellensburg Flying j/broadway 7 100 I-90 Exit 109 2300 Canyon Rd., 98926 970 Pasco (spokane) Flying j/broadway 2 75 U.S. Hwy 395 2216 E Hillsboro Road, 99301 963 Spokane Flying j/broadway 2 2 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

Hot Deli

p 509-925-6161 f 509-925-5748

p 509-547-5561 f 509-547-4570 Hot Deli

p 509-456-8843 Hot Deli

p 509-535-3028 f 509-535-7589

p 360-754-0151 f 360-754-0159

west virginia 243 NITRO 6 60 I-64 & SR 25, Exit 45 4304 First Avenue, 25143 503 morgantown DEF 50 5 I-79, Exit 146 2309 Smithton Rd, 26508

p 304-755-8654 f 304-755-8655

Hot Deli Pizza p 304-284-8518 f 304-284-8509

wisconsin 289 BELOIT 5 55 I-43/90 & WI 81, Exit 185A 3001 Milwaukee Road, 53511 756 Black River Falls DEF 150 14 I-94 & Exit 116 780 State Hwy 54, 54615 528 Cottage Grove road ranger 2 50 I-90, Exit 147 2762 County Hwy N, 53527 544 East troy road ranger 0 5 I-43, Exit 38 1946 A. Energy Drive, 53120 164 MAUSTON 7 S 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 5 100 I-90, Exit 48 102 E Woody, 54660 324 RACINE (FRANKSVILLE) 5 80 I-94 & CR K, Exit 329 13712 Northwestern Avenue, 53126

p 608-364-3644 f 608-364-3643

p 715-284-4341

showers

auto showers

f 608-873-1610

p 815-315-4979 f 847-232-1186

p 608-847-3321 f 608-847-3316

p 414-761-0939 f 414-761-0165

p 815-209-9040 f 608-374-2001

p 262-835-2292 f 262-835-2564

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alberta , canada (cont.)

758 Casper 4 45 I-25 Exit 185 41 SE Wyoming Blvd., 82609 402 CHEYENNE DEF 120 10 I-80, Exit 367 8020 Campstool Road, 82007 759 CHEYENNE DEF 180 16 I-25 Exit 7 2250 Etchepare Drive, 82007 760 Cokeville 4 90 US Hwy 30/SR 232 10501 US Hwy 30, 83114 141 EVANSTON 7 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 4 50 I-90 & Hwy 59 1810 South Douglas Hwy, 82718 308 LARAMIE 8 100 I-80 & Curtis St., Exit 310 1564 McCue Street, 82072 763 Rawlins DEF 200 11 I-80 Exit 209 I-80 Johnson Rd., 82301 764 Rock Springs 8 84 I-80 Exit 104 650 Stage Coach Drive, 82901

815 ab-Drayton Valley 0 0

p 307-473-1750 f 307-473-1759

p 307-635-5744 f 307-635-5746

p 307-635-2918 f 307-634-2794

Pizza p 307-279-3050 f 307-279-3041

Pizza p 307-783-5930 f 307-783-5916

p 307-789-9129 f 307-789-5461

p 307-682-3562 f 307-682-5038

p 307-742-6443 f 307-742-2576

p 307-328-0158 f 307-328-1668

p 307-362-4231 f 307-362-9710

canada 813 ab-Airdrie 0 10 85 East Lake Cres., T4B 2B5 792 AB-BROOKS 2 20 1260 Cassils Road East, T1R 1B7 785 AB-Calgary 9 128 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

5505 Jubilee Ave., T7A 1S3 816 ab-Edmonton 0 0 15609 121 A. Ave, T5V 1B1 850 ab-Edmonton 8 100 16806 118 Avenue, T5V1M8 818 ab-Edson Motco 0 0 2520 - 2 Ave., T7E 1T9 819 ab-Fort McMurray 0 0 345 Sakitawaw Trail, T9H 4E4 820 ab-Grande Prairie 0 0 9212 - 108 St., T8V 4C9 845 ab-Grassland 2 75 1st Ave. 1st Street, TOA 1V0 846 ab-Hanna 2 100 Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South, T0J 1P0 794 AB-High Level 0 25 10529 96 St., T0H 1Z0 817 ab-Hinton 0 0 294 Kelly Road, T7V 1H2 821 ab-Lethbridge 0 0 1005 43 St, T1K 7B8 822 ab-Lloydminster 2 12

alberta , canada

4949 Barlow Trail Se, T2B3B5

80 C H A L L E N G E j u l y 2 0 1 2

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wyoming

f 715-284-1551

p 815-580-4842

DEF

p 403-948-4193

p 403-362-5594

p 403-720-0904 f 403-720-4937

p 403-236-2404

p 403-250-3835 Hot Deli

J’s wok and Grill

p 403-569-6250 f 403-235-5095

5109 63 St Ave, T9V 2E7 869 AB-nanton 3 130 Hwy #2 2810 21st Ave., T0L 1R0 795 Ab-Nisku 2 8 302 20th Avenue, T9E 7T8 796 AB-Red Deer 4 26 67th Ave. & 67 Street, T4P 1A4 826 ab-Redcliff 0 0 115 Lockwood St, T1A 7T9 797 Ab-Rycroft 0 8 Hwy #49 & Hwy #2 Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73, T0H 3A0

p 801-725-1370

p 708-413-9116 Hot Deli

p 780-455-1111 f 780-482-4448

p 780-723-4744

p 780-743-3545

p 780-532-2378

Family restaurant

Hot Deli

p 780-525-2295 f 780-525-2299

Full Service Restaurant

Hot Deli

p 403-854-5000

p 780-926-2066

p 801-725-1370

p 403-328-4735

p 780-875-2990

Humpty’s restaurant

p 403-646-3181 f 403-646-6233

Pizza p 780-955-3535

Pizza p 403-346-2842 f 403-346-2852

p 403-526-2669

Pizza p 780-765-3740 f 780-765-3748

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alberta , canada (cont.)

manitoba, canada (cont.)

Quebec, canada (cont.)

786 AB-Sherwood Park 9 142 Yellowhead Hwy 16/ Broadmoor Blvd. 50 Pembina Rd., T8H 2G9 824 ab-Whitecourt 0 0

803 MB-Portage La Prairie 0 40

809 QC-Napierville 10 Hwy 15 Exit 21 1 Rang St-Andre, J0J 1L0 810 QC-Ste Helene 10 152 Highway 20 569 Rue Principale, J0H 1M0 787 QC-Vaudreuil-Dorion DEF 109 Hwy 540, Exit 3 2900 Felix-Leclerc, J7V 9J5

Hwy #43 & West Mtn. Road, T7N 1S9

p 780-416-2035 f 780-416-2084

p 780-778-3073

British columbia, canada 827 bc-Abbotsford 1 0 929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way, V2S 4N2 798 BC-Annacis Island 1 4 1291 Cliveden Ave, V5M 6G4 799 BC-Chilliwack 2 21 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 2 0 1725 Alaska Ave, V1G 1P5 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 801 BC-Prince George 3 0 4869 Continental Way, V2N 5S5 802 BC-Vancouver 0 0 8655 Boundary Rd & Marine Way, V5S 4H3 834 bc-Vernon 0 0 Hwy #97 (1/2 mile from Scales) 7156 Meadowlark, V1T 6N2

Hwy #1 & Camp Manitou Rd., R4H 1C5

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1747 Brookside Blvd., R2C 2E8 835 MB-Winnipeg 0 0 131 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 250-785-3052 Hot Deli

Billy Miner’s roadhouse

p 250-573-3027 f 205-573-7828

p 250-280-1555

p 604-522-6511

p 250-563-1677

p 604-454-9578

p 250-542-1343

manitoba, canada 788 MB-Headingley 9 150

Hwy #1 East, R1N 3B2 804 MB-Winnipeg 2 0

Pizza p 204-832-8952 f 204-832-9104

p 204-857-9997

p 204-633-0663

p 204-231-5485

ontario, canada 862 ON-Ayr 4 30 Hwy 401, Exit 268 2492 Cedar Creek Road, N0B 1E0 805 ON-Etobicoke 0 0 1765 Albion Rd & Hwy 27, M9W 5S7 806 ON-Kapuskasing 4 40 410 Government Road E, P5N 2X7 852 ON-lancaster DEF 71 7 Hwy 401, Exit 814 20382 Old Hwy #2, K0C 1N0 789 ON-London DEF 200 17 Hwy 401 & Highbury Ave. Exit 189 3700 Highbury Ave. South, N6N 1P3 807 ON-Mississauga 3 80 1400 Britannia Rd, L4W 1C8 790 ON-Napanee DEF 165 15 401 & Cnty Rd 41 Exit 579 628 County Road #41 RR6, K7R 3L1 838 on-Sault Ste Marie 0 0 987 Great Northern Road, P6A 5K7 836 on-Schreiber 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

1196 Chemin Des Olivieres, G7A 2M6 808 QC-Berthierville 10 1181 Ave Gilles Villeneuve, J0K 1A0

p 450-791-2232 f 450-791-2495

p 450-424-1610 f 450-424-0368

Saskatchewan, canada Papa Joe’s Hot Kettle p 519-624-9578 f 519-624-2587

p 416-674-8665

p 705-337-1333 f 705-337-1208

p 613-347-2221 f 613-347-1970

811 SK-Moose Jaw 10 370 North Service Rd. Hwy #11, S6H 4N9 842 sk-Regina 3 12 1511 Ross Ave. East, S4R 1J2 791 SK-Saskatoon 4 85 3850 Idylwylde Drive North, S7P 0A1 844 sk-Yorkton 2 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 801-726-8288

Pizza p 519-681-6859 f 519-686-8629

p 905-564-6216

Pizza p 613-354-7044 f 613-354-3796

p 705-759-8280

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Minonk, il

Showers: 4 Parking: 100 Restaurants:

I-39, Exit 27

p 807-824-2383

p 705-692-5447

woody’s

Opening date: 6/18/12

Klamath Falls, OR Hwy 97

Showers: 4 Parking: 50 Restaurants:

p 519-682-1140 f 519-682-9221

Opening date: 6/15/12

Quebec, canada 840 QC-Bernieres 0 0

p 450-245-3539

Nanton, AB Hwy #2

p 418-831-3772

Showers: 3 Parking: 130 Restaurants: Humpty’s restaurant

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