The Last Great Truck Stops in America and Why They Still Matter
The truck stop is a dying institution and everyone who uses one knows it. The big travel plaza chains have been eating the independents for thirty years, replacing counter diners and diesel mechanics and CB chatter with fast food franchises and loyalty card programs…
Running Your Own Diesel Truck: The Honest First Year on the Road Nobody Writes About
Nobody hands you a manual when you decide to run your own truck. There are forums and Facebook groups and YouTube channels with more opinions than you can sort through in a lifetime, and almost none of them talk about the part that actually…
I-10 Santa Monica to Jacksonville: A Route Diary
The Santa Monica Pier is behind you. The Pacific is in your mirrors. You’ve got 2,460 miles of I-10 ahead and a diesel tank that’s full to the brim. It is six in the morning and the Los Angeles freeway system is already half-awake…