and 24 hr big rigs and lights. bring ear plugs and a sleep mask if you are a light sleeper.
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Stony Fork (USFS) campground, off Rt77 near Wytheville (last stop for major services!). A little further on down I81 is Hungry Mother State Park. Sleeping in the car sucks you'd have room to stretch out and a picnic table and neither is far from the trail.
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A little further on down I81 is Hungry Mother State Park
forgot about hungry mother...
that was the first night i stayed in a trip that changed my life (first time to smoky's---moved 2 years later down this way)..
and that's easy to get to from the interstate....
I usually just sleep in the car - small SUV - in the rest stops on the highway.
I do this as well when I drive everywhere especially across country. But I don't know if I've seen to many scary movies or what but man some of them rest stops are creepy! I always park all the up close to the bathrooms where there's lots of light. After all that's when you are most vulnerable when you're sleeping.
Always good advice. I stopped at interstate rest stops in Tennessee last month, and can confirm the following:Quote:
Know the rules
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/...ist/489221002/
"The “rules” for Tennessee Rest Areas are: There is a two-hour parking limit"
Virginia law is equally unambiguous:
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/adminco...r50/section10/
" No overnight parking will be permitted."
I'm a wee bit past the point in my life where this is my first option. 50 years old this month and enough money to pay for hotel rooms when I travel. Plus, my travel partner is DEFINITELY not down for sleeping at rest stops AND she's paying for the hotels anyway.