November 2013 Challenge Magazine

NOVEMBER 2013

First Response When disaster strikes

Cutthroat Cooking In the kitchen with Alton Brown NASCAR’s Hidden Season Racing Never Ends www.ptcchallenge.com

THE BAND PERRY Family First

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L.A. AUTO SHOW

Los Angeles never lacks for glamour and the annual L.A. Auto Show is no exception. From spectacular debuts to headscratching concept cars, this show has everything a car enthusiast craves.

THE BAND PERRY

The sibling trio has been making music and on the road entertaining fans since before they could drive. Ten years later, that hard work has the family band at the top of country music.

FIRST RESPONSE

Tad Agoglia is ready to help. Often the first assistance a town sees after a natural disaster, Agoglia and his team won’t leave until the job is done.

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NASCAR’S HIDDEN SEASON

Downtime for race fans comes around Thanksgiving and doesn’t end until after Valentine’s Day. But for the crews and race teams of NASCAR, the season never ends.

CUTTHROAT COOKING

Alton Brown embodies a “go big or go home” attitude. In his career, he’s been an author, commentator, judge, mentor, scientist and food historian. Next up for his resume: game show host.

ESTENSON LOGISTICS

If you want to drive for one of the fastest growing logistics providers in the country, be ready to work hard, make a difference and work as a team. Estenson Logistics is changing the culture of the transportation industry.

RV JOURNEY

We go retro with the iconic Airstream and Chad pays homage to those that risk their lives on the high seas.

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TRUCKER TRAINER

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gettin’ outdoors

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around the track

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driving thrU d.c.

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CHEW ON THIS

Bob explains the importance of stabilizer muscles in all forms of exercise.

Brenda revels in the arrival of fall, and shares a vital secret to sustainability and hunting.

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Claire shares an inside look at NASCAR when things go wrong.

Mike sleeps on a health issue that impacts the industry.

Jimmy sees a simple solution to a bad image problem: professionalism.

from the editor Giving thanks.

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.

Truck Driver Challenge

The 2013 champions.

The Unique U.S.

Living histories aren’t just for elementaryschool field trips, and we scoured the country for these interactive museums that take history to the next level.

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truckers’ corner

The creative side of truck drivers.

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Games

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garmin gallery

Sudoku, word search and crossword puzzles. Some clues for the puzzle come from this issue of Challenge Magazine.

Pictures from the road. Send in your photos and see them published in Challenge Magazine and you may be a winner. sponsored by:

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pilot flying j stars

Drivers recognize these STAR employees who make Pilot Flying J a place you can rely on.

what’s happening

Operation Tank Full of Love and upgrades to the MyPilot app.

pilot flying j directory

The comprehensive Pilot Flying J directory lists everything from location addresses to services available.

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Celebrating 55 Years

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rom the first small, country filling station in Gate City, Va., Pilot Flying J has come a long way in 55 years.

That first gas station, as founder Jim Haslam fondly recalls, opened on Nov. 20, 1968, and survived on sales from gas, oil, a few soft drinks and cigarettes.

Now, Pilot Flying J has more than 650 travel centers across North America, offering everything from snacks and restaurants to fuel and showers, and

providing a home away from home for professional drivers, RVers and fourwheel travelers.

The key to Pilot Flying J’s strength and longevity is simple, according to Jimmy Haslam, Pilot Flying J CEO. “It’s our more than 23,000 employees that have made this company as successful as it is today,” he says.

“Their passion, drive and exceptional customer service are what keep our customers coming back.”

Respectful of the past, attentive to the present and focused on the future, for the past 55 years Pilot Flying J’s top priority has been to offer the best service on the road to generations of loyal customers.

“We’ve worked hard for 55 years to meet the needs of our customers,” says Jim. “And I can guarantee we’ll continue working hard for the next 55 and beyond.”

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by greg girard n proclaiming a day of Thanksgiving for the nation, Abraham Lincoln wrote,

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“The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.” He wrote those words in October 1863, while the nation was still deep within the horrors of civil war.

When Americans sit down to give thanks for the year, prayers and blessings most often mention God, family, home, life and health. These are the things that are important. These are the things that bring us together.

In proclaiming a day of “thanksgiving and praise,” Lincoln was certainly looking for a way to unite and heal a people who had made sacrifice a daily part of their lives. He was attempting to give hope to a people drowning in hopelessness.

Tragedy, unfortunately, does not age- or era-discriminate. We’ve all experienced it or witnessed it. And no tragedy is more dramatic or devastating than a natural disaster. The list of hurricanes, tornados and tsunamis that have impacted populations just in the past few years is long. The impact on human life and spirit is formidable.

Tad Agoglia has seen this first-hand since 2007. Agoglia and his team travel the country, responding to communities in need after a natural disaster (Page 30). Clearing roads, searching for survivors, providing comfort – whatever a community needs, Agoglia tries to deliver. And he asks nothing in return.

“America deserves this type of response,” says Agoglia. “When hope seems difficult to come by, we can look around and see reasons to be hopeful.”

I think that is what Lincoln was getting at.

Despite the struggles America faced, Lincoln recognized the country’s “consciousness of augmented strength and vigor” and, noting this, he wrote, “It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”

Happy Thanksgiving and safe driving.

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Mike Rowe

The interview with Mike Rowe was one of the best by Challenge Magazine. Mike is an A-list celebrity in my book, and one person that would be interesting to sit with and drink a beer or two. Thanks for a great interview with such a humble, working-class star.

Earl Harris Deland, Fla. Really enjoyed last month! I always liked Mike Rowe and I’ve watched every episode of “Dirty Jobs”!

Margo Mitchell Via Facebook

RE: RVers Take on Truckers

Yes, I agree there are rude and inconsiderate truckers on the road, but in our defense, there are also a lot of rude and inconsiderate general motorists. We also experience times when motorists ride our tail or cut in front of us only to take an exit off the highway. And truck drivers have payloads of 50,000 pounds and more to consider when stopping.

I’ve been a trucker for 30 years and in my experience, most truckers act in a very professional manner. In my opinion, manners have disappeared in every aspect of our life, not just truckers.

R.H. Haugland Pekin, North Dakota

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Driver Image

I’ve been at this for over 40 years; I know what I’m doing. Ninety-eight percent of these so-called truck drivers I assume can’t read or follow the law. They speed through construction zones. I go the speed limit, then look in my mirror and see a tailgater and another and another behind him or her. They had to be speeding to catch up with me to tailgate.

They seem to think 15 feet, 20 feet, even 50 feet is not tailgating. You say something and they say, “I’m not tailgating.”

Yes, you are. I know, four wheelers do it, but it doesn’t mean you should. You’re a truck driver, I expect you to know better.

And by the way, clean up your act. The public has a low opinion anyway, and so do shippers and receivers. I’ve been in the shipping and receiving offices and a slob of a driver comes in and I’ve heard the comments on how unreliable and sloppy they look. I’m no slave to fashion, but at least I look like I’m reliable and capable. My truck looks good, too. The shippers and receivers notice these things.

Some of you may have negative comments about this. Well, I think you’re part of the problem. And you need to do some kind of other job. You need to be as professional as you can be. You represent your company and the industry. If you don’t care, get out of trucking.

W. Payne Metroplex, Mich.

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GET HEALTHY

Be a Quitter The Great American Smokeout, held the third Thursday in November since 1977, aims to get smokers to be quitters, even if it’s just for one day. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), nearly 20 percent of Americans smoke cigarettes, and tobacco use in all forms is the largest preventable cause of disease and premature death. It’s no surprise that smoking isn’t healthy – studies have proved many times over how much damage tobacco use can do – but that doesn’t make it any easier to quit. If you need some motivation to put down that cancer stick, consider these stats from the ACS. • If you smoke a pack of cigarettes a day ($5 per pack is the national average cost), you spend $1,825 annually. More if you live in New York, where a pack is a whopping $13!

• In addition to lung cancer, smoking has been linked to mouth, nose, sinus, lip, voice box, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, ovary, cervix, stomach, colon and rectum cancer.

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• Five years after quitting, the risk of mouth, throat, esophagus and bladder cancer is cut in half.

• Smoking can affect your eyesight, too. Regularly puffing increases the risk of macular degeneration, which is the most common cause of blindness.

• According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies, male smokers die 13.2 years earlier than nonsmoking males, and female smokers die 14.5 years earlier than nonsmoking females.

Hairy Health If you’ve ever wanted to grow a moustache, the Movember Foundation hopes you do it in November. By joining the movement and becoming a Mo, not only can you rock your best Tom Selleck look, but you can also raise awareness for men’s health issues.

Participants start the month off clean-shaven, then commit to growing a moustache for the 30 days of November while letting their friends and family know of their pursuit and hopefully raising some vital funds for prostate and testicular cancers as well as other men’s health issues.

Founded in Australia, Movember has become a worldwide endeavor, with 21 countries now participating. Last year, more than $21 million was raised in the U.S. alone.

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By the Numbers: Trains November is National Railroad Model Month and so we’re focusing on their life-size counterparts. The United States’ first transcontinental railroad, known as the Pacific Railroad, was completed in 1869.

The Pacific Railroad revolutionized this burgeoning country by opening up the sparsely populated West and its wilderness to new settlements, commerce, shipping and trade lines. Safe, fast, long-distance travel was now available to almost everyone. A trip across the country that had previously cost $1,000 was slashed to a mere $150. Once the railways were laid, the United States would never be the same.

length in miles of the transcontinental railroad that spanned from Omaha, Neb., to Sacramento, Calif.

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percent of freight moved in the United States by rail

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miles one gallon of fuel can transport one ton of freight

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stations in Grand Central Station in New York, making it the largest train station in the world miles of railroads in 1916. Today, there are fewer than 170,000 rail miles in the U.S.

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Sources: www.fra.dot.gov, csx.com, history.com

We Asked,

Nov. Tour Dates

You Answered!

What’s the most perk Q unexpected about truck driving?

It is always unexpected, and always a surprise to walk into a customer’s office and be greeted with a cheerful smile and pleasant attitude.

That always makes my day.

– Shane Michaels

Seeing family all over the country.

– Andy Moore

Well, I am from Florida, and being in trucking I get to see the things I read about and see the things from TV. It also lets me see all of God’s marvelous creations. It’s not an easy life if you have a family, but being able to provide for them is the trade-off. When I am home, it’s so enjoyable to spend that precious time with my family.

I like the fact that I play a part in America’s commerce. It makes me proud to drive a truck.

– Willie R. Bristol Jr.

Getting to see the beautiful scenery.

– T. G. Ralphs

Not having people looking over my shoulder all the time, and getting to be outside.

– Don Furr

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What’s your favorite thing to do during your time off?

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Date

City, State

4-Nov Bowman, SC PM St. George, SC 5-Nov Port Wentworth, GA PM Brunswick, GA 6-Nov Jacksonville, FL PM St. Augustine, FL 7-Nov Fort Pierce, FL PM St. Lucie, FL 8-Nov Fort Myers, FL PM Punta Gorda, FL 9-Nov Tampa, FL PM Dade City, FL 10-Nov Wildwood, FL PM Ocala, FL 11-Nov Lake Park, GA PM Tifton, GA 12-Nov Vienna, GA PM Jackson, GA 13-Nov Union Point, GA PM Augusta, GA 14-Nov Piedmont, SC PM Gaffney, SC 15-Nov Blacksburg, SC PM Rock Hill, SC

Store #

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Dates subject to change.

Check www.facebook.com/DriverAppreciationTour for changes and updates.

Road Wisdom

If at some point you don’t ask yourself, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ then you’re not doing it right.

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A Closer Look: Punkin Chunkin In 1986, four guys in rural Delaware took an informal bet of who could launch a pumpkin the farthest and inadvertently created the first World Championship Punkin Chunkin. The winning chunk that year was 126 feet, a far cry from the 3,887.92 feet that won in 2012. The Punkin Chunkin brings together the beloved thick-skinned squash and amateur engineers who get a kick out of saying “Hey, guys, check THIS out!” Let’s take a closer look at, and give thanks for, this gourd-launching event, now in its 27th year.

The three-day event, held Nov. 1-3 in Sussex County, Del., is taped and then broadcast on Thanksgiving on the Science Channel.

There are 15 entry classes of “chunkin’” that are determined by age, gender and chunkin’ method.

The seven chunkin’ methods are catapult, human-powered, trebuchet, torsion, centrifugal, human-powered centrifugal and air cannon.

Pumpkins must weigh between 8 and 10 pounds and can be any breed of pumpkin as long as it’s not harmful to the field.

Teams are creative with their names. Past participants have included Chunk Norris, Sir Chunks-A-Lot, Launch-ness Monster, Cinderella’s Revenge, and Live Free or Chunk.

Pumpkins must remain intact while in flight. If one explodes upon release, it’s called a “pie,” short for “pumpkin pie in the sky.”

All the fun is for some serious causes. A portion of the proceeds from the event goes to various nonprofit organizations, such as Autism Delaware, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Meals on Wheels.

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Photos: L.A. Auto Show

l.a. auto show

by james raia

ew and shimmering, value-priced to vastly expensive, the auto industry shines when its machines are showcased on the yearly auto show circuit. Under bright lights and spinning platforms, cars and trucks just don’t get any more awe-inspiring – unless it’s from behind the wheel.

Nearly every carmaker, Audi to Volkswagen and Bentley to Volvo, displays its lineups – electric vehicles, family sedans, performance sports cars and futuristic concepts all have their place in auto shows from Los Angeles to Tokyo. It’s as if the vehicles are showcased at one giant indoor dealership representing all manufacturers, at least for a week.

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provide manufacturers free reign. Carmakers tout their models with their best marketing strategies to consumers who are seeking to help the environment, get better gas mileage, impress friends, upgrade, downsize and stay connected to the everadvancing technology world.

Where do you go first? Should you check out the concept cars – the sometimes overthe-top, one-off machines that may never be sold to the public? Do you go directly to Ferrari or Lamborghini? Or do you focus on the manufacturers’ hostesses, called “product specialists,” who stand near the cars, pose for pictures and provide insight? It’s a great dilemma.

In some ways, not much has changed since 1900, when the first auto show debuted in North America in New York. The new models attracted large crowds then and they present a wondrous overdose of automotive decadence now. That first show attracted about 10,000 people, each paying 50 cents, to Madison Square Garden for the weeklong show. The main reason for the surprisingly large crowd was overt curiosity for one specific car – the prototype of the “Runabout,” presented by Ransom Eli Olds. The Olds Motor Vehicle Company of Lansing, Mich., was the first U.S. automaker to build cars in volume and it manufactured 425 Oldsmobiles from 1897 to 1901.

The L.A. Auto Show, generally considered the most prestigious auto show on the West Coast, debuted in 1907 and is scheduled this

year for Nov. 22-Dec. 1. The L.A. Auto Show kicks off the season of major shows in North America. Detroit, Chicago and New York follow as major circuit stops, with an auto show somewhere – from Fresno, Calif., to Madison, Wis. – nearly every week of the year.

“L.A. is extremely important because it sets the tone for the whole year,” says Scott Brown, a spokesman for Chrysler. “The California buyer is demanding, so we have to put our best foot forward when it comes to vehicles, displays and the talent that works the show.”

The show does attract car-specific fans, but how and why manufacturers approach the show isn’t always easy to determine.

Two years ago, Aston Martin, the luxury British sports car manufacturer, had its own small viewing hall. But in 2012, a more appealing Aston Martin display was tucked into a small corner space. It didn’t attract much attention on the first day, but it was fascinating since one of the original Aston Martins driven by James Bond in the enduring film series was on display alongside new models. Several display cases of the movies’ now-antiquated weaponry and gadgets were also shown. And it was all there to help celebrate the brand’s 50th anniversary of association with the famed films.

Last year, the L.A. Auto Show had slightly more than 1 million visitors, who had a chance to view 42 car brands, from American mainstays General Motors, Ford and Chrysler to international heavyweights n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 C H A L L E N G E 17

“Product specialists” have been an integral part of auto shows for nearly a century.

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Honda, Toyota, Audi and Hyundai. Organizers have announced more than 50 global and North American debuts from nearly a dozen manufacturers for the 2013 edition, with a promise to “Blow Your Doors Off.” The entertainment is not limited to the convention center. During the nearly twoweek event, concerts and major sporting events will be held at the nearby Staples Center. For the past several years, the Moroccan-styled Figueroa Hotel, a few blocks away, has hosted the show’s kickoff party.

Last year, while mermaids swam in the hotel pool, comedian, actor and musician Jack Black performed before a raucous crowd with his band Tenacious D. While the new cars attract the most attention, in true auto show tradition, there’s also vast interest in “concept cars.” They range from unrealistic designs to models close to what manufacturers will soon offer but featured in slightly different designs – often just to test the public interest. No concept car attracted more attention at last year’s L.A. Auto show than the wing-sprouting Smart Car created by controversial apparel designer Jeremy Scott. The Smart Car was nothing short of a fiberglass mythological creature on wheels.

“Concepts provide a glimpse into the future for vehicle design,” says Miles Johnson, a spokesman for Hyundai. “They allow us

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No concept car attracted more attention at last year’s L.A. Auto show than the wing-sprouting Smart Car created by apparel designer Jeremy Scott. to gauge customer and media reaction to future designs and design cues. Concepts allow us to introduce new ideas like eye-tracking technology and 3-D gesture recognition.”

Concepts attract customers, but not as many as the product specialists. Although some men present the cars or offer narration, product specialists are primarily women and they’re an integral part of any manufacturer’s presence.

“Product specialists and narrators are extremely important to us,” says Brown. “They are the face of Chrysler to the general public and have a huge influence on customers as they go through the shopping process at an auto show. Everyone who represents Chrysler at an auto show goes through a very vigorous training program before they are allowed on the show floor.”

The product specialist concept dates back nearly 90 years, as detailed in the 2008 book “Sirens of Chrome: The Enduring Allure of Auto Show Models,”

by Margery Krevsky, a longtime owner of a talent agency near Detroit. It began when eight women wearing what were then considered skimpy bathing suits advertised the 1927 Packard 343 Series. They were called the “damsels of the dance.”

Nearly a century later, the once provocative idea has become commonplace. Even National Public Radio produced a story about auto show models called “Want To Chat Up An Auto Show Model? Talk Cars.”

How carmakers choose to present their vehicles at auto shows varies as much as the cars presented. Hyundai is representative of many manufacturers that hire outside agencies to suggest themes and then construct sets and displays.

“The goal is to introduce new models and technologies,” says Hyundai’s Johnson. “We create a theme for the show and then use the reveal moment to reinforce that theme. Los Angeles usually has an environmental theme.”

But not all manufacturers showcase their vehicles in traditional ways. Lincoln and Volkswagen have little in common. But the diverse carmakers had the most unique presentations at last year’s L.A. Auto Show.

Lincoln, founded in 1915, decided last year to showcase its past before unveiling its future. It was only for the first of two media days (prior to the public opening), but Lincoln displayed seven vintage models, including an 80-year-old Towncar.

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Debuting a new car is a production and Manufacturers look to entertain while showing their latest models.

Along with a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr and a 1932 Lincoln KB Lebaron, the centerpiece of the makeshift Lincoln museum was a 1956 Continental Mark II that was once owned

by Elizabeth Taylor. Custom-ordered by the actress, the Continental Mark II, perched on a circular display, shimmered in its one-of-akind blue exterior paint. On the second media day and for the rest of the show, new Lincoln MKZ models replaced the vintage Lincolns.

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“Lincoln has always been an individualistic car,” says Lincoln spokesman Tom Kowaleski. “Since we were introducing the MKZ, we wanted to show the long history of simple elegance in Lincoln. It’s rooted into the history of the car.”

Volkswagen hasn’t been around as long as Lincoln, but the VW bug (now Beetle) was first available in the United States in 1949.

It’s among the best-selling cars in history,

which is one reason VW decided to introduce its retro lineup at last year’s show.

When the manufacturer debuted the new Beetle Cabriolet, three special editions of the convertible were also unveiled. With themes from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, VW moved forward but with reverence to its classic design years. The retro models feature bespoke body designs, interior colors inspired from each era, and whitewall tires.

But VW officials just didn’t unveil the decade-themed cars with proclamations. Each car warranted an act in an elaborate stage show. Accompanied by music from each decade, a group of nearly a dozen cheerleaders performed the corresponding decade’s dance moves.

As for this year, Lincoln, Volkswagen and other manufacturers may have unique plans, but they’re not about to share.

“The classic Lincoln display exceeded our expectations,” says Kowaleski. “It was a great idea and concept, but it wouldn’t work more than once since we were debuting the MKZ, a whole new approach for Lincoln. But we have plans for this year’s show, too, I can tell you that.”

For more information, visit www.laautoshow.com.

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by joan tupponce

he energy level in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas soared the minute The Band Perry stepped onto the stage at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in April. Dressed in edgy, form-fitting black leather, the power trio rocked the house with their spirited fist-pumping hit “Done.”

Since bursting onto the music scene in 2009 with their hit “If I Die Young,” the trio has morphed into one of the hottest bands in country music today.

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braced on its debut album is still intact but the trio is proving on stage and in concert that The Band Perry is not a one-trick pony. “We always wear black leather when we perform live so we wanted to raise the bar on television,” says lead singer Kimberly Perry of the ACM performance.

The band’s sound has evolved since the release of its first album in 2010. “We have tried out so many different sounds and styles,” says Kimberly, who acknowledges they have embraced a performance style that leans more toward the rocker mental-

ity but has still kept its country roots.

“We’ve always had a rock ’n’ roll edge but we didn’t want to show all of our cards on the first record.”

The three siblings – Kimberly, Neil and Reid – are already on the fast track to fame. They have won multiple ACM, CMT and CMA awards as well as nominations for Grammy, Teen Choice, American Music, American Country and Billboard Music awards.

The group’s song “Done” is its fourth No. 1 hit. The bold anthem about giving your all and realizing it still isn’t good enough dominated

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the Billboard and Mediabase country charts this summer. It was co-written

by Reid and Neil, who penned it in the “spirit of the underdog.”

The song, normally the band’s show opener, pumps up the audience in the first few minutes of the concert.

“It’s like song therapy for the fans and for us,” says Neil, noting they wrote the song in a day. “We all raise our fists in the air and shout a unified ‘Ugh!’ From there on out, the rest of the night is like recess.”

The inspiration for the song was more of a situation that people expe-

rience rather than a particular person, and fans have taken the lyrics to heart.

“They’ve made it the soundtrack of their breakups, their tough times, their struggles,” says Kimberly.

“Done” is from the band’s sophomore release, “Pioneer,” which has already produced the platinum hit “Better Dig Two,” a reflection of the band’s fondness of the Southern gothic culture with its tales of the Deep South.

The trio wrote the songs for their new album while they were touring and readily admit the schedule made the process difficult. Appropriately,

“Done” was the last song they finished for the album, giving the song a dual meaning for the trio. As Kimberly explains, it meant “we were done with the rocky terrain” of trying to write on the road.

Touring has been a way of life for the three Perry siblings, all 30 years old and under, for the past 15 years. Their musical influences date back to their childhood in Jackson, Miss. “Even long before the three of us were in any sort of band we had this overwhelming love of music,” Kimberly says. “It came from our parents.”

The siblings were performing before they could drive and formed The Band Perry in 2005.

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Their father, Steve, and mother, Marie, listened to all types of music, from Stevie Wonder to Queen. On Saturday nights, the family would sit around and listen to bluegrass. On other nights it was rock ’n’ roll. “We would be dancing to Michael Jackson with Mom. With Dad it was the Rolling Stones,” Kimberly says. “There were so many styles of music.”

Their cousin Ann-Carter Bloomfield, who travels with the band and works with its fan base, says the siblings were typical kids growing up.

“The boys were so cute. They had bowl haircuts and they wore polos and khakis. They were allAmerican.”

Reid and Neil always had their hands in music, learning to play an assortment of instruments at a young age. And Kimberly, the oldest of the group, was never afraid to step up and take charge. “She would line us up and teach us songs to sing and we would perform for our parents,” Bloomfield recalls.

Kimberly started her first band when she was 15. Reid and Neil, who often watched their sister perform, were only 8 and 10 when they began a mini rock ’n’ roll band of their own. The family was living in Mobile, Ala., when the three decided to team up and hit the road as a family band. One of their first gigs was in, of all places, the lingerie department of a local Walmart.

At first, the family traveled in a 35-foot motor home with their mom, Marie, behind the wheel.

“She was The Band Perry’s original bus driver,”

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Neil says. “None of us could drive. Mom would take us around and Dad was our booking agent.”

For the next 10 years, the Perrys played everything from malls to fairs. If they ever thought about giving up, their parents were there to support them. There was no backup plan and luckily they didn’t need one. In 2009, they signed with Republic Nashville. Rob Beckham, the band’s agent at WME agency in Nashville, describes the moment he heard the trio sing as magical. “It took about 30 seconds for me to figure out they were going to be superstars,” Beckham says, adding that the trio’s perfect sibling harmony sets them apart from other bands on the charts.

Each member of the group brings something to the table. Neil, the youngest, is a jokester who keeps everyone laughing on the road, while Reid, the middle child, is often pensive and thought-

Our greatest asset is that we know each other as well as we do.

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ful. As for big sister Kimberly, she’s always known what she wants to do with her life. “She has wisdom and insight,” Bloomfield says. “She’s the perfect leader in the band and the family.”

The Perrys have been writing songs ever since they started performing. Their process starts with an image. “We don’t ever talk about what we are thinking when we are writing,” Neil says.

“It usually just happens.”

When they sat down to write songs for their debut album, the images that kept popping up were related to what they considered to be the romantic aspects of the South. “We had images of Ferris wheels and fairs,” Neil says, whereas the visions that came to mind with “Pioneer” were more militaristic. “We had an image of an army marching forward. If you listen to the music, it has military drum rolls.”

To continue the imagery of “Pioneer,” the band wanted to create that same power visually on stage, so they brought in choreographers to add a dose of adrenaline to the performance with lots of stomps and fist pumps. “We wanted to look like an army on stage,” Kimberly says. “Now people come out to our live show doing the movements with us. We have a cult following.”

The band’s new album is perfect for the group’s aggressive arena shows – in addition to their own sold-out headlining dates, they have been on the road with Rascal Flatts for the Live & Loud Tour. The concept for “Pioneer” involves the strength to continue on when you’re unsure how to get where you’re going, a concept the band knows well.

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“Mother Like Mine” pays tribute to the siblings’ mother and father. The touching “Back To Me Without You” was written during a time that Kimberly was dealing with her emotions over the loss of a friendship. The song’s lyrics “Get back to what you know, get back to what you do” echoed the advice of her brothers during that difficult time.

Fans are not only embracing the band’s music but also the Perrys themselves. The siblings make it a point to really connect with fans on an individual basis whenever possible. Even though the air was muggy and the temperatures were in the 90s, the trio carved out time before their concert in Richmond, Va., in August to spend some time with fans during a meet-and-greet event. While most meet-and-greets herd fans through the line at a dizzying pace, The Band Perry elected to see only a few fans at a time to make sure each sibling could talk with them, sign autographs and take photos. The trio even made time for the small canines that a few fans slipped into the arena with them. It’s that type of interaction that makes each fan of The Band Perry’s “a fan for life, not just the life of a single on the radio,” says Beckham.

While it might not be your typical family business, the Perrys are fully aware that their music is their business. “Our greatest asset is that we know each other as well as we do,” Kimberly says. “We know the differ-

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Neil (left), Kimberly and Reid signed with Universal Republic in 2009 and released their self-titled debut album a year later.

Their latest, “Pioneer,” was released in April.

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ent personalities and the different creative strengths.”

The siblings’ strong work ethic contributes to the band’s success. Their workdays begin in the early morning and end around 2 a.m. when the tour bus pulls out of the venue. After each show, they’ll sit down on the bus and watch their performance again – they tape each show for this very purpose – and make a list of things they can improve.

“They are true professionals in what they

do,” Bloomfield says. “They take their craft and their career very seriously. They are always looking to see how they can make their show better.”

What is obvious on and offstage is that the Perrys genuinely love one another. “We are each other’s greatest supporters and each other’s greatest critics,” Kimberly says.

“We are not afraid to tweak each others’ craft as well and that’s an important asset.”

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by joan tupponce

irefighter TJ Hayes and his crew were used to fighting fires and responding to automobile accidents in Moore, Okla., a town of 55,000 just south of downtown Oklahoma City. But on May 20, what they were facing was a nightmare. An EF5 tornado, packing winds around 210 mph, had devastated the town.

Hundreds of buildings were wiped out, and people left homeless were walking around dazed, clinging to whatever was left of their belongings.

Hayes and his fellow firefighters had spent the day trying to lift pieces of the elementary school that was

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destroyed by the storm. They were searching for survivors but moving the rubble was difficult, if not impossible. They were taking a break, exhausted and weary from the day’s struggles, when Tad Agoglia and the First Response Team of America’s convoy pulled up.

“These guys looked professional and the equipment they had looked like what we needed to use,” Hayes recalls. “It looked like these guys knew what they were doing.”

Fortunately, they did. Agoglia and his crew specialize in just such tragic events. Arriving in a city or town just

hours after a natural disaster, they provide help for first responders and the community at large. They do everything from clearing roads to performing search-and-rescue missions.

And it’s all free of charge.

“We were limited as far as what we could do,” Hayes says of the firefighters who were working to clear debris and search for survivors. “One of the biggest things Tad did was help us. He has a mini-crane on the back of a truck that is able to lift thousands of pounds up and move it.”

Agoglia and his team used the crane to lift steel I-beams at the school

Agoglia made millions from his disaster recovery company before starting First Response in 2007. He now helps those in need for free. and their plasma cutter to slice through the steel so survivors could be rescued. They set up light towers so they could work through the night and used Caterpillar machines to move debris.

“We were finding things from the neighborhood that had been blown into the school,” Hayes remembers. “It was nice to have Tad and his equipment and expertise running the show.”

That night Agoglia and his team used their thermal imaging camera, which picks up body heat, as they followed firefighters through the neighborhood looking for survivors. “Everything was covered with shingles, grass, mud and boards,” Hayes says.

“Tad could see if someone was trapped.”

The First Response Team ended up spending more than a month working with the people of Moore to help them salvage what they could. “You have to admire his spirit,” Hayes says. “He was doing it all for free. That kept us motivated.”

Helping victims of natural disasters is a calling for Agoglia. A native of Long Island, N.Y., he opened a for-profit company called Disaster Recovery Solutions after graduating from college with a master’s degree in theology. “I always had an interest in business and I have a love for equipment and trucks,” he says. “I started an excavation company and then I started using heavy equipment to help clean up after disasters.”

Agoglia’s business took off, making him a millionaire in his 20s, but he felt there was something missing in his life, especially after losing his father to cancer just a year after 9/11. “My father was an example of someone who cares for people,” Agoglia says, adding that the two were very close.

At the age of 30, he began searching for something to make his life more meaningful. He started thinking about the devastation he had seen when his company was hired to clean up a few months after a natural disaster. “I began to do some research and realized 86 percent of the fire departments in the U.S. are volunteer-driven and they only have equipment for house fires and car accidents,” he says. “So I thought ‘Who does the community go to when a disaster happens?’”

Instead of getting paid to help these communities, he wanted to do the same work for free. So in May 2007, after learning that an EF5 tornado had hit Greensburg, Kan., he left his home base in Pennsylvania and headed west with his crane-equipped tractor trailer to clear roads for firefighters and ambulances that needed to get into the area. That trip changed Agoglia’s life forever.

It was 4 a.m. and he was about a half mile outside of Greensburg when he spotted a small gas station. When he went in to prepay the fuel, a man came out of the darkness and asked him if he was going to Greensburg.

“I am trying to find my daughter. She is 28 years old and she is a veterinarian,” he said. “Her name is Katie.

If you see her, tell her that her father is looking for her.”

Agoglia nodded and fought back his tears. As he was driving toward Greensburg, he saw a firefighter in the middle of the road. “I told him, ‘My name is Tad and I can help you open up the roads,’” Agoglia remembers. “A short while after I was cleaning a road to the firehouse.”

He worked through the night and was sitting on the top of the crane when the sun finally crept over the horizon. There was destruction as far as he could see. A woman emerged from the rubble, looked around and then collapsed. Agoglia watched as several people ran to her aid. “It was at that moment that I knew this is what I wanted to do with my life, be here for these people,” he says. “These terrible things will happen. This is just nature. But when things like this happen, people need a helping hand, and I don’t want to charge them because something has come out of the sky and turned their lives around. It was a very moving experience for me.”

Over the next two years, Agoglia and his seven employees traveled to 18 disasters around the country, providing their services and equipment for free. During that time he realized the need for generators to provide emergency lighting and advanced search-and-rescue equipment. “Communities need hover crafts and water

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pumps and trained staff that knows how to deal with swift water, so I went ahead and bought all that stuff and just did it,” he says.

His efforts were recognized in 2008 after CNN did a story on his team. That same year he was listed as one of People magazine’s “Heroes Among Us.” In 2009 he was not only one of the five “Better Men Better World” finalists in GQ, but he also received the national Jefferson Award for the greatest public service by a person 35 years old or younger.

To get a better handle on when a natural disaster might occur, Agoglia began consulting with meteorologists at The Weather Channel. Chris von Seeger, executive producer of live programming for The Weather Channel, has been working with Agoglia for two years, filming the channel’s “Responding By Storm” television show, which features the First Response Team. “I have been working in television for 20 years now and this is one of the two most special projects I have worked on,” von Seeger says. “Tad is a truly unique person. He has dedicated his life to helping others and has asked for nothing in return. I have never come across anybody that does what he does.”

This past May, von Seeger pre-positioned Agoglia about 30 minutes outside of Moore right before the tornado hit. “When he got to Moore, the traffic was several miles back and he got a police escort,” von Seeger says, noting that Agoglia works day and night to help people. “He is relentless in a good sense. He stays until the work is done.”

Agoglia started his First Response Team of America charity in 2009 after spending all of the money he had saved. “We operate on donations from individuals and corporations,” he says. Since starting the nonprofit, he has received the support of companies such as Caterpillar, Peterbilt Trucks, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Ram trucks and DAS in Pennsylvania, which donates funds for fuel that can often be as much as $30,000.

Agoglia spends at least 11 months on the road each year. “It’s a very demanding job. We can be away for months at a time,” he says, adding that the job also takes an emotional toll. “When you see it firsthand it really makes your heart sink. I have met parents who have lost children, grandmothers who have lost children and

First Response has more than $1 million in equipment, including an excavator, a Peterbilt dump truck, and generators that can power a hospital.

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children who have lost parents.”

Chris Luhring, city administrator of Parkersburg, Iowa, considers Agoglia to be “an angel.” Luhring was police chief when an EF5 tornado hit the town in 2008. “It looked like someone had dropped an atom bomb,” he says.

As always, Agoglia came into town unannounced and parked his equipment on the street. “I was looking for him to move it,” Luhring says. “I was yelling for him to get it out of the way. He told me he was here to help and I asked him how much [money] he wanted. He said, ‘We volunteer.’”

Agoglia and his team’s first task was to recover Parkersburg’s historical records from the city hall. “This was stuff that could never be replaced. It was priceless documents,” Luhring says.

“We didn’t have any equipment that could go through the debris

We told him we would give him the keys to the city if we had any left. What he did for 13 days was profound.

- Chris Luhring City Administrator, Parkersburg, Iowa

to save it like he could.”

The team used a grapple arm that stretched off the truck to retrieve the items. “That arm can grab a piece of paper out of a filing cabinet without ripping it,” Luhring says. “That is what makes what he does so special.”

During the team’s 13-day stay, Agoglia and his crew also helped clear debris and dig graves for people that had been killed by the tornado. When the city had its first “normal” city council meeting, Agoglia received a standing ovation. “We told him we would give him the keys to the city if we had any left,” Luhring says. “What he did for 13 days was profound.”

Agoglia’s physical contribution was important, but it was how he helped the people in the city psychologically that really made the difference. “He gave them hope,” Luhring says. “He inspired an entire community to move forward, without delay.

“The fact that Agoglia refused to take any money from the city was incredible,” Luhring adds. “He is absolutely amazing. I don’t know how any community like Parkersburg would recover without someone like him. We overuse the word hero, but Tad is an American hero if there ever was one or will be one.”

To learn more about First Response Team of America, go to

www.firstresponseteam.org.

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NASCAR’s hidden season by john close

t used to be when the NASCAR season ended in late November, everyone took off for a well-deserved vacation. After a couple of weeks of “R&R” to shake off the grind of being on the road full-time for 36 weeks, all returned to work in early December before the holidays provided another opportunity for time off. Fat on Christmas bounty, and full of New Year’s cheer, the new NASCAR season didn’t really kick into gear in earnest in January.

Not anymore.

“One of the biggest myths in NASCAR is the ‘offseason,’” says Jeremy Burleson, managing director of partnership marketing and communications at Richard Childress Racing. “Honestly, it just doesn’t exist anymore.

The racing schedule may be from February to November, but the business of NASCAR for the teams and the people who support them is now a year-round proposition. The days of having time off and starting to work on a new season in December and January are long gone. If anything, things in my office ramp up in those months, they don’t slow down.”

Burleson’s situation is a common one regardless of who you are or what NASCARrelated job you perform. Whether it is in management, marketing, media or competition, the fact is NASCAR is a 52-weeks-ayear enterprise.

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The demise of NASCAR’s offseason is revealed by when the next new season starts.

It’s not at Daytona in February, but rather in the heat of the preceding summer months.

“We start getting serious about the upcoming year in June and July,” says Robbie Reiser, vice president of competition at Roush Fenway Racing. “That’s when we start paying attention to what teams are going to have next season – who’s going to drive for who and what kind of personnel you are going to have available. You’re trying to get everyone situated and organized for the following season. Personnel is always the first step to that.”

While Reiser is evaluating race team talent throughout the summer months, Burleson is wading through the details of the next season’s marketing and media associations with RCR team sponsors.

“Ideally, we’ve finalized contracts with our partners for the upcoming season already in early summer,” says Burleson. “The earlier you have these finished, the better.

Everything has a sign-off process. We have to go through a brand team and legal – on their end and ours – in creating all of the designs, programs and contracts. There’s a lot of email exchange and phone conversations before everybody signs off on the final product.

There are challenges to getting everyone to agree on all the details and that takes time.”

The timelines aren’t any better for Tim Packman, RCR’s director of corporate communications.

“We started working on the 2014 season back in September,” says Packman.

“We looked at everything we did this past

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A. One of the biggest challenges during the NASCAR offseason is to get the team’s fleet of cars race-ready. Here’s a line-up of Richard Childress Racing Sprint Cup cars at various levels of completion at the team’s Welcome, N.C., race shop.

Photo: Russ Lake

year and have tried to improve it for this upcoming season. It’s extremely important that the communications side of our business stays in tune with current trends and technologies. This year, we’re looking to streamline things a bit because fans can now get their news everywhere on all different kinds of services and devices.”

On the racetrack – where delivering a winning performance reinforces the team’s marketing programs and media messages – the beginning of a new season also takes shape well before the current one ends.

“We started preparing for the 2013 season in the summer of 2012 because we had to redo our entire fleet and build all new Generation 6 cars,” says Luke Lambert, crew chief of the No. 31 RCR Sprint Cup Chevrolet. “This year, we started working on the 2014 season in September because that’s when we announced Ryan Newman was coming in as our new driver. Once you know what the plans are for your race team – who your driver is going to be and who the sponsor is – you start working on the following year.”

So, if the new NASCAR season begins in the summer and fall months, what exactly do teams do during what used to be the offseason?

B. After a successful career as a NASCAR driver and crew chief, Wisconsin’s Robbie Reiser is now the vice president of competition at Roush Fenway Racing.

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As director of corporate communications at Richard Childress Racing, Tim Packman helps create the new media messages for the upcoming season.

“Everything our teams bring back from Homestead will be stripped and painted,” says Burleson. “Then our in-house graphics department will print 2014 artwork wraps for everything from a 53-foot transporter right down to a welding unit. We’ll also have all the team uniforms, souvenirs and sponsor programs completed. All the in-store products and displays, media programs and materials will be done and in place. Everything you see at Daytona in

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February is in the planning stage as early as June and is all executed in December and January.”

On the floor at the race shop, it’s hammer down as teams get ready for a new season, beginning with NASCAR’s “Super Bowl” – the Daytona 500 – on Feb. 23.

“Getting cars ready for Daytona testing and for whatever other intermediate tracks we are doing preseason testing at are the priority for us,” says Reiser. “There’s also

a lot of time spent at the wind tunnel, K-Rig and Eight-Post machine. We’ve got 35 supervisors and 400 employees working hard to make it all happen here at Roush Fenway Racing. After Christmas, everybody is wide open.”

“We plan on quite a bit of testing, seeing as how we will have a new driver this season,” adds RCR’s Lambert. “I’m sure we’ll probably be making a few more trips to the track to test than we normally would. It’s going to be very important for us to get some time with Ryan and start building our communications and chemistry. There’s a lot to having a driver, crew chief and team work well together at the racetrack. We want to understand each other. We’ll start collecting data for Ryan and see how he uses the racecar, how he uses the tires. That will help us be prepared for all the racetracks that we go to next year.”

In the end, what once was an offseason with time for beach vacations and trips to the mountains, is now a full-on race to the finish for NASCAR teams – just like the regular season.

“Things are a little calmer during our so-called offseason,” says Packman. “It’s definitely a little more laidback compared to the regular season and we try to keep our workload to eight hours a day or less, but that doesn’t always happen. Everyone tries to plan a little time off, but sometimes things surface that need immediate attention and it just doesn’t happen. You do whatever you have to do so when you get to Daytona, you have a nice, smooth transition from one season to the next.”

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Cutthroat Cooking by amanda jakl

hen Alton Brown first came up with the idea of his show “Good Eats,” he combined three unlikely sources of inspiration. “The memo I wrote to myself was ‘Mr. Wizard’ plus Julia Child plus ‘Monty Python,’” he says. The “information show built on quirky storytelling and strange humor,” as he describes it, was a recipe for success. “Good Eats” hit the airwaves in 1999 and ran for 13 seasons on the Food Network, establishing Brown as a food expert and TV personality.

Since then, Brown has become a go-to source for all things food. He’s author of several award-winning cookbooks, commentator for “Iron Chef America,” host of “Next Iron Chef,” mentor on “Food Network Star,” miniseries creator of “Feasting on Asphalt” and “Feasting on Waves,” producer and creator of “The Alton

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Browncast” podcast, and most recently, game-show host of “Cutthroat Kitchen.”

For a man now known for his cooking prowess, Brown didn’t start out in the kitchen. He spent a decade working as a filmmaker, cinematographer and director. In his free time Brown watched cooking shows, but he often found them a bit boring. An idea started to percolate and he reasoned, with his extensive film background, he could do better; he just needed some professional cooking know-how.

So after attending the New England Culinary Institute and with the practical knowledge in hand, “Good Eats” was born.

It’s not a stretch to say that “Good Eats” is Brown’s baby, especially when looking at the show credits. “I was in front of the camera, I was behind the camera, I was the writer, I oversaw post-production, I was the executive producer and I directed it.”

There wasn’t anything like “Good Eats” on television when it debuted in the late ’90s, and Brown made sure it stayed that way for the run of the series. “During the whole time I was making ‘Good Eats,’ I did not watch other cooking shows,” he says. “Not a one, because I didn’t want to get infected by other ideas. I’m obsessed with originality. My big pathological fear in life is to not be original, so I just quit watching everything.”

Rather than watch cooking shows for inspiration, Brown looked to pop culture. “If I could see a movie and get an idea of how to communicate a point then I would,” he says. “I’ve stolen more from just the movie ‘Jaws’ than most people do from all of Shakespeare. I’ve got no shame when it comes to that. But that’s different; that’s homage.”

While it’s now impossible to picture anybody else as the host of “Good Eats,” Brown wasn’t the first choice. A barebones budget made the decision for him.

“There wasn’t anybody else to do it,” he explains. “We didn’t have any money, barely enough money to get the shows produced. Then as time went on and there was a little bit of money, it became very clear that I had developed a series of technical skills that allowed me to be very effective on camera. Because I spent so much time behind the camera, I know what to do in front of one. I know how to use technology to successfully do large amounts of dialogue in shorter periods of time.”

Brown’s passion for cooking wasn’t something he grew up with, unlike many current and future cooks. He didn’t learn any great secret family recipes, didn’t spend hours of his childhood rolling dough. “My mom was a magazine cook,” he says dryly. “My grandmother came from the age of women that cooked because they had to. They had people to feed and there were no convenience foods.

There was no great, ‘Ah, I will show you the great secrets of …’ No, there was none of that.”

He did, however, inherit something just as important. “You know what rubbed off on me? Loving to be in the kitchen,” he says. “The complete understanding that I got out of Boy Scouts, of appreciating selfreliance, of taking care of oneself, being able to not be a victim. I cook because I like the know-how of it. I don’t fix cars, I don’t build chairs, but I can cook anything.

And I can feed people. So I have my selfreliance thing. For me, that’s important.”

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is planning to resurrect the concept in a different medium. “I am making new material that is very much in that vein, but I’m making it for digital distribution,” he says. “So ‘Good Eats’ fans are going to have something new and tasty.”

Food Network has the rights to the name “Good Eats,” so it will be called something different, but Brown says the five- to 10-minute versions “are almost identical thematically and in storytelling methodology to ‘Good Eats.’”

In the meantime, Brown is keeping busy with his newest show on the Food Network, “Cutthroat Kitchen,” a decidedly different take on the cooking-competition genre. The show really isn’t about winning, he says, but how you play the game. It’s less about skill and more about strategy.

The show involves auctions that determine the participants’ ingredients and tools. By bidding and winning the auctions, participants can make the game more difficult for their competition. It’s a game that must be played, Brown says.

“That’s the beautiful and wonderful difference of it.”

While “Cutthroat Kitchen” brings out the bloodthirsty side of its competitors, it also shows another side of Brown. Fans

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In addition to creating an award-winning television show, Alton Brown is an accomplished author. His first book, “I’m Just Here For the Food,” won the James Beard Award for Best Cookbook in the Reference category in 2003.

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Cooking on the go? “I’ve cooked in every conceivable moving device. I’ve cooked on motorcycles engines. On the Mythbusters episode I did, I cooked a whole Thanksgiving meal on a car engine.”

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will get to see a more sarcastic side of the Atlanta native. “It’s still me, it’s just now, the more improvisational me is turned up, the more snarky me is turned up.” The difference is that now he’s a game-show host, but don’t put him in the same category as Bob Barker. “I’m more Monty Hall, only a real dark version. I’m like this devilish provocateur because I do goad people.”

When he’s not working on Food Network as a judge or game-show host, Brown records a podcast called the “Alton Browncast” where he sits down with guests to chat about food or, as it’s described on his website, “basically does whatever he flippin’ wants for 45 minutes.” Compared with “Good Eats,” which was tightly controlled from start to finish, the “Browncast” is loose and easy.

“I do not prepare for them, I do not have any questions,” he admits. “I don’t interview; it’s a conversation. And the more that it leads off into the wild blue, the more I like it.”

The looser format sometimes puts guests off. “It unnerves some people,” he says. “Some people would come in to do podcasts with me and were like, ‘Where are the questions? What are we

going to talk about?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know. I don’t have any freaking idea.

Isn’t it wonderful?’ There has not been one time that it hasn’t been a pleasant experience. You just have to be willing to not plan everything; that’s all it takes.”

If books, miniseries, competition shows and podcasts weren’t enough, Brown launched “The Edible Inevitable Tour” in October. Think of it as a culinary variety show, he says. “It’s 100 minutes of, hopefully, stuff that nobody has ever seen before.” There will be live music – yes, he sings – a bit of stand-up, some Q-and-A, and fans of “Good Eats” will recognize an appearance by the Yeast Puppets and live food demonstrations. But don’t expect to take home any everyday cooking tips from the food demonstrations.

“These are big, scary, messy, but educational and entertaining food demos,” he says. “If David Copperfield were a cook, he would be doing the kind of crap we’re getting ready to do.”

Check out all of Alton’s projects at altonbrown.com.

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Estenson Logistics by greg girard

reat ideas always seem to start on a napkin. Nobel Prize winner Paul Lauterbur scribbled the idea of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology on one. The original point system for NASCAR was sketched on one. The founders of Southwest Airlines wrote a business strategy on a cocktail napkin and Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams

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even jotted down his wish to be cryogenically frozen on one.

So it’s not surprising that the idea for one of the fastest growing logistic providers in the trucking industry was also scrawled on a coffee shop napkin in Scottsdale, Ariz. As the co-founder of Estenson Logistics, Paul Truman, says, “Great things start in small ways.”

Tim Estenson was in the business 20 years before his coffee shop meeting with Truman. He had worked as a truck washer, driver, dispatcher and salesman, all while compiling a list of how he’d do things differently. How he’d build a logistics company with a foundation of treating people the way he wished he’d been treated as an employee and introduce a new industry philosophy to meeting customers’ needs.

“We took away all of the ‘I can’t do that,’ because of corporate restrictions, the ‘We can’t do that,’ because of the system’s restrictions,” Estenson said. “We took away all of the ‘we can’ts’ and replaced them with ‘we can’ and ‘we will.’”

Just over a decade later, Estenson Logistics is a financially stable, organic company with more than 1,000 drivers that is “held together by a culture of trust and respect.” The company provides dedicated, local service to customers in 28 states and with routes in more than 40 states.

“Our type of business is year-round, local,” explains Cevin Case, chief operating officer at Estenson. “A very small percentage [of drivers] do any type of layover and if they do a layover, it’s only one night.” For Estenson drivers, that means coveted home time.

“I’m home on weekends and 99.9 percent of the time I’m home every night,” says Jerry

We took away all of the ‘we can’ts’ and replaced them with ‘we can’ and ‘we will.’

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Stevens, a veteran driver of nearly 40 years who has been with Estenson for the past 10 years. “That’s how I like it. It’s a good place to work and the company has been good to me.”

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Estenson Logistics has more than 1,000 drivers and the company has grown 18 percent in the last year. to tankers,” says Case. “So when it comes to our driver teams, it’s a wide range of experience requirements.”

Twelve months of tractor-trailer experience is only part of the requirements Estenson looks for in drivers. The driver also has to be the right fit.

“It’s not important that all the seats on the bus are filled,” says Truman. “It’s important that they’re filled with the right people. Our people are our most important asset.”

Drivers need to be able to work well with a team and understand that every employee represents Estenson as well as Estenson’s customers. And with a driver turnover rate of 30 percent, compared with the 100 percent national average, it’s a standard that works.

“I think part of the reason we keep our drivers so long – it’s a pretty intimate setting when a site manager, who does dispatching and payroll, and a team of drivers are all dedicated and local,” says Chris Licht, vice president of safety. “So the managers and drivers really get to know each other quite well. They build a very good team together.”

Estenson also makes sure everyone in the company understands the driver’s job through their ride-along program. Every non-driver employee is required to ride with a driver a couple of times a year, to better understand the work drivers do each day.

“We’re out there helping throw straps, move landing gear, greeting customers, truly living in their environment,” says Case. “It ties us back to reality of where the real work is being done and where the revenue is being generated. Our culture is the driver not only drives our trucks but they drive our company. Our job is to support those drivers with the right training, right tools and right equipment so they can be successful.”

This culture that Estenson has worked hard to develop over the past decade does not go unnoticed with its drivers.

“I like the company, I like all the people that I work with and I enjoy the account where I’m at,” says Stevens.

“The thing that really means a lot to me is knowing I’ll finish out my career with the company and retire with this company.”

Estenson Logistics 866-336-9642 • goelc.com

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All About Airstreams

By Amanda Jakl

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t was love at first sight for Mona Heath.

The 1969 25-foot Tradewind Airstream trailer sang a siren that neither Heath nor her husband, Douglas, could resist. “We would drive by and look at this trailer and call and ask if [the owners] wanted to sell it,” she recalls. They didn’t, but that changed after the nearby river crested and flooded the area where the trailer was stored. The trailer wasn’t spared from the overflow. “The trailer floated,” she says. “The owner put it back in the storage yard so then, of course, he was ready to sell.”

Undeterred by the water damage, the couple dove into their new project. “It took us two and a half years and it was definitely a labor of love,” Heath recalls. “She’s absolutely beautiful, inside and out. Supermodern, super-customized to our lifestyle.”

It was this trailer, affectionately named Kalakala after the well-known Art Deco-era Washington ferry, that started the Heaths’ love affair with Airstream. The couple now have five, with models ranging from a 1957 Flying Cloud to a 2011 Bambi.

Few products are as iconic as the shiny, rounded aluminum trailer design of the Airstream. It’s Americana at its best – a quality product that’s been around for decades and that’s made right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. That may be why some RVers are drawn to them, according to Rhonda Coleman, public relations volunteer for the Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI), the official club of Airstreams.

“Most people have one of three answers to why an Airstream,” Coleman says. “One is, they look cool. Another is the quality and workmanship and the legacy of a good brand. More than 60 percent of all the Airstreams ever made in 80 years are still on the road and that’s pretty amazing. And other people just want to be part of history. With the American-made Airstream, a lot of times

their folks had one and maybe even their grandparents had one.”

Heath agrees, saying it’s that appreciation of history that Airstreamers have in common. “It’s the heritage,” she says. “To think where people have gone in them and they’re just so iconic.”

That iconic design draws a certain type of person, says Leigh Wetzel, who lives fulltime in a 2012 Flying Cloud with her husband, Brian, and dog, Curtis. “[Airstream owners] are aware, they’re into style,” she says. “It’s all about aesthetics.”

It’s hard to miss an Airstream out on the open road. The shiny, aluminum design was created in the 1930s by Wally Byam. The Airstream Trailer Company began selling its “Clipper” model in 1936 for $1,200. The trailer was considered pricey for its time, but Americans, eager to explore this vast country, flooded the company with orders. Production was steady until World War II, when Byam shuttered the company doors to help with the war efforts. Reopened in 1948, business has been booming ever since.

Byam wasn’t just a trailer designer, he was an active traveler too. In the early ’50s, he organized caravans for his Airstreamowning friends, traveling through exotic Photo: Mona Heath

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After living for two years in a remodeled 1963 trailer, Leigh and Brian Wetzel and their dog, Curtis, upgraded to a 2012 Flying Cloud.

What do Airstream owners have in common?

“Just a bit of an adventurous spirit,” says Randy Godfrey, shown here with his wife, Pat.

Photo: Randy Godfrey

places like Central America. A caravan allowed for adventures that some solo travelers wouldn’t dare make. For the first caravan, in 1951, Byam led 55 trailers through Central America over a four-month journey. The next year, a caravan ventured to Mexico and the next year, they went north to Canada. Then in 1955, the Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI) was established in Nova Scotia and has been active ever since. The WBCCI is the second-oldest RV club in the United States – the oldest being the Tin Can Tourist Club, founded in 1919.

The organized caravans are what appealed to Randy Godfrey, owner of a 2007 23-foot Safari. He and his wife, Pat, participated in a 38-trailer caravan to Alaska last year. “They’ve been on the trip before, they’ve scouted the places, they know where to go, where to eat, where to stay, where the gas stops are,” he says. “Everybody pools their money together and the caravan leader does all the campground reservations for you and the meals and the entertainment. So all you have to do

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is just get from place to place on your own.”

Club members or not, Airstreamers tend to find each other.

Wetzel, who works in Web development, says, “We all keep track of where we are with our social media so we know who we’re going to run into next.” Instagram is a popular meet-up place, as are Twitter and Facebook, and if readers want to tag along on a virtual road trip, there are hundreds of personal blogs devoted to Airstreams. Wetzel and her husband have a blog called Aluminarium, which records their journey of full-time Airstream living.

It seems Airstreamers are kindred souls just waiting to meet each other, and the good thing is, they’re easy to spot on the road.

“It’s brought together this melting pot of diversity and interests and results in amazing, happy people,” Heath says. “We’ve met people I never would have met and we’ve become friends with people I can’t imagine not knowing now, so having one has changed our lives innumerably and immeasurably.” w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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’m a U.S. Army veteran. “Hooah” for the Marines and “hooyah” for the Navy.

I like the way it sounds, regardless of one’s service background. Military veterans, male or female, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard all have one thread in common and that is to serve God and country. I go out of my way to thank them whenever I see them in uniform and I wish more would do the same.

Every day. Any time. It’s hard to put into words the way it feels to be on the receiving end of an unsolicited “Thank you for your service.”

Ever since the movie “The Perfect Storm,” I’ve been a bit obsessed with another kind of service to our country – those men and women who risk life and limb, entering a world almost as foreign and dangerous as a walk on the moon. Deepsea fishermen.

So it wasn’t a surprise to my wife, Cassie, when we made a detour to the town of Gloucester, Mass., during an RV trip of the Northeast. It is a beautiful and picturesque city – the very epitome of a long-standing fishing village. We walked the entire harbor area and were lightheartedly enjoying the tourist stuff, when everything changed for me. We had come upon the Fisherman’s Memorial and we started reading the names and dates of the many

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veterans of the sea who had been lost over the years.

The statue, known as “The Man at the Wheel,” was commissioned in 1923 and unveiled two years later. It’s a tribute to the 10,000 Gloucester fishermen who have lost their lives at sea over several centuries and a reminder that fishing is a dangerous occupation.

I didn’t know any of those people. Only that they were sons, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers of people who did know and love them. There were certainly far more of them than I had imagined. Even though these were not sailors who had given their lives for God and country, they were nevertheless not far removed from the names that my watery eyes have searched for every time I visit the Vietnam Memorial. I’ve never found a name I knew, but others have.

The collateral damage from a lost life lasts forever for those who loved and knew them. There have been more than enough visceral accounts of how and why they gave their lives. Suffice it to say, I believe that all who have given their lives for their fellow citizens, be they police officers, fire fighters, soldiers or the fishermen of Gloucester, warrant a heartfelt “thank you.”

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

hile attending GATS earlier this year in Dallas, I was demonstrating the new FIT System incab gym to a couple of drivers and a question came up about strengthening stabilizer muscles. One of the drivers compared stabilizer muscles and truck stabilizer bars. Let’s look at the comparison.

Stabilizer muscles function as a support that allows other muscles to perform an exercise. These muscles usually aren’t directly involved in a movement, but keep you steady so that the primary muscles can do their job. For example, when you do a chest press on an exercise ball, the primary muscles working are the chest and arms, while the abs, back and legs work to stabilize your body. Similarly, stabilizer bars on trucks distribute weight evenly, improving movement and cornering traction.

I have heard debates on the need to focus on strengthening stabilizer muscles and whether free-weight training provides the necessary benefits in strengthening the stabilizer muscles. For example, when walking up steps, you are using your legs to move you up with force to the next step. So if you are concentrating on keeping your shoulders back and your abs tight, logic would say you’re using your quads and at the same time strengthening your stabilizer muscles, which support the movement while not conducting it.

In my opinion, if you are practicing good technique, like walking up steps while keeping your abs and back engaged in the move-

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ment, you are in fact strengthening those stabilizer muscles. So the message here is if you are going to take the time to exercise, take the time to use all the resources you have to reach the full benefit of exercising.

Always make sure to warm up your muscles before performing any exercise movement, especially your shoulder/rotator cuff.

Roll strong.

by: bob perry

ROTATOR CUFF Start by holding the bands one arm at a time (bands attached to floor mount). Hold arm at a 90-degree angle, keeping the elbow rested on your side at all times. Then slowly rotate your arm outward, keeping your elbow at your side at all times, then move back across your stomach. Repeat for 10 reps and change arms. Once you are able to perform 20 reps without strain, move to two sets. n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 C H A L L E N G E 51

weird and unusual by brenda potts

always heard you could hold your bow over your head and walk past deer at a distance and they wouldn’t spook, so one evening I decided to try it. I was leaving my bow stand at 30 minutes past sundown (the legal end of hunting hours) and walking back to the truck when I encountered several deer in a field. I held my bow above my head, crouched over and did my best deer impression as I walked toward the truck.

Some of the deer looked at me and continued feeding, and I thought, “Hey, this actually works.”

But then, about halfway across the field, a nice 8-point buck decided to challenge this intruder with the giant odd-shaped rack on its head. He laid his ears back, puffed out the hair on his hide to look bigger and started walking stiff-legged in my direction – behaviors that were a sure sign of the challenge to come.

I thought he would figure out I was not a deer when he got closer and could see me a little better, so I continued my ruse across the field. A few more steps, though, and things started to get serious. He was closing

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the distance, lowering his head and looking like he was ready to charge.

I had seen this behavior several times while hunting from a tree stand when bucks challenged my decoy, which has been blasted more than once. And I once watched two bucks battle it out over the side of a hill, horns locked in a desperately fierce fight.

I wasn’t about to get mixed up in that, so I stood up straight, dropped the bow to my side and said, “Hey, buck!”

But he kept coming. So, with a little more urgency, I started waving the bow over my head and yelling at him. That did the trick, as he proceeded to stare at me as if in a drunken stupor. I had completely freaked him out. Thankfully, the other deer reacted and took off running, and the sounds of alarm from the lead doe brought this buck out of his entranced state and he ran with the rest of them. I ran to the truck.

Animals can react in unpredictable ways to different situations. Weird and unusual behavior is not reserved for the human race.

It’s not common, but deer have been seen eating birds, small animals and even rum-

maging through gut piles. The Outdoor Hub posted video of a deer eating a young bird while the adult birds tried to defend it.

National Geographic studied animals predicting earthquakes several years ago.

The research noted “catfish moving violently, chickens that stop laying eggs and bees leaving their hive in a panic.” Some pet owners also claim their cats and dogs acted strangely before the ground shook. But, there’s still no scientific explanation for the behavior.

And did you know there is an Ugly Animal Preservation Society? The society is dedicated to “raising the profile of some of Mother Nature’s more aesthetically challenged children.” Apparently the society believes “the panda gets too much attention.”

The society has posted “Nature’s Horror Show: 30 of the World’s Ugliest Creatures” on their website, www.uglyanimalsoc.com.

Just remember, animals can do some pretty strange things. So don’t be surprised if you’re in moose country and a “drunken” moose gives you a hassle. Apparently moose behave badly after eating fermented apples.

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NASCAR CONFIDENTIAl

by claire b. lang

don’t miss much in the NASCAR garage or in the nooks and crannies of this sport.

I’ve covered the thrill of some of NASCAR’s closest finishes and best moments, but I’ve also raised my hand and asked some tough questions of drivers and the sanctioning body on the not-so-good days.

When you’re a beat reporter covering any national sport, you can’t help but see both sides.

I’ve banged on the door of the NASCAR hauler to ask questions countless times, and each time the sport’s highest officials have let me in. Sometimes, when I think I have a better answer than NASCAR, they draw the explanation out on paper, detailing why they think their way makes more sense. I don’t always agree with NASCAR’s decisions on those “ball and strike” calls, but I’m confident that the decisions made by NASCAR have the fans and the sport’s best interest in mind.

Unless a fan is injured, or a driver dies, most crises die down as the rule-related is-

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sues that come up are dealt with. Our sport is not like any other. Instant reply doesn’t always cut it.

NASCAR President Mike Helton, Managing Director of Competition and Sprint Cup Series Director John Darby, Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton and Chairman and CEO Brian France encourage innovation, which is at the core of NASCAR racing. Yet, at the same time, they oversee and create rules to keep up with the very innovation they encourage. It can get a bit wild.

Following the events at Richmond, I was called, with just an hour’s notice, to the NASCAR Research and Development Center on the following Monday at 8:15 p.m. to cover a NASCAR news conference, where it was announced that Michael Waltrip Racing would be penalized for attempting to alter the outcome of a race through team orders.

It was also announced that Martin Truex Jr. would be taken out of the 2013 Chase to the Sprint Cup seeding, and Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon would be added.

After the dust settled for a couple of weeks, Darby, also known as the “sheriff” of the Sprint Cup garage, discussed with me the attempted manipulation by MWR. “That doesn’t belong in our sport. It doesn’t belong in any sport,” he said. “I think NASCAR demonstrated to the world that we are not tolerant of it and were going to stop it.” He added, “That’s not what our race fans deserve. All of the hours, all of the homework, all of the due diligence that happened coming out of Richmond and our immediate reaction to that thing showed that it’s something that we cannot tolerate.”

I also asked Pemberton in the aftermath about the state of the sport and how much he cares about NASCAR. “I don’t even know if it’s fair for me to evaluate myself,” he told me. “I started going to races with my grandmother and my mother when I was 6 years old on the short tracks of New York and Vermont and Connecticut and Massachusetts. I became friends of the Pettys when I was 12 years old because of the northern swing that the Sprint Cup series did back then. My first job happened to be with the Pettys and it was a dream job for me. I left the family restaurant business to do all this stuff.

“I think anyone who knows anything about myself or my entire family is that this is what we all do ... I care a lot about it. Even times when we field questions and fans are negative I have to stand back, we all do, but the reason it goes that way is because (the fans) care so much. We’ve got the best committed fans ever and I support them, good and bad. The fans that are negative one time, maybe a year later, they’re thanking me for something else.”

NASCAR has since implemented new rules to prevent team orders, but I don’t think any of us will be able to fully digest the matter or its effect on the sport until the season is over and a champion is crowned.

As NASCAR rolls on to another city, other issues will arise and the storylines will continue to unfold. It’s all part of an evolving, technology driven, fascinating, complicated sport and, as it evolves, I’ll be on the road and in the garage covering it all.

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ness truckers and of a sound policy-making process.”

H.R. 3095 has a long way to go before it becomes law. At the time of this writing, it still must pass the full House and go through the Senate before it reaches the president’s desk and becomes law. Reality dictates the legislation is not likely to make it through that entire process, but having the House committee pass it sends a clear message to the FMCSA. Even without new regulations, drivers with diagnosed sleep apnea can be disqualified, but the good news is that sleep apnea is treatable and can be overcome. According to the FMCSA, “Once you have received treatment for sleep apnea and comply with your treatment plan, you can do your job as safely as someone who doesn’t have the disorder.”

The FMCSA also offers the following answers to key questions:

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by mike howe

Follow Mike on Twitter: @TruckingDC • Like Mike on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TruckingPoliticsMore

o you snore? Have high blood pressure? Are you tired during the day?

If so, you might suffer from a condition called sleep apnea, and because a drowsy driver is a dangerous driver the government is on its way to help! Both the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and U.S. Congress have taken or will take action to address the issue of truck drivers with sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is a condition in which a narrowing or closure of the upper airway causes repeated sleep disturbances. Those with the condition will have pauses in breathing or shallow or infrequent breathing during sleep. This leads to poor sleep quality, which can mean a person’s regular period of being awake is filled with excessive sleepiness. According to the FMCSA’s website, “Since excessive sleepiness can impact a driver’s ability to safely operate a commercial vehicle, it is important that drivers with sleep apnea are aware of the warning signs.”

A study presented to FMCSA in January 2008 by a panel of medical experts suggested that the agency needed to take action to address this issue. According to the 2008 report, “One mechanism used to facilitate this effort

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is the updating of current, and the development of new, medical fitness standards and guidelines for medical examiners who are responsible for certifying drivers as fit for duty.” The FMCSA continues to have interest in updating rules and regulations related to truck driver sleep apnea.

While the FMCSA prepares to address sleep apnea through further rulemaking, some in the industry have approached Congress to help ensure that any such rulemaking is reasonable and takes into account appropriate factors. The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed H.R. 3095 in September. The bipartisan bill requires any sleep apnea rulemaking to take into account costs to the industry and to consider the best screening, testing and treatment methods.

“We thank the committee leadership for their attention to this issue and for moving forward with this common-sense bill,” said Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association Executive Vice President Todd Spencer. “Both the legislation and a formal rulemaking would bring certainty and clarity where currently there is none. The authors of H.R. 3095 are true supporters of small-busi-

What should a CMV driver do after learning that he or she has sleep apnea?

Each state sets its own medical standards for driving a commercial motor vehicle in intrastate commerce. Many states have adopted the medical regulations found under Section 391.41(b)(5) of the FMCSRs and have determined that sleep apnea is a disqualifying condition. Each state has the jurisdictional authority to suspend a CDL if a person has sleep apnea. Medical examiners and CMV drivers should check with their Department of Motor Vehicles for more information about medical standards in their state.

What level of sleep apnea (mild, moderate, severe) disqualifies a CMV driver?

The disqualifying level of sleep apnea is moderate to severe, which interferes with safe driving. The medical examiner must qualify and determine a driver’s medical fitness for duty.

What are the obligations of a motor carrier concerning an employee with sleep apnea?

A motor carrier may not require or permit a driver to operate a CMV if the driver has a condition, including sleep apnea, that would affect his or her ability to safely operate the vehicle.

Just how widespread the sleep apnea issue is in the industry is uncertain. New regulations will undoubtedly cost the trucking industry significant resources, including money and drivers. As such, any new regulation needs to be smartly implemented with input from the industry, and supported by facts. Stay tuned.

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n an industry driven by customer service, it is important that we hold ourselves up to a different level of professionalism.

Being a driver for a living carries its own set of responsibilities. While most of the general public would be perfectly fine getting their goods without ever having to see a truck deliver it, they are prevalent on every roadway in our country because we live by a different code … we get it there.

Being in the short-haul business, I deal with more of the customers and public than your average driver does. Being the face of customer service for not only my own business, but also the carrier I am leased to and Freightliner’s Team Run Smart Web community, I hold myself

to a higher standard than most people expect out of a truck driver. When I’m getting ready for my day, professionalism is a must.

Before I even think of firing up my truck each day I make sure I am clean, showered, dressed nicely and in the mindset to deliver the goods.

If I have a bad day, am tired, or even a bit on the grumpy side, I make sure to bag it in the beginning and not let that affect the job I am out there to do. In my line of work, you have to be ready to go from driver to freight lumper and back to driver at a moment’s notice.

The fact that a customer wants to refuse a whole pallet of pet food for one damaged bag on the bottom does not mean you just accept that as the solution. Get out there, re-stack it,

by jimmy nevarez

Jimmy Nevarez is an 11-year veteran of the trucking industry, owner of Angus Transportation, Inc., and writes for the Freightliner Team Run Smart website (www.teamrunsmart.com).

let them refuse the one bag instead of 150 bags, then clean yourself up and get back in the mindset to do it again.

Actions like this are all in a day’s work for me and those other drivers out there willing to go the extra mile. So to heck with the negative public image and negative media surrounding the trucking industry. Rise above the hype. Take your place alongside other professionals and stand up against shower shoes and sweatpants as a daily uniform of choice. Shift gears and make a change for the better to improve your own position in the most important and underappreciated link in the supply chain. What can you do today to be a truck driving professional rather than just a truck driver?

Do you have an industry issue you would like to gripe about? Send it to editor@ptcchallenge.com.

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living histories by robert nason

ield trip! Almost like a rite of passage for every elementary school student, most of us have witnessed some form of living history. Whether learning from a lady garbed in period clothes how to churn butter or watching a guy with big forearms make a horseshoe, for most of us it was a welcome escape from school, even if it was all a little weird.

Well, we decided to kick it up a notch and take a field trip of our own by taking advantage of the entire country. Forget candle making, these field trips offer some of the coolest living history experiences around.

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Patriots’ Day – Boston

On the morning of April 19, 1775, British soldiers began their march from Boston to Concord, Mass., to confiscate and destroy provisions and arms stockpiled at a farm by the local militia. Little did they know awaiting them were armed militia in both Lexington and Concord, intent on showing their defiance of the British crown. Now known as Patriots’ Day, the city of Boston and the surrounding area continue to commemorate the start of the Revolutionary War. Several reenactments take place over the long weekend, from drill and musket demonstrations and the story of Paul Revere’s ride to the Battle of Lexington Green. It’s a holiday for the city, so a number of non-historical events take place as well, including a midday Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park and the Boston Marathon, the oldest marathon in the country.

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OK Corral – Tombstone, Ariz.

The Earps and Doc Holiday vs. the Claytons and McLaurys – no gunfight epitomizes the Wild West like the shootout at the OK Corral.

Believed to have lasted just 30 seconds, the reasons for the gunfight are still disputed but it’s generally thought there was an issue of stolen mules, threats and insults going both ways and the outlaw cowboys defying a no-weapons ordinance, thus challenging the authority of Virgil Earp, the area’s U.S. marshal. Whatever the reason, when the dust cleared, three men were dead, two were wounded and the gunfight became part of America’s lore. Visitors to Tombstone can relive the drama of that fateful day in 1881 with reenactments performed every day.

A short movie on the history of Tombstone and the Apaches of the area is also offered.

Battle of Gettysburg Reenactment – Gettysburg, Pa.

The most pivotal, and deadliest, engagement of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was the last attempt by the South to invade the North. In three days, the battle produced 51,000 casualties. Reenacted every year by thousands of participants, this past July was the 150th anniversary of the battle (the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address will be celebrated on Nov. 19). The reenactment (scheduled for July 4-6, 2014) is

a true walk back in time. Along with reenacting the battle, visitors can attend discussions from Civil War-era actors and experts on battle strategies, spies, medical treatments of the era and more. If you can’t make it in July, the Gettysburg National Military Park offers weekend living history demonstrations throughout the year as well as guided tours of the battlefield.

Mystic Seaport – Mystic, Conn.

Resting on the banks of the Mystic River on the coast of Connecticut, Mystic Seaport brings back seafaring life from the 19th century. From a re-created coastal village and historic ships to a working preservation shipyard, Mystic has the world’s only surviving wooden whaleship, the Charles W. Morgan, the country’s only example of an early 20th century New England fishing boat and a replica of the famous vessel Amistad, where captured Africans seized control of the ship in 1839, killed the captain and subsequently were detained and charged in New Haven, Conn., for murder.

It’s also home to four vessels that have been designated National Historic Landmarks.

Along with more than 2 million artifacts and documents of maritime life, the seaport has a planetarium, children’s museum and the world’s largest collection of boat and maritime photography. Visitors can also help sail an 1882 fully rigged training vessel or take a cruise on a coal-fired steamboat. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

George Ranch Historical Park – Richmond, Texas

Preserving the uniqueness of the American Homestead, George Ranch, just south of Houston, offers a number of living history exhibits and demonstrations that bring to life the struggles and triumphs of pioneering Texans in the 19th century. The ranch follows the history of four generations of homesteaders, starting with a replica of the original cabin from the 1830s. Throughout the park, costumed presenters recreate conversations and chores of the period and on Saturdays the ranch offers historic lunches, where visitors can sample authentic dishes of the era. The ranch’s Heritage Trail, which weaves through some of the park’s 23,000 acres, offers a self-guided tour where visitors can see the efforts being made to reintroduce many of the native plants that have disappeared from the area.

Other living history destinations worth checking out: the Gold Mining Town of Virginia City, Mont.; Colonial Williamsburg, Va.; the Bandera Texas Cattle Drive; and Connor Prairie Interactive Park, Fishers, Ind.

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Photo: Courtesy of Mystic Seaport

The Charles W. Morgan is the world’s only surviving wooden whaling ship. Originally launched out of New Bedford, Mass., in 1841, it was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966.

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Thanksgiving

BY Fritz Karltin

ust another gloomy, overcast November day as I trucked to a customer one hour north of Denver. This trip would take me to Philadelphia, to a receiver I had visited plenty of times before.

As I backed underneath the trailer, I chuckled and thought, probably cold pizza and warm soda for Thanksgiving just like last year.

The first leg of the trip took me to Des Moines, Iowa, where I enjoyed front-row parking, as most trucks were off the road. The second leg took me to Youngstown, Ohio. I was extra alert along the way, because traffic is always thicker and more careless around the holidays. The last leg was a half-day to my destination, and just happened to be Thanksgiving Day. As I exited the Pennsylvania turnpike, I listened to the scores of NFL games that had taken place earlier.

Then it was announced the Eagles would be hosting the Arizona Cardinals later that evening. The exit I needed to take happened to be where the football stadium is located, and so

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by mid-afternoon as I pulled into the receiver parking lot, I had to weave in and out of cars, RVs and tailgaters beginning to flood the area.

I was doing paperwork when a father and son approached the truck and asked if I was working on Thanksgiving. I said yes, and they invited me over to their RV for turkey and all the trimmings. I was all about it, as they pointed out their campsite through the maze of tailgaters.

I joined the family and indulged in the buffet of food they had prepared.

Fried turkey, roasted turkey, mashed spuds, green beans with crunchies, salad greens and even pumpkin pie.

We shared stories and found a lot of common ground between us. As we were eating, the brother and sister of the family began sharing a drumstick.

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year. Taken aback, I shared with them that my oldest brother was struck by lightning and passed instantly. We embraced the moment with silence, and it was like we were meant to be together for the holiday.

As the sun began to set, we began to shut down the buffet and they got ready for the game. I asked how I could get a ticket, and the father told me to go up and loiter a block from the gate, but he advised me not to pay more than $20 for a ticket. I thanked them for having me at their table, and walked back to the Kenworth to put on another layer of clothes.

Dressed for spectator November weather, I made my way across the parking lot. I made it not too far from the gate and started yelling, “I need a ticket.” Within 10 minutes, two dudes said they had an extra stub. How much? Twenty bucks and I was in.

Mike and Steve had grown up in Philadelphia and had since moved to Delaware. They were long-time fans, and still migrated back every now and again. We entered the stadium just before the national anthem.

It was my first NFL game, and the stands were loaded with a sea of

green jerseys. The field looked wide open, much better than viewing on a television screen. We made small talk and took trips to the concessions stand for snacks and beverages.

While squeezing up and down the stairs I could hear bitter fans yelling at each other. The funny part was they were all Eagles fans, with their team winning convincingly. I felt bad for any fan braving the opposite color.

Midway through the third quarter we decided to leave to avoid traffic.

The brothers took me on a tour of the city – points like Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and other historic sights. We also dined at a local favorite restaurant before they dropped me off at the truck. We exchanged phone numbers and are still in contact from time to time.

In the morning, I greeted the customer with the ticket stub, as if I were a newfound fan. While unloading the trailer, we exchanged highlights of the game. I told them of the Thanksgiving I had in the parking lot with my new friends. As I drove off to a point unknown, I couldn’t remember a better holiday like that spent out on the road, all alone.

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365 MADERA DEF 150 11 CA-99 at Ave 18.5 22717 Avenue 18 1/2, 93637 307 N. PALM SPRINGS DEF 80 5 I-10 & Garnett & Indian Ave. 6605 N. Indian Canyon Drive, 92258 343 Otay Mesa 9 S DEF 150 I-905, Exit 7, CA905 1497 Piper Ranch Rd, 92154 618 Ripon DEF 197 15 rv dump Hwy 99 Exit Jack Tone Rd 1501 North Jack Tone Road, 95366 879 Sacramento 49er Travel Plaza DEF 300 12 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 DEF 88 9 rv dump I-10 Ramon Exit 72235 Varner Road, 92276 137 weed DEF 80 7 rv dump I-5, Exit 745 395 E Vista Drive, 96094

89 ELLENTON DEF 2 2 I-75, Exit 224 1526 51st Avenue East, 34222 352 FT. MYERS DEF 80 6 I-75, Luckett Rd, Exit 139 6050 Plaza Drive, 33905 90 FT. PIERCE 8 S DEF 80 I-95, Exit 129 7300 West Okeechobee Road, 34945 471 Haines City DEF 80 7 rv dump US Hwy 27 North 35647 US Hwy 27 North, 33845 91 JACKSONVILLE DEF 50 5 I-95, Exit 329 1625 County Road 210 West, 32259 374 MARIANNA 7 S DEF 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 20 SR 826, Exit SR 817 16650 NW 27th Avenue, 33054 425 MIDWAY 8 S DEF 90 rv dump I-10, Exit 192 33333 Blue Star Highway, 32343 293 OCALA DEF 60 7 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 DEF 150 I-75, Exit 358 4032 West Highway 326, 34482 94 PUNTA GORDA DEF 40 5 I-75, Exit 161 26505 Jones Loop Road, 33950 623 Quincy DEF 150 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 192 32670 Blue Star Highway, 32343 626 St. Augustine DEF 160 9 rv dump I-95 Hwy 206 Exit 305 950 State Road 206 West, 32086 622 St. Lucie DEF 156 15 rv dump I-95 Hwy 68 Exit 131 100 North Kings Hwy 625 Tampa 4 30 rv dump I-4 & SR 579 Exit 10 11555 East Sligh Ave.

95 WILDWOOD 5 S DEF 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 559-673-3878 f 559-673-7679

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

p 619-661-9558 f 619-661-9814

p 209-599-4141 f 209-599-4265

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 rv dump I-70 Exit 285 (South) 16751 East 32nd Ave., 80011 316 DENVER 7 S DEF 100 I-70 & Steele Street, Exit 276A 4640 Steele Street, 80216 621 Limon DEF 200 2 rv dump 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 LTD I-95, Exit 201 4455 King Street, 32926 624 Dade City DEF 180 15 I-75 Exit 285 & SR52 29933 State Road 52, 33576 w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

p 904-266-4238 f 904-266-9820

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

rv dump

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

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

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

restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points

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

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

GEORGIA 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

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

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

Arline’s Big Apple Seafood Restaurant

Wingstop

p 305-623-3434 f 305-623-3439

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

260 ALBANY DEF 80 4 Hwy 300 & Clark Ave 310 Cordele Road, 31705 331 ATLANTA (EAST) 7 S DEF 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 7 S DEF 70 I-85, Exit 129 5888 Highway 53, 30517 627 Brunswick DEF 150 15 rv dump I-95 Exit 29 2990 US Hwy 17 South, 31523 628 Carnesville DEF 190 15 rv dump 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 DEF 60 10 rv dump I-75, Exit 101 2201 East 16 Avenue, 31015 319 DALTON DEF 100 7 I-75/Connector 3, Exit 328 244 Connector 3 SW, 30720 421 DALTON 9 S DEF 210 rv dump I-75, Exit 326 142 Carbondale Road, 30721 68 DUBLIN DEF 6 2 I-16, Exit 51 2185 US 441, 31021 630 Jackson DEF 200 14 rv dump I-75 Exit 201 I-75 & Exit 66 Bucksnort Road, 30233 69 LAGRANGE DEF 60 3 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

p 706-884-6318 f 706-884-1872

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

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IDAHO

631 Lake Park DEF 200 15 rv dump I-75 Exit 2 7001 Lake Park-Bellville Rd., 31636 420 MADISON DEF 110 6 rv dump 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 DEF 200 15 rv dump 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 DEF LTD 1 I-16, Exit 160 1504 Dean Forrest Road, 31408 575 St. marys DEF 235 12 I-95, Exit 1 491 W. St. Mary’s Street, 31558 312 TALLAPOOSA 6 S DEF 90 I-20 & GA 100, Exit 5 882 Georgia Highway 100, 30176 417 TEMPLE DEF 140 14 rv dump I-20, Exit 19 625 Carrollton Street, 30179 634 TEMPLE DEF 164 15 rv dump I-20 & Hwy 113 Exit 19 15 Villa Rosa Road, 30179 192 TIFTON 12 S DEF 200 I-75, Exit 60 4431 Old Union Road, 31794 633 union point DEF 189 9 rv dump I-20 & Exit 138 3600 Highway 77 South, 30642 73 VALDOSTA 5 S DEF 90 I-75, Exit 11 3495 Madison Highway, 31601 398 VIENNA DEF 85 5 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

777 East Boise DEF 60 6 I-84 Exit 54 (Federal Way) 3353 Federal Way, 83705 638 Caldwell DEF 100 9 I-84 Exit 29 3512 Franklin Road, 83605 641 McCammon DEF 100 4 I-15 Exit 47 587 E. US Hwy 30, 83250 350 MOUNTAIN HOME DEF 100 7 I-84 & US 20, Exit 95 1050 Highway 20, 83647 639 Post Falls DEF 100 8 I-90 Exit 2 N 400 Idahline Rd, 83854 640 Twin Falls DEF 100 6 I-84 Exit 173 5350 Highway 93, 83338

p 229-559-6500 f 229-559-3008 TM

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 912-576-5424 f 912-882-8867

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

restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points

rv dump

p 208-385-9745 f 208-344-3624

rv dump

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

rv dump

p 208-254-9845 f 208-254-9893

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

rv dump

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

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

ILLINOIS 642 alorton DEF 202 15 rv dump 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 DEF 150 3 I-57, Exit 240 4910 Market St 473 channahon DEF 45 0 I-55 & Route 6, Exit 248 23841 SE Eams 378 Chicago road ranger 0 LTD I-55 MM 288 “Stevenson Expressway” 3401 South California Avenue, 60632 368 Decatur DEF 60 7 I-72, Exit 144 (SE Quad) 4030 E. Boyd Road 523 Dixon road ranger DEF 45 5 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 rv dump 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

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 815-977-7020 f 773-847-1438

p 217-876-0208 f 217-876-0522

Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

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ILLINOIS (cont.)

543 Hampshire road ranger Dan’s Big Slice pizza DEF 30 4 I-90, Exit 43 p 815-209-9013 19 N. 681 US Hwy 20 f 847-683-7609 644 LaSalle DEF 186 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 77 p 815-220-0611 343 Civic Road f 815-220-0617 514 Lincoln Thorntons Subworks DEF 100 6 2903 Woodlawn Road p 217-732-3915 I-55, Exit 126 f 217-732-4875 540 Loves Park road ranger 0 LTD I-90 & Riverside Blvd p 815-580-4221 7500 East Riverside Blvd, 61111 f 847-232-3058 595 marion DEF 45 5 I-57, Exit 54B p 618-993-2697 2611Vernell Road, 62959 f 618-993-8100 347 Mclean road ranger Dan’s Big Dixie Slice pizza DEF 80 10 I-55, Exit 145 p 815-315-0774 501 South Main Street, 61754 f 309-874-2048 530 mendota road ranger DEF 25 3 I-39, Exit 72 p 815-315-4210 2705 12th Street, 61342 f 815-539-2340 326 Minonk road ranger Dan’s Big woody’s Slice pizza DEF 100 4 I-39, Exit 27 p 815-315-4189 1311 Carolyn Dr, 61760 f 309-432-2002 236 MINOOKA 7 S DEF 100 I-80, Exit 122 p 815-467-4416 301 Ridge Road, 60447 f 815-467-5409 39 MONEE DEF 90 5 I-57, Exit 335 p 708-534-2483 6002 Monee-Manhattan Road, 60449 f 708-534-3980 482 MT. VERNON 7 S DEF 100 I-57, Exit 95 p 618-244-1216 4610 Broadway, 62864 f 618-244-1262 889 MT. VERNON 7 S DEF 200 I-64/57, exit IL Hwy 15 p 618-244-2616 101 S. 46th St., 62864 520 new berlin road ranger DEF 25 3 I-72, Exit 82 p 815-209-9009 700 King Rd, 62670 171 Oakwood 7 S DEF 100 I-74, Exit 206 p 217-354-4270 503 N. Oakwood St, 61858 f 217-354-4070 534 Okawville road ranger DEF 50 2 I-64, Exit 41 p 815-656-4143 905 Hen House Rd, 62271 f 618-243-6479 515 ottawa road ranger Dan’s Big Slice pizza DEF 25 2 I-80, Exit 93 p 815-516-0946 3041 North IL Route 71,61350 f 815-434-4081 645 Pontoon Beach DEF 185 15 rv dump I-270 & Exit 6B p 618-931-1580 1310 East Chain of Rocks Road, 62040 f 618-931-3587

541 Princeton road ranger DEF 250 7 I-80, Exit 56 2835 N Main St, 61356 539 Rochelle road ranger DEF 55 5 I-39, Exit 99 890 E Hwy 38, 61068 535 Rockford road ranger 0 LTD US 20 4980 S Main St, 61108 536 South Beloit road ranger DEF 75 5 I-90, Exit 1 6070 Gardner Street, 61080 646 South Beloit DEF 186 15 rv dump I-90 & HWY 75 16049 Willowbrook Road, 61080 512 Springfield road ranger DEF 25 2 I-55, Exit 90 500 Toronto Road, 62711 525 Springfield road ranger DEF 50 6 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 LTD US 20, MM8 101 S. Winnebago Rd, 61088 476 woodhull DEF 80 5 I-74, Exit 32 900 Plaza Ave, 61490

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restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points

Dan’s Big Slice pizza

p 815-315-4951 f 815-875-1718 Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

p 815-315-4974 f 847-232-1183 Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

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

Dan’s Big Slice pizza p 815-516-0863 f 217-585-1883

Star 66 Café

Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

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

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

Dan’s Big Slice pizza p 815-957-4049 f 847-897-2600

p 309-334-4550 f 309-334-4556

INDIANA 444 BRAZIL 10 S DEF 110 I-70, Exit 23 4376 North SR 59, 47834 531 BRAZIL road ranger DEF 30 3 I-70, Exit 23 990 West State Rd 42, 47834 445 BURNS HARBOR 7 S DEF 115 rv dump I-94, Exit 22 243 Melton Road, 46304 247 CRAWFORDSVILLE 5 S DEF 110 I-74 & SR 32, Exit 39 4367 East State Road 32, 47933 28 DALEVILLE DEF 35 3 I-69, Exit 234 15151 Commerce Road, 47334 446 DALEVILLE DEF 125 5 I-69, Exit 234 15876 West Commerce Road, 47334

p 812-446-9400 f 812-446-6116

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

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indiana (cont.)

indiana (cont.)

iowa (cont.)

447 EVANSVILLE (HAUBSTADT) 5 S DEF 145 rv dump I-64, Exit 25B 1042 E Warrenton Road, 47639 362 FORTVILLE (PENDLETON) DEF 50 4 I-69, Exit 214 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 DEF 150 5 I-70, Exit 96 2640 North 600 West, 46140 542 Greenwood road ranger DEF 40 7 I-65, Exit 99 1615 East Main Street, 46143 647 Haubstadt DEF 145 9 rv dump I-64 & SR 41 Exit 25B Rural Route 1, Box 254A, 47639 448 HEBRON 8 S DEF 135 I-65, Exit 240 18011 Colorado Street, 46341 31 HIGHLAND DEF LTD 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 rv dump I-465 Exit 4 1720 West Thompson Road, 46217 546 Lake staTIon - S – road ranger 4 15 I-80, Exit 15A 2151 Ripley St., 46405 650 Lake Station DEF 375 14 rv dump 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 rv dump 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 DEF 70 10 I-65, Memphis Road, Exit 16 14013 Memphis Blue Lick Road, 47143 304 new haven DEF 80 9 rv dump I-469, Exit 19 Hwy 30 & Doyle Road, 46774 198 PLYMOUTH 7 S DEF 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) DEF 50 6 I-74 & SR 63, Exit 4 16502 North State Road 63, 47932 242 SHELBYVILLE 7 S DEF 90 I-74, Exit 109 1851 West 400 North 35 SOUTH BEND DEF 70 5 I-80, Exit 72 6424 West Brick Road 655 Spiceland DEF 193 15 rv dump I-70 Exit 123 5300 South State Rte. 3 297 TERRE HAUTE DEF 70 5 I-70 & IN46, Exit 11 5555 E. Margaret Avenue 36 VALPARAISO DEF 25 3 US 30 & SR 49 4105 US 30 East 37 WHITELAND 8 S DEF 110 rv dump I-65, Exit 95 2962 County Road 500 North 656 WHITELAND DEF 173 15 I-65 & Whiteland Road, Exit 95 4982 North 350 East

329 COUNCIL BLUFFS 7 S DEF 80 I-80/29, Exit 1B 2647 South 24th Street, 51501 636 Davenport DEF 146 15 rv dump 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 DEF 100 6 I-380, Exit 68 100 Plaza Drive, 50707 637 Evansdale DEF 80 7 rv dump I-380 & Evansdale Dr. 445 Evansdale Drive, 50707 131 Osceola DEF 80 5 rv dump I-35, Exit 34 2010 West Clay Street, 50213 238 Percival DEF 50 7 I-29, Exit 10 2495 210th Ave., 51648 594 Sioux city DEF 100 7 I-29, Exit 143 2815 Singing Hills Blvd, 51111 43 WALCOTT 8 S DEF 160 I-80, Exit 284 3500 North Plainview Road, 52773 268 WALCOTT DEF 25 3 I-80, Exit 284 2975 North Plainview Road, 52773 572 williams 7 S DEF 100 rv dump I-35, and SR 20, Exit 144 3040 220th Street, 50271

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 260-482-7780

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

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

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

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

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 TM

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

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

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p 260-493-4035 f 260-493-4921

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

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

f 712-322-0236

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

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

Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

p 712-382-2224 f 712-382-1556

p 712-258-3816 f 712-258-3320

p 563-284-4100 f 563-284-4103

p 563-284-5074 f 563-284-5076

p 515-854-9117 f 515-854-9124

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

IOWA 913 ALTOONA DEF 350 18 I-80 & US 65, Exit 142 3231 Adventureland Drive, 50009 496 Atalissa DEF 45 4 I-80, Exit 265 2086 Atalissa Rd., 52720 893 avoca wings america/Flying j 15 200 I-80, Exit 40 7005 N. Chestnut St, 51521 495 brooklyn 5 S DEF 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

p 712-322-0088

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

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

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

p 319-685-4221 f 319-685-4575

920 colby 5 90 I-70, Exit 54 110 East Willow Street, 67701 657 Dodge City DEF 62 4 Hwy 400 & Hwy 283 2524 E. Wyatt Earp Blvd., 67801 658 Emporia DEF 74 7 rv dump I-35 & US 50 Exit 127 4245 West Hwy 50, 66801 903 SALINA 16 200 rv dump I-70, Exit 252 1944 North 9th Street, 67401 659 Salina DEF 120 9 I-70 Exit 253 2250 North Ohio Street, 67401

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

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

p 620-343-2717 f 620-343-3692

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

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

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

356 BROOKS (SHEPHERDSVILLE) 5 100 I-65 & Brooks Rd, Exit 121 2050 East Blue Lick Road, 40165

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

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KENTUCKY (cont.)

660 catlettsburg DEF 155 9 rv dump I-64 SR 180 Exit 185 15236 State Route 180, 41129 231 CORBIN DEF 40 5 I-75 & US25E, Exit 29 249 West Cumberland Gap Prkwy, 40701 46 FRANKLIN DEF 150 3 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 rv dump 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 DEF 175 I-75, Exit 129 110 Triport Road, 40324 48 GLENDALE DEF 125 8 I-65, Exit 86 58 Glendale-Hodgenville Road, 42740 890 Kuttawa 7 S DEF 100 I-24, Exit 40 2299 E. Hwy 62, 42055 399 LEBANON JUNCTION 7 S DEF 85 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 DEF 90 5 Highway 813, Exit 37 Pennyrile Parkway, Exit 37, 42440 41 MT STERLING DEF 80 7 I-64, Exit 113 3060 Owingsville Road, 40353 49 OAK GROVE 8 S DEF 300 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 DEF 130 9 rv dump I-24 Exit 86 18750 Herndon Oak Grove Road, 42262 358 PADUCAH DEF 65 8 I-24 & KY 305, Exit 3 5353 Cairo Road, 42001 440 PENDLETON DEF 100 5 I-71, Exit 28 205 Pendleton Road, 40055

278 RICHWOOD (WALTON) DEF LTD 5 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 118 Richwood Road, 41094 321 RICHWOOD (WALTON) DEF LTD 3 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 11229 Frontage Road, 41094 354 SIMPSONVILLE DEF 60 7 I-64 & Veechdale Rd, Exit 28 819 Buck Creek Road, 40067 50 SULPHUR DEF 175 8 I-71, Exit 28 489 Pendleton Road, 40070 392 SONORA 6 S DEF 200 I-65, Exit 81 450 East Western Avenue, 42776 663 Waddy DEF 110 9 rv dump I-64 & HWY 395 Exit 43 1670 Waddy Road, 40076 664 Walton DEF 200 15 rv dump I-75 Exit 171 13019 Walton Verona Rd., 41094 437 WILLIAMSBURG DEF 80 3 rv dump I-75, Exit 11 481 West Highway 92, 40769

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p 502-868-7427 f 502-867-1847

p 502-863-2708 f 502-863-5012

p 270-369-7360 f 270-369-6991

p 270-388-8111 f 270-388-8084

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p 606-248-4057 f 606-248-4149

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

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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 f 502-829-5600

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

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

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

f 270-442-8538

MARYLAND

p 502-743-5222

875 Elkton DEF 225 23 I-95, Exit 109A 221 Belle Hill Rd, 21921

f 502-743-5123

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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

p 410-398-0287 f 410-392-3543

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maryland (cont.)

MIchigan (cont.)

MIssouri (cont.)

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 rv dump I-95, Exit 100 One Center Drive, 21901 290 PERRYVILLE 5 80 I-95 & MD 222, Exit 93 31 Heather Lane, 21903

895 Woodhaven Detroiter DEF 225 12 I-75, Exit 32A 21055 West Road, 48183

571 CHARLESTON DEF 65 7 I-57 Exit 12 2460 E. Marshall/E US Hwy 60, 63834 385 collins DEF 35 3 US 54 & Hwy 13 South Hwy 13 South, 64738 533 fenton road ranger DEF 25 2 I-44 W, Exit 275; I-44 E, Exit 274B 205 North Highway Dr., 63026 442 HAYTI 8 S DEF 150 rv dump I-55, Exit 19 1701 Highway 84 East, 63851 443 HIGGINSVILLE 6 S DEF 125 rv dump I-70, Exit 49 6676 Highway 13, 64037 317 JOPLIN 7 S DEF 90 rv dump 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 DEF 70 6 I-55, Exit 40 917 East Elm Street, 63866 671 Matthews DEF 188 15 rv dump 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 rv dump US Hwy 71 Exit J 700 J Hwy, 64078 547 st. robert road ranger DEF 75 6 I-44, Exit 163 22345 Hwy 28, 65584 673 Sullivan DEF 160 15 rv dump I-44/Hwy. 185 Exit 226 1500 AF Highway, 63080 674 Warrenton DEF 200 14 rv dump I-70 Exit 188 24004 West Veterans Mem. Pkwy, 63383 675 Wayland DEF 99 6 rv dump Hwy 136 & Hwy 61 102 Fore Drive, 63472

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

f 301-582-9008

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

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

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

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

MICHIGAN 17 BATTLE CREEK 5 S DEF 25 I-94, Exit 104 15901 Eleven Mile Road, 49014 666 Benton Harbor DEF 135 6 I-94 Exit 30 1860 East Napier Ave., 49022 21 DEXTER DEF 80 3 I-94, Exit 167 750 Baker Road, 48130 296 DEXTER DEF 80 5 I-94, Exit 167 195 Baker Road, 48130 667 Grand Ledge DEF 265 9 rv dump I-96 & Exit 90/I-69 & Exit 81 7800 West Grand River Ave., 48837 23 IONIA DEF 18 4 I-96, Exit 67 7205 South State Road, 48846 24 MONROE DEF 20 3 I-75, Exit 15 1100 North Dixie Highway, 48162 284 MONROE DEF 60 5 I-75, Exit 18 1200 Nadeau Road, 48161 26 OTTAWA LAKE DEF 170 8 US 23, Exit 5 6158 US 223, 49267 596 port huron DEF 65 5 I-69, Exit 196 2424 Wadhams Road, 48074 668 Saginaw DEF 50 3 rv dump I-75 & Washington St. Exit 151 3475 East Washington, 48601

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MINNesota p 301-582-9004

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

p 734-675-0222

590 alexandria DEF 50 6 I-94, Exit 100 & SR 27 3181 Evergreen Lane, 56308 521 AUSTIN 3 60 I-90, Exit 179 1509 10th Place NE #2, 55912 581 Inver Grove Heights DEF 45 5 Hwy 52 & 117 Street 11650 Courthouse Blvd, 55077 576 northfield DEF 80 6 rv dump I-35 & Hwy 19, Exit 69 8051 Bagley Avenue, 55057 134 ST. CLOUD DEF 40 7 I-94, Exit 171 (CR 75) 4231 Clearwater Road, 56301

p 320-763-9222 f 320-763-2339 Watt’s Cooking!

p 507-437-6702 f 507-437-0089

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 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 810-987-7823 f 810-987-7869

p 989-752-6350 f 989-752-6842

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676 Gulfport DEF 165 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 31 9351 Canal Road, 39503 77 JACKSON 5 S DEF 120 I-55/I-20, Exit 45 2520 South Gallatin Street, 39204 388 MERIDIAN 7 S DEF 100 I-59, Exit 151 1555 Tommy Webb Drive, 39307 586 Moss Point DEF 70 7 rv dump I-10, Exit 69 6705 Hwy 63 174 NEW ALBANY DEF 90 7 US 78, Exit 64 500 State Highway 15 South, 38652 677 Olive Branch DEF 51 9 rv dump Hwy 78 and Bethel Road 4740 Bethel Road, 38654 678 Pearl DEF 175 15 rv dump 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

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

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

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

p 228-474-6511 f 228-474-6549

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

p 660-882-9120 f 660-882-9710

TM

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

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

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 417-667-3271 f 417-667-4843

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

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

Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

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MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEW JERSEY

968 Belgrade Pilot/broadway 3 125 I-90 Exit 298 6505 Jack Rabit Lane, 59701 915 billings Pilot/town pump DEF 150 14 I-90, Exit 455 2711 N Frontage Road, 59101 923 Billings Flying j/town pump 9 75 I-90, Exit 455 2775 Old Hardin Road, 59101 905 BONNER Pilot/town pump DEF 100 11 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 DEF 20 1 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 DEF 100 5 Junction of I-15 & Hwy 87 3700 31st St SW, Suite 1, 59404 925 Great Falls Flying j/town pump 4 80 rv dump I-15 & 31st Street Exit 277 3715 31st St SW, 59404 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 DEF 100 6 I-94, Exit 138 1210 South Haynes Street, 59301 914 MIssoula Flying j/town pump DEF 125 14 rv dump I-90 & MT Hwy 93, Exit 96 8475 Hwy 93 N Suite B, 59808 908 ROCKER/BUTTE Pilot/town pump DEF 195 10 I-90, Exit 122 1000 Grizzly Trail, 59701 909 SHELBY Pilot/town pump DEF 70 6 I-15, Exit 363 1350 West Roosevelt, 59474 911 SUPERIOR Pilot/town pump 2 10 I-90, Exit 47 403 Diamond Match Road, 59872 910 THREE FORKS Pilot/town pump DEF 90 5 Junction of I-90 & US 287, Exit 274 10800 Highway 287, 59751

904 BIG SPRINGS DEF 500 16 rv dump I-80, Exit 107 I-80 and Big Springs Road, 69122 901 ELM CREEK 5 75 I-80, Exit 257 5085 Buffalo Creek Road, 68836 902 GRAND ISLAND bosselman DEF 400 21 I-80, Exit 312N 3335 West Woodriver Road, 68803 686 Gretna DEF 150 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 432 15010 South State Hwy 31, 68028 687 North Platte DEF 123 9 rv dump I-80 Exit 179 3400 S. Newberry Road, 69101 912 WOOD RIVER 5 30 I-80 & Hwy 11, Exit 300 I-80 and Highway 11 and Exit 300, 68883

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

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p 406-238-9823 f 406-238-9825

p 406-256-8826 f 406-256-9256

p 406-258-6588 f 406-258-6693

p 406-723-4325 f 406-723-8956

p 406-892-0747

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p 406-322-4833 f 406-322-5273

p 406-452-0342 f 406-452-0547

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

p 406-665-1237 f 406-665-3123

p 406-273-6666 f 406-273-3018

p 406-232-2582 f 406-232-2582

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

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

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

p 406-822-4444

f 308-889-3352

p 308-856-4330 f 308-856-4457

p 308-382-2288 f 308-381-7464

p 402-332-4483 f 402-332-4576

p 308-532-4555 f 308-532-8077

p 308-583-2493 f 308-583-2115

880 Montague Gulf 0 LTD I-84, Exit 1 15 Route 23 S, 07827

NEVADA

NEW MEXICO

966 Battle MTN. Flying j/broadway 9 70 I-80 Exit 231 650 W Front St., 89820 387 CARLIN DEF 60 5 I-80/NV 278, Exit 280 791 Tenth Street, 89822 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 513 Primm 6 S DEF 125 I-15, Exit 1 115 West Primm Blv, 89019 692 Wells DEF 105 9 rv dump 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 S DEF 105 rv dump I-80 Exit 176 1880 West Winnemucca Blvd., 89445

689 Albuquerque DEF 165 15 rv dump I-40 Exit 153 9911 Avalon Road NW, 87105 490 Carlsbad 2 S 20 Hwy 180 & Hwy 285 3202 S. Canal Street 305 JAMESTOWN 16 S DEF 450 I-40, Exit 39 I-40, Exit 39, 87347 266 LAS CRUCES DEF 40 5 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 DEF 285 9 rv dump I-10 Exit 24 11 Old Highway 70, 88045 475 Moriarty 7 S DEF 85 Hwy 41 and I-40, Exit 196 305 Abrahames RD W, 87035 691 Tucumcari DEF 136 9 rv dump I-40 & Exit 333 2021 S. Mountain Road, 88401

f 406-822-4444

NEW HAMPSHIRE

p 406-285-3807

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

f 406-285-6976

p 308-889-3686

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

p 775-754-6384 f 775-754-6025

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

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

p 702-679-6666

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 775-623-0120

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

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

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

p 575-887-7033 f 575-887-0466

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

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

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505-832-4954

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f 505-832-4953

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

NEW YORK 322 KANONA DEF 40 4 I-86, Exit 37 7767 State Rt 53, 14810 394 NEWBURGH 6 S DEF 110 I-84, Exit 6 239 Route 17K, 12550

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

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North dakotacont.)

ohio (cont.)

693 Pembroke DEF 150 9 rv dump I-90 Exit 48A 8484 Allegheny Road, 14036 494 Rotterdam DEF 50 4 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

489 grand forks DEF 145 10 rv dump I-29, Exit 138 4401 32nd Avenue South, 58201 550 Minot DEF 55 4 rv dump Hwy 2 & 52 West 3800 Hwy 2 & 52 W, 58701 589 Williston DEF 75 5

360 FINDLAY DEF 80 5 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 rv dump I-80 & Hwy 62, Exit 234B (Eastbound) 2226 North Main, 44425 698 Jeffersonville DEF 148 9 rv dump I-71 Exit 69 9935 SR 41, 43128 700 Lake Township DEF 150 15 rv dump I-280 Exit 1B; I-80/90, Exit 71 26415 Warns Dr., 43551 287 LODI (BURBANK) DEF 105 7 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 DEF 65 5 rv dump I-71, Exit 140 488 State Route 61, 43334 699 Millersport DEF 152 15 rv dump I-70 St Rd 158 Exit 122 10480 Baltimore, 43046 11 N. LIMA 5 S DEF 50 I-76, Exit 232 10920 Market Street, 44452 303 NAPOLEON DEF 75 5 Rt. 24 905 American Road, 43545 130 RICHFIELD DEF 80 7 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 DEF 50 I-80/90, Exit 71 3430 Libbey Road, 43551 14 SUNBURY DEF 115 5 rv dump I-71, Exit 131 7680 East State Route 36, 43074 15 TOLEDO DEF 70 5 I-75, Exit 210 5820 Hagman Road, 43612 239 UPPER SANDUSKY DEF 70 5 St. Hwy 23 & 30 1600 W. Wyandot Avenue, 43351

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.

9 300 I-95, Exit 75 65 Sadler Rd, 28334 682 Graham DEF 251 14 rv dump I-85 & I-40 Exit 150 1043 Jimmie Kerr Road, 27258 56 KANNAPOLIS DEF 55 8 I-85, Exit 63 2825 Lane Street, 28083 683 Kenly DEF 145 9 rv dump I-95 & Exit 106 1800 Princeton-Kenly Road, 27542 57 MEBANE 8 S DEF 140 I-40/85, Exit 152 1342 Trollingwood Road, 27302 549 Mount Airy 10 S DEF 150 I-77, Exit 100 125 Plaza Lane, 27030 58 PLEASANT HILL 4 50 I-95, Exit 180 Route 1 - Box 202, 27866 393 WAYNESVILLE DEF 60 4 I-40 & NC 209, Exit 24 3712 Crabtree Road, 28786

p 704-358-1006 f 704-358-1506

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

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

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

p 336-352-3167 f 336-352-3169

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 685 fargo DEF 165 9 3150 39th Street SW, Suite A, 58104

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

p 701-282-7766 f 701-282-7259

76 C H A L L E N G E n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3

13553 Hwy 2, 58801

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

p 701-839-5061 f 701-839-3623

p 701-826-2500 f 701-826-2504

ohio 2 AUSTINBURG 7 S DEF 150 I-90, Exit 223 2246 State Route 45, 44010 694 AUSTINBURG DEF 165 15 rv dump I-90 & State Rd 45, Exit 223 2349 Center Road, 44010 3 AUSTINTOWN 8 S DEF 200 I-80, Exit 223 1150 North Canfield-Niles Road, 44515 4 AVON DEF 55 3 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 rv dump I-75 Exit 135 420 East Main Street, 45808 449 Belmont 9 S DEF 67 I-70, Exit 208 66377 Belmont - Morristown Rd, 43718 696 Berkshire DEF 150 15 I-71 Exit 131 7735 State Route 37, 43074 309 CALDWELL DEF 45 5 I-77, Exit 25 44133 Fairground Road, 43724 6 CAMBRIDGE DEF 35 3 I-70, Exit 178 61700 Southgate Road, 43725 469 CAnton 7 S DEF 130 I-77, Exit 101 2320 Faircrest Street, 44706 8 CIRCLEVILLE DEF 55 3 US 23 and Pittsburgh Road 25600 US 23, 43113 213 COLUMBUS DEF 100 7 I-70 & Wilson Road Exit 94 3600 Interchange Road, 43204 286 EATON 5 S DEF 50 I-70 & OH 127, Exit 10 6141 US 127 North, 45320

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 740-782-0134 f 740-782-0148

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 330-484-3965 f 330-484-6304

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

p 614-308-9195 f 614-308-9673

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

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

p 419-294-2971 f 419-294-3812

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ohio (cont.)

Oregon (cont.)

Pennsylvania (cont.)

97 Vandalia DEF 110 9 I-75, Exit 64 175 Northwoods Blvd, 45377 16 WILMINGTON DEF 20 3 I-71, Exit 50 5772 US 68 North, 45177 281 YOUNGSTOWN (GIRARD) 7 S DEF 80 I-80 & Salt Springs Rd., Exit 226 2786 Salt Springs Road, 44420

133 CHEMULT DEF 60 4 US 97 341 Damon Street, 97731 504 Klamath Falls DEF 50 4 rv dump Hwy 97 3817 N. Hwy 97, 97601 934 LaGrande A&B 4 50 I-84 Exit 265 I-84 & Exit 265, 97850 232 ONTARIO DEF 105 7 I-84, Exit 376A 653 East Idaho Avenue, 97914 233 RICE HILL 10 S DEF 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 rv dump 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 rv dump 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 570-915-6278 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 rv dump I-70 & Exit 49 p 724-872-4050 122 Fitzhenry Road, 15479 f 724-872-9471

p 937-264-8520

p (937)

264-8525

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

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

Oklahoma 701 Ardmore DEF 136 9 rv dump I-35 & Exit 33 2450 Cooper Drive, 73401 702 Checotah DEF 150 9 rv dump U.S. Hwy 69 & U.S. Hwy 266 1255 W. Gentry, 74426 556 Choctaw Thunder Travel Plaza DEF 25 0 I-40, Exit 166 7501 S. Choctaw Road, 73020 704 Edmond DEF 73 8 rv dump 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 15 S DEF 145 I-40, Exit 140 400 South Morgan Road, 73128 703 OKLAHOMA CITY DEF 172 15 rv dump I-40, Exit 140 701 South Morgan Road, 73128 196 ROLAND DEF 125 7 I-40 & US 64, Exit 325 123 West Ray Fine Boulevard 705 Sayre DEF 150 9 rv dump I-40 & US 283 2400 South 4th Route, 73662 706 Tulsa DEF 185 9 rv dump I-44 & Exit 236 121 North 129 E/I-44 Exit 236, 74116

TM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 DEF 55 5 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 391 CENTRAL POINT DEF 100 7 I-5, Exit 33 1600 East Pine Street, 97502

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p 541-739-2174 f 541-739-2479

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 Full Service Restaurant

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

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 348 BENTLEYVILLE 7 S DEF 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 DEF 140 15 rv dump I-80 Exit 78 246 Allegheny Blvd., 15825 708 Carlisle DEF 278 22 rv dump 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 517 Duncannon DEF 85 6 US 22 and 322 30 Benvenue Ave, 17020 311 ERIE DEF 85 5 I-90 & PA97, Exit 27 8035 Perry Highway, 16509 518 Frystown DEF 240 8 I-78, Exit 10 (PA 645) 2210 Camp Swatara Road, 17067 245 HARRISBURG DEF 30 3 I-81 & PA39, Exit 77 7961 Linglestown Road, 17112 298 HAZLETON (DRUMS) DEF 60 5 I-80, Exit 256 1114 SR 93, 18222 1 MILL HALL 5 S DEF 70 I-80, Exit 173 5868 Nittany Valley Drive, 17751

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 717-834-3156 f 717-834-3208

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

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

south carolina 711 Blacksburg DEF 200 15 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) 5 S DEF 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 DEF 40 3 I-26, Exit 52 12818 Highway 56 North, 29325 712 Columbia DEF 180 15 rv dump I-20 Exit 70 5901 Fairfield Road, 29203 310 DUNCAN DEF 70 8 I-85 & SC290, Exit 63 1405 East Main Street, 29334 62 FLORENCE DEF 75 6 I-95, Exit 170 3006 North Williston Road, 29506 337 FLORENCE DEF 90 5 I-95 & US 52, Exit 164 2015 West Lucas St., 29501

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.)

tennessee (cont.)

tennessee (cont.)

453 GAFFNEY 7 S DEF 100 I-85, Exit 90 909 Hyatt Street, 29341 713 Latta DEF 200 15 rv dump 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 140 9 rv dump I-77 & Hwy 901, Exit 73 2435 Mount Holly Road, 29730 493 St. George DEF 120 8 rv dump I-95, Exit 77 113 Motel Drive, 29477 64 SUMMERVILLE 3 S DEF LTD I-26, Exit 199 1521 North Main Street, 29483

409 DICKSON 11 S DEF 90 I-40, Exit 172 2320 Highway 46 South, 37055 720 Fairview DEF 150 9 rv dump I-40 & Hwy 96, Exit 182 1420 Hwy 96 North, 37062 51 GREENEVILLE DEF 25 3 I-81 Exit 36 11190 Baileyton Road, 37745 403 HEISKELL DEF 25 1 I-75, Exit 117 1915 East Raccoon Valley Road, 37754 53 HURRICANE MILLS 8 S DEF 250 I-40, Exit 143 15559 Highway 13 South, 37078 366 Jackson 7 S DEF 85 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 13 rv dump I-40 & I-75 Exit 369 800 Watt Road, 37932 270 KNOXVILLE (LOVELL ROAD) 7 S DEF 80 I-40/75, Exit 374 314 Lovell Road, 37922 219 KNOXVILLE (STRAW PLAINS) 9 S DEF 250 I-40, Exit 398 7210 Straw Plains Pike, 37914 52 LAVERGNE DEF 40 4 I-24, Exit 64 535 Waldron Road, 37086 411 LEBANON 8 S DEF 150 rv dump I-40, Exit 238 921 Murfreesboro, 37090 363 MEMPHIS DEF 70 5 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 DEF 25 2 Briley Pkwy, Hwy 155N, Ex 26A, Hwy 155S, Ex 26 6418 Centennial Blvd., 37209 224 ONeiDA (PIONEER) DEF 85 4 I-75, Exit 141 304 Howard Baker Highway, 37847 149 STANTON DEF 50 5 I-40 Exit 42 7720 Highway 222, 38069

412 WHITE PINE 10 S DEF 130 rv dump I-81, Exit 4 3624 Roy Messer Highway, 37890

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 MG Oil 2 25 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79, 57744 599 murdo DEF 50 4 rv dump I-90, Exit 192 601 E. Fifth Street, 57559 918 Rapid City DEF 200 5 I-90, Exit 55 2783 Deadwood Ave., 57702 931 Rapid City MG Oil DEF 150 8 I-90 Exit 61 4200 N I-90 Service Rd Exit 61, 57701 716 Sioux Falls DEF 158 9 rv dump I-29 Exit 83 5201 Granite Lane, 57107

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

p 605-669-2465 f 605-669-2859

p 605-348-7070 f 605-348-3438

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 DEF LMTD 1 I-40, Exit 287 1111 South Jefferson, 38501 406 CORNERSVILLE DEF 40 2 I-65, Exit 22 9211 Lewisburg Highway, 37047 114 CROSSVILLE 7 S DEF 80 I-40, Exit 320 2449 Genesis Road, 38571 226 DANDRIDGE DEF 80 6 I-40, Exit 417 505 Patriot Drive, 37725

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

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

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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

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

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 865-674-8570 f 865-674-8572

texas 436 AMARILLO 12 S DEF 150 rv dump I-40, Exit 75 715 South Lakeside Drive, 79118 723 AMARILLO DEF 200 13 rv dump 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 8 S DEF 100 I-10, Exit 0 2015 Antonio Street, 79821 724 ANTHONY DEF 175 13 rv dump I-10 Exit 0 3001 Mountain Pass Blvd., 79821 725 Baytown DEF 200 15 rv dump I-10 & Exit 789 Thompson Road 1876 East Freeway, 77521 740 Brookshire DEF 115 9 rv dump I-10, Exit 732 204 South Waller Ave., 77423 367 CADDO MILLS DEF 80 6 I-30 & FM1903, Exit 87 & 88 2725 FM 1903, 75135 883 Canton 4 S DEF 100 I-20, Exit 533 9800 Interstate 20, 75103 488 Cotulla 7 S DEF 75 I-35, Exit 69 921 N. IH35, 78014 433 DALLAS 11 S DEF 150 I-20, Exit 470 8787 South Lancaster Road, 75241 726 DALLAS DEF 180 12 rv dump I-20 Exit 472 7425 Bonnie View Road, 75241 727 Edinburg DEF 200 9 rv dump Hwy 281 & FM 1925 1305 East Monte Cristo, 78539 728 El Paso DEF 120 11 rv dump I-10 and Exit 37 1301 North Horizon Blvd., 79927 553 FORT Stockton 9 S DEF 100 I-10, Exit 259 2571 North Front Street, 79735 434 FORT WORTH 12 S DEF 185 rv dump I-35, Exit 65 2400 Alliance Gateway, 76178

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 281-934-4133 f 281-934-4153

p 903-527-2150 f 903-527-2103

p 903-829-2600

p 830-879-5363 F 830-879-5359

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

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

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

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

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

p 901-466-3535 f 901-465-7822

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texas (cont.)

texas (cont.)

UTah (cont.)

375 HOUSTON 7 S DEF 90 I-610, Exit 24A US 90 E 4440 N. McCarty Street, 77013 729 Houston DEF 235 15 rv dump I-45 Richie Rd, Exit 64 15919 North Freeway, 77090 234 HUNTSVILLE 6 S DEF 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 190 15 rv dump I-35 S, Exit 13; I-35 N, Exit 12B 1011 Beltway Parkway, 78045 733 Lubbock DEF 50 4 rv dump I-27 & 4th Street Exit 602 4th Street, 79401 257 MIDLAND 7 S DEF 84 I-20, Exit 126 4015 S. FM 1788, 79706 330 New Braunfels 7 S DEF 80 I-35, Exit 184 4142 Loop 337, 78132 734 New Caney DEF 150 9 rv dump US 59 & Exit 242 23412 Hwy 242, 77357 580 ODESSA 10 S DEF 100 I-20, Exit 121 5900 E. Interstate 20, 79766 431 ORANGE 8 S DEF 110 rv dump I-10, Exit 873 2205 North Highway 62, 77630 735 ORANGE DEF 150 15 rv dump I-10 Exit 873 7112 I-10 West, 77630 736 Pecos DEF 200 9 rv dump I-20 Exit 42 100 East Pinehurst, 79772 432 ROBINSON 10 S DEF 285 I-35, Exit 328 8055 South I-35, 76706 306 SAN ANTONIO 6 S DEF 50 I-10 E.bound, Ex 581; I-10 W.bound, Ex 582 5619 I-10 East, 78219 467 SAN ANTONIO 7 S DEF 85 I-37, Exit 125 4105 S Loop 1604 E, 78264 737 SAN ANTONIO 13 S DEF 200 I-10, Exit 583 1815 N. Foster Road, 78244

157 SULPHUR SPRINGS 7 S DEF 85 I-30, Exit 122 1200 South Hillcrest, 75482 888 Tulia 5 S 71 I-27 & Hwy 86, 79088 1200 South Hillcrest, 75482 738 Tye DEF 200 15 rv dump 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 6 S DEF 75 I-10, Exit 140 501 Van Horn Drive, 79855 568 VoN ormy DEF 65 7 I-35, Exit 140 14555 IH35 South, 78073 739 Waco DEF 200 9 rv dump 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 rv dump US 287 & Jacksboro Highway 2311 Jacksboro Highway, 76301

773 Richfield DEF 50 4 rv dump I-70 Exit 40 35 East Flying J Drive, 84701 746 Salt Lake City DEF 110 9 rv dump I-15 & I-80 SR201, Exit 17 2025 South 900 West, 84119 510 Scipio 4 100 I-15, Exit 188 810 North 800 West, 84656 774 Snowville DEF 50 3 rv dump 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 DEF 50 4 rv dump I-15 Exit 357 600 West 750 North, 84340

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

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

p 936-291-1125 f 936-291-2421 Q Eats

p 512-746-4341

p 956-717-5006 f 956-717-5012

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 830-629-1424 f 830-629-1254

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

p 806-995-4597 f 806-995-3501

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

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

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

p 210-622-9384 f 210-622-9302

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

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

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

utah p 281-689-8065 f 281-689-8271

p 432-366-0812 f 432-366-0845

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 210-626-9183 f 210-626-9201

509 Beaver DEF 150 6 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 rv dump I-80 Exit 99 1605 East Saddleback Blvd., 84074 743 Nephi DEF 110 9 rv dump I-15 Exit 222 1597 South Main, 84648 772 N. Salt Lake 4 40 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 DEF 25 2 I-15 Exit 362 1674 W. 1100 S., 84302

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

p 435-723-9999

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

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

p 435-758-2345

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

virginia 749 Carmel Church DEF 239 15 rv dump I-95 Exit 104 24279 Roger Clark Blvd., 22546 256 DANVILLE DEF 45 3 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 491 Harrisonburg DEF 100 7 I-81m Exit 251, 22802 3634 North Valley Pike, 22802 384 RICHMOND 9 S DEF 110 I-95 N, Exit 58; I-95 S, Exit 58A 2126 Ruffin Mill Road, 23834 876 Ruther Glen DEF 250 22 I-95, Exit 104 23866 Rogers Clark Blvd, 22546 899 South hill Sadler’s trk. Stp. 3 20 I-85, Exit 12A 1011 East Atlantic Street, 23970 159 TALLYSVILLE DEF 60 4 I-64, Exit 211 6721 Emmaus Church Road 23140

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

p 434-792-1180 f 434-792-7894

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

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

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

p 540-434-2529 f 540-434-2076

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

p 804-448-3077 f 804-448-8350

p 434-447-4528 f 434-447-6388

p 804-966-1880 f 804-966-9231

p 210-666-2266 f 210-666-2280

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Wisconsin (cont.)

alberta , canada (cont.)

258 TROUTVILLE 3 LTD I-81, Exit 150A or B 2966 Lee Highway South, 24175 752 Winchester DEF 144 15 rv dump I-81 Exit 323 1530 Rest Church Road, 22624 754 Wytheville 13 177 rv dump I-77 & I-81 Exit 77 3249 Chapman Rd, 24382

470 roberts (hudson) DEF 100 9 US 65 & I-94 1191 70th Avenue, 55023 164 MAUSTON 7 S DEF 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 DEF 100 5 I-90, Exit 48 102 E Woody, 54660 324 RACINE (FRANKSVILLE) DEF 80 5 I-94 & CR K, Exit 329 13712 Northwestern Avenue, 53126

792 AB-BROOKS 2 20

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

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

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

Washington 965 Ellensburg Flying j/broadway 7 100 I-90 Exit 109 2300 Canyon Rd., 98926 583 Ferndale DEF 25 4 1678 Main Street #3, 98248 970 Pasco (spokane) Flying j/broadway 2 75 U.S. Hwy 395 2216 E Hillsboro Road, 99301 963 Spokane Flying j/broadway 2 LTD 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

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

p 360-213-1822 f 360-312-1851

p 509-547-5561 f 509-547-4570

p 509-456-8843

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

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

west virginia 474 flatwoods (sutton) DEF 70 5 I-79, Exit 67 270 Scott Fork - Bonnie Rd, 26601 243 NITRO DEF 60 6 I-64 & SR 25, Exit 45 4304 First Avenue, 25143 503 morgantown DEF 50 5 I-79, Exit 146 2309 Smithton Rd, 26508

p 304-765-9270 f 304-765-7306

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

p 304-284-8518 f 304-284-8509

wisconsin 289 BELOIT DEF 55 5 I-43/90 & WI 81, Exit 185A 3001 Milwaukee Road, 53511 756 Black River Falls DEF 150 14 rv dump I-94 & Exit 116 780 State Hwy 54, 54615 528 Cottage Grove road ranger DEF 50 2 I-90, Exit 147 2762 County Hwy N, 53527 544 East troy road ranger 1 5 I-43, Exit 38 1946 A. Energy Drive, 53120

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

p 715-284-4341 f 715-284-1551

f 608-873-1610

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

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f 715-749-4241

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

p 414-761-0939 f 414-761-0165 Dan’s Big Slice pizza

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

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

wyoming 758 Casper DEF 45 4 rv dump I-25 Exit 185 41 SE Wyoming Blvd., 82609 402 CHEYENNE DEF 120 10 rv dump I-80, Exit 367 8020 Campstool Road, 82007 759 CHEYENNE DEF 180 16 rv dump I-25 Exit 7 2250 Etchepare Drive, 82007 760 Cokeville DEF 90 4 rv dump US Hwy 30/SR 232 10501 US Hwy 30, 83114 141 EVANSTON 6 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 DEF 50 4 rv dump I-90 & Hwy 59 1810 South Douglas Hwy, 82718 308 LARAMIE DEF 100 8 I-80 & Curtis St., Exit 310 1564 McCue Street, 82072 763 Rawlins DEF 200 10 rv dump I-80 Exit 209 I-80 Johnson Rd., 82301 764 Rock Springs DEF 85 6 rv dump I-80 Exit 104 650 Stage Coach Drive, 82901

85 East Lake Cres., T4B 2B5

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 4949 Barlow Trail Se, T2B3B5 815 ab-Drayton Valley 0 0

p 307-473-1750

p 307-635-5744

15609 121 A. Ave, T5V 1B1 850 ab-Edmonton 8 100

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16806 118 Avenue, T5V1M8 818 ab-Edson Motco 0 0

p 307-279-3050

2520 - 2 Ave., T7E 1T9 819 ab-Fort McMurray 0 0

p 307-783-5930

345 Sakitawaw Trail, T9H 4E4 820 ab-Grande Prairie 0 0

p 307-789-9129

9212 - 108 St., T8V 4C9 845 ab-Grassland 2 75

p 307-682-3562

1st Ave. 1st Street, TOA 1V0 846 ab-Hanna 2 100

p 307-742-6443

Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South, T0J 1P0 794 AB-High Level 0 25

p 307-328-0158

10529 96 St., T0H 1Z0 817 ab-Hinton 0 0

p 307-362-4231

294 Kelly Road, T7V 1H2 821 ab-Lethbridge 0 20

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f 307-635-5746

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1005 43 St, T1K 7B8 822 ab-Lloydminster 1 0

alberta , canada 813 ab-Airdrie 0 10

1260 Cassils Road East, T1R 1B7 785 AB-Calgary DEF 130 9

5505 Jubilee Ave., T7A 1S3 816 ab-Edmonton 0 0

canada

Dan’s Big Slice pizza

p 815-580-4842

p 715-749-4238

p 403-948-4193

5109 63 St Ave, T9V 2E7 869 AB-nanton 3 130 Hwy #2 2810 21st Ave., T0L 1R0

restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points

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

p 403-236-2404

p 403-250-3835

p 403-273-4949 f 403-273-0628

p 801-725-1370

p 708-413-9116

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

p 780-743-3545

p 780-532-2378

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

p 403-854-5000

p 780-926-2066

p 801-725-1370

p 403-328-4735

p 780-875-2990

Humpty’s restaurant

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795 Ab-Nisku 2 8

801 BC-Prince George 3 LTD

836 on-Schreiber 0 0

302 20th Avenue, T9E 7T8 796 AB-Red Deer DEF 26 4

p 780-955-3535

403-346-2785 f 403-346-2852 p

67th Ave. & 67 Street, T4P 1A4 826 ab-Redcliff 1 0 115 Lockwood St, T1A 7T9 797 Ab-Rycroft 0 8 Hwy #49 & Hwy #2 Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73, T0H 3A0 786 AB-Sherwood Park DEF 140 9 Yellowhead Hwy 16/ Broadmoor Blvd.

50 Pembina Rd., T8H 2G9 824 ab-Whitecourt 0 10 Hwy #43 & West Mtn. Road, T7N 1S9

p 403-526-2669

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

929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way, V2S 4N2 798 BC-Annacis Island 1 LTD 1291 Cliveden Ave, V5M 6G4 799 BC-Chilliwack 4 20 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 0 0 1725 Alaska Ave, V1G 1P5 861 bc-HOPE 4 S DEF 65 Hwy 1, Exit 168 63100 Flood Hope Road, VOX 1L2 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

802 BC-Vancouver 0 0 8655 Boundary Rd & Marine Way, V5S 4H3 788 MB-Headingley DEF 150 9 Hwy #1 & Camp Manitou Rd. 4100 Portage Avenue, R4H 1C5 803 MB-Portage La Prairie 0 40

p 780-416-2035

p 780-706-0471

1747 Brookside Blvd., R2C 2E8 835 MB-Winnipeg 0 0

f 780-416-2084

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 604-886-6815 f 604-886-6821

p 250-785-3052

p 250-573-3032 f 205-573-7828

p 250-280-1555

p 604-522-6511

p 604-454-9578

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

862 ON-Ayr 5 30 Hwy 401, Exit 268 2492 Cedar Creek Road, N0B 1E0 805 ON-Etobicoke 0 0 1765 Albion Rd & Hwy 27, M9W 5S7 880 ON-Fort Erie 6 S DEF 0 QEW, Exit 5 1637 Pettit Road 806 ON-Kapuskasing DEF 40 4 410 Government Road E, P5N 2X7 852 ON-lancaster DEF 110 9 Hwy 401, Exit 814 20382 Old Hwy #2, K0C 1N0 789 ON-London DEF 230 16 Hwy 401 & Highbury Ave. Exit 189 3700 Highbury Ave. South, N6N 1P3 807 ON-Mississauga DEF 50 3 1400 Britannia Road Exit 401 and Dixie Road 790 ON-Napanee DEF 165 15 401 & Cnty Rd 41 Exit 579 628 County Road #41 RR6, K7R 3L1 866 ON-Pass Lake 3200 Hwy 11/17, Shuniah, ON POT 2MO 865 on-Pickering 9 50 Hwy 401 2000 Clements Road, L1W 4A1 838 on-Sault Ste Marie 0 0

p 807-824-2383

Hwy # 17, P0T 2S0 837 on-Sudbury 0 0

p 705-692-5447

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

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

Quebec, canada 808 QC-Berthierville 0 10

p 204-857-9997

p 204-633-0663

p 204-231-5485

p 450-836-6581

1181 Ave Gilles Villeneuve, J0K 1A0 809 QC-Napierville 0 10 Hwy 15 Exit 21 1 Rang St-Andre, J0J 1L0 810 QC-Ste Helene 4 10 HWY 20, Exit 152 569 Rue Principale, J0H 1M0

p 450-245-3539 f 450-245-9642

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

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ontario, canada

987 Great Northern Road, P6A 5K7 w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

p 250-563-1677

manitoba, canada

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

British columbia, canada 827 bc-Abbotsford 1 10

4869 Continental Way, V2N 5S5

restaurants outlined in a red box do not accept MYREWARDS points

papa Joe’s Hot kettle p 519-624-9578 f 519-624-2587

p 416-674-8665

p 905-991-1800 p 905-991-1805

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

811 SK-Moose Jaw DEF 20 5 370 North Service Rd. Hwy #11, S6H 4N9 842 sk-Regina 3 12 1511 Ross Ave. East, S4R 1J2 791 SK-Saskatoon DEF 85 4 3850 Idylwylde Drive North, S7P 0A1 844 sk-Yorkton 0 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 306-782-2645

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

p 519-686-9154

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Belmont, OH p 905-564-6216

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newestlocations I-70, exit 208

Showers: 9 Parking: 67 Restaurants:

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Driver Profile:

EARN POINTS

Danny and Cindy George U.S. XPRESS

FASTER on every aisle GM Truck Supply Power Drive 2000w DC to AC Power Inverter

GROCERY Any Chex Mix 3.75-4.5 oz

GROCERY Buy 2 Kickstarts at the same time

The Pilot logo is a registered trademark of Pilot Travel Centers LLC.

e met while we were both driving for a small fleet out of Colorado in the late 1980s. Cindy’s cousin owned the company and Danny is a third-generation truck driver, so when we started driving team in 1989, no one was surprised when we made a life for ourselves on the road. We have owned four trucks, operated under our own authority, and have spent the last 10 years driving 48 states and Canada for U.S. Xpress Enterprises as company drivers. Our calculations show that we passed 5 million accident-free team miles sometime in 2013. We got our first rewards card when Flying J rolled out its Frequent Fueler program.

We now use the MyRewards card points to buy “The Best Coffee on the Interstate.” We also use our points for food in the restaurants, and an occasional electronics item. We are signed up for the Driver Feedback program though MyRewards. We get an email each week where we can rate an experience at a Pilot/Flying J facility. Many improvements have been implemented from the feedback, like more hooks and iPod docks in the showers. For our input, Pilot/ Flying J adds 200 points to our card for each survey. We feel like they are buying us a cup of coffee for helping out.

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