Eating across America

Rips tavern in Ladd Illinois, best fried chicken in the world. Right off i80.

Hmmm... I think I'm going to get some tonight. A little out of my way home but not too far.

Exotic Thai in Davenport, Iowa. Mmmmmm. Don't think we can make any meet up. Pushing thru to campground in Geneva past Cleveland. ETA near midnight. Thanks for all the suggestions. Wish we could check em out.

Safe travels.

berkeleying traffic. We are gonna be late arriving to Geneva Ohio. Probably 1am. Campers at the park not gonna. Be happy with us.

Are you committed that you must make it to Geneva?

If you're in a camper, how about a free night in a Walmart parking lot or Turnpike Plaza?

The Ohio Turnpike offers this:

"Five service plazas have overnight parking for travel trailers or RV's There are a limited number of spaces which are available on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations are not accepted.

A wastewater dump station and potable water are available for a $5.00 fee at the Indian Meadow Service Plaza (located westbound between exits 25 and 13). Please pay service station.

Electrical outlet, a wastewater dump station and potable water are available for $15.00 fee at the following service plazas:

Vermillion Valley Service Plaza (located east bound beteween exits 135 and 142); Middle Ridge Service Plaza (located westbound between exits 145 and 135); Brady's Leap and Portage Service Plaza (located between exits 193 and 209). Please use the self-pay machine located in the RV lot.

The Travel Trailer facilities are open for occupancy between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. the following day. they may be occupied for one night only.

Vermillion Valley/Middle Ridge: 20 & 30 AMP; 50 AMP-240V

Brady's Leap/Portage 20 & 30 AMP; 50 AMP-240V"

The above is taken from the Ohio Turnpike Travel Guide.

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If you are still in Indiana....
At the last exit is Pokagon State Park. A very nice place that will still take you in until 11:00.

(260) 833-2012
100 Lake James, Angola, IN 46703.

The entrance is just feet away from the Indiana Turnpike Exit.

Here is a Walmart less than 2 miles from Exit 34 of The Ohio Turnpike.

Safe, rural, small town setting.

Walmart. 485 Airport Hwy, Wauseon, OH 43567

Wall-e wrote:

JG Pasterjak wrote:

former520 wrote: I am a little jelly, you have White Castles on the way, no WC in the PHX or west.

Usually I won't take sides in matters of personal taste, but Krystal > White Castle. It's barely a contest. I've pushed some pretty suspect garbage down my throat and just kind of shrugged it off, but I just don't get the White Castle love when Krystal exists. Sure, you have to come to the South, which has its own drawbacks, but you get Krystals! And Bojangles!

I have to assume this is meant to be some kind of edgy comedy bit because there's no way anyone can think Krystal's is better than White Castle. I've tried them several times now and all I can think of is that a couple boys came up to a big city probably delivering 'shine or bail dad out of the hoosegow and had stopped at a White Castle. They went home and tried to explain it to someone who explained it to someone else. The end result is a small square burger that looks kinda right but the taste is wrong, the onions are wrong, and there's mustard on it.

Wall-e you are once again correct. My esteemed colleague JG could not be more incorrect. Krystals is indeed a horrid White Castle rip-off. They both will cause gastrointestinal distress, and neither are ideal for a road trip---unless you like to drive with the windows down. Even the french fries at White Castle are better. Not even close.