This comical sight is in Ozark Alabama at Our Place Diner. My husband and I stopped in here for a buffalo burger. It was pretty darn good.
If you’re a truck driver then you have more than likely been to a real truck stop, such as Love’s, Pilot, Flying J, and TA Truck Stops of America. Those are the main ones. Not to leave anyone out because we all have our little “Honey Hole” if you know what I mean.
One of my favorite truck stops is a “mom and pop” type truck stop. It is called” Kewanee One Stop”, located in Toombsuba, MS right off highway 20W at the state line of Alabama and Mississippi. They have the best BBQ I have ever had. They have old fashioned food like I grew up on. I am, what everyone is calling us, 70″s babies, GEN X, nowadays. I grew up on slaw dogs from The Dairy Mart in Oakwood GA where I was raised. Unfortunately it is no longer there. Kewanee has the same type of food, hamburger steak plates, fried shrimp plates, slaw burgers and chili dogs, slaw dogs and french fries. They will even make you a steak, baked potato, and a salad for “free” with a 200 gallon fuel purchase. The people are very nice and they have plenty of truck parking most anytime you go there. The only thing missing there is a shower. If you get diesel fuel there and you get 100 gallons you get a free dinner meal, if you get 200 gallons or more, they will fix you up that steak dinner with two sides, and a big glass of good old sweet tea. On my way to Texas, my husband and I would stop on the way in and again on the way out back to Georgia. Doug is the go to guy there. He is the owner. Tell him that a Peachstate Driver sent you!
I have been to a big number of truck stops all the way to California and back to Georgia. I have seen some crazy stuff. Once I saw a man watering his circus elephants in the fuel line. I also saw the Idaho potato truck and had my picture taken and he gave me an Idaho potato pin for my shirt.
I have many more and some of you may have seen these places and odd occurrences yourself. As we all know being a truck driver never has a dull moment. Everyone be safe and take lots of pictures you’ll appreciate them one day.
April
