every once in a while everything lines up exactly wrong; this is the story of one of those times...
coming up from the southern border I needed a safe place to arrange lodging for the evening and stuff so I opt for a sanctioned rest area. the deceleration lane becomes (parallel) parking becomes the acceleration lane in all of maybe 1000 feet! no turns, no barriers, no problem!! there might be room for a half dozen tractor-trailers to line up on the left, maybe ten cars plus two accessible spots on the right, and traffic goes right down the middle; looks like an odd sort of bowling alley so head up, phone down, and pay attention.
the whole thing is maybe 100' front to back separated from the highway by a curb and the local neighborhood by a chain link fence but there's a lawn and some picnic shelters, vendo-land is well stocked, free Wi-Fi, clean restrooms, and a dump station - which is kind of the same thing but not really...
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