Ok All;
I did a Cross Country Road Trip last Summer/Fall and could have really used some suggestions as to where to eat while travelling. Try to keep them RV Friendly. I wish I would have thought of this before I left last year and I would have kept a Log. If there's an interest I could post a few in Oregon and Washington.

 

With a big rv I try and use truck stops my self .the wife thinks the food for the most part is good and she is the one I have to keep happy

 

When rv'ing I hit a rest area and make my own. When out here hauling cars its usually fast food or the occasional Cracker Barrel. There are some places I make a point to stop on the road, like in Tx for bbq.

 

Grocery store and a cooler for some of the meals. Truck stops for others.

Like Haulin mentioned...rest areas are good. Pull in, got for a walk, make a few sandwiches...empty the bladder etc etc.

 

Cracker Barrels normally have nice big lots and driveways, and Truck Stops is where we always stop pulling the horse trailer

 

If you have a GPS, there is a site where you can upload to the GPS Points-Of-Interest (POI). You can specify what your interests are. i.e. Cracker Barrels. Wendy's. Greasy Spoons. Whatever.

Check it out. www.poi-factory.com.

 

Trying to find good food on the road can be tough. You get the usual assortment of fast food and chain stores. Some truck stops are good, and some are not.

I stop for fuel at a regular gas station, not the truck stop. Then I ask the clerk for a recommendation. Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't.

The other trick is to drive off the highway a few miles. Get into the small town, and look for the local cars and pick ups. We've found some great meals that way.

 

You may get a better response if you could tell us what states you will be traveling trough this year. Also maybe the route you are planning.

 

Look for a truck stop with a fairly full truck parking lot. If it looks like a lot of turn over in customers, it's probably got good food. If you see a few trucks, especially just tractors, and very few tractor/;trailer rigs and few cars, head on down the road. I stopped in a place once that had 5 tractors around the lot and not much else. When I went in, there wasn't many people inside. I just fueled up and was heading back out and I mentioned to the cashier (really cute gal, I didn't have any luck though) about I expected to see more people, she said the owner had bought the tractors at auction and they didn't have any engines in them. It just pulled in customers.

 

Bigfoot;
This year I'll be doing 2 trips:
Vancouver, Washington to Yellowstone via Spokane and across then Vancouver to the Grand Canyon via Utah. Any suggestions would be appreciated but I was thinking that if anyone had a preferred Stop for Road Food.... they might want to share. Eventually I might be in that neck of the woods. After last years Cross Country the Wife is more open to 'Full Timing'.

 

Grouch;
I noticed that 'Trick' at some souvineer shops along the way. Got a bunch of cars in the parking lot but No One in the Store. Got to looking afterwhile and noticed that if they even had plates they were out of date. Seems they park a few here and there just to draw people in.

 

Well if you’re down this way the Big Texan in Amarillo actually has a pretty good steak .It only looks like a tourist trap.
If you like Mexican food some of the best I ever had was in Clayton NM at a little fly spec dinner called the Rabbit ears café. Plenty of RV parking at both.

 

Whenever my wife and I go on a road trip we vow no chain restaraunts of any kind; support the locals. We have a blast doing it this way, well maybe not the loose meat burger in Nebraska, , but it added another story to the collection.

Avoiding the interstates makes this a lot easier.

 

There's a show on TV on the food network called "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" They showcase three on each half hour show. Although some places look terrible the food is outa this world.

 

If you are going through Idaho, check out Jakers. They are a small chain of about 4 or five locations including Twin and Idaho Falls and I think they have some in Montana as well. They have a large menu and everything I have eaten there is good.

Parking is not bad, I have found a place to park my 26' TT at two of their locations.