Rest stops or lack there of...

When you are roughing it at campgrounds and what not, you may find yourself without a "rest stop" nearby. This happens to everyone from time to time, and surprisingly enough it happens on the open road too!

This happened to us a few times (like twice) and really only with a certain 2 kids, which will remain nameless for embarrassment reasons!

Then it happened to me. (sigh...) Yes, its true and disturbing.

We are driving along US 40 which replaced Route 66, and the road is long and dull, nothing to see, and nowhere to go but straight. About an hour before this we stopped at a Sonic and I had to order a large cherry limeade because they are my favorite and I hadn't had one in a year, so I'm enjoying it and sipping it in the car and then all of a sudden (well you get the picture).

So I go to my trusty navigation system and type in gas stations, no gas station for 40 some miles, I start to get a little nervous, so I type in convenience stores, nope, none of those for 40 miles either! Ok panic mode had set in, because you know as soon as your brain realizes that there is nowhere to go, you really have to go and you have to go NOW!

So I start to battle with myself, -do I really need to go? -Nobody can see, we are in the middle of nowhere,- Oh, that's just not what proper ladies do... -my momma raised me better than this-if you hold it you will get a bladder infection... See the turmoil I was going through?

Well needless to say, who won. And here is the punch line:

I do what I have to do, FAST!, then hop back in the car, and as soon as I get in that damn truck and drive not even a mile.... we see a sign that says REST AREA 4 MILES!!!!!

Can you believe that mess???? I guess I should of looked that up in the navigation system! duh!!

Here is what I found at one of the rest stops, guess which one Riley went to.