We spent the night near Youngstown, OH last night at a Pilot truckstop, where we showered this morning. Remember me telling you how sometimes they put a wrapped candy or mint on your towel?
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| I never take these candies. I'm suspicious of them.
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There were three hooks in the shower for hanging things. You know it's a good shower when all three hooks are there and intact, plus there was one on the back of the door. Here are two of the hooks:
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| Hook #1 | 
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| Hook #2 | 
Curly's name sticker was missing. Maybe I should have informed the attendant.
 
After showers and homemade oatmeal, we proceeded to Cranberry Twp, PA to drop our  load.
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| Made me think of the song "Raspberry Beret" by Prince | 
When we arrived at the shipper, we both had to use the restroom. THIS, dear readers, is (unfortunately) a typical trucker's restroom at a shipping/receiving facility:
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| Corner of the bathroom | 
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| Door handle | 
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| Trust me. There ain't no paper towels in there or anywhere else in the room, for that matter!
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I am not exaggerating when I say this bathroom hasn't been cleaned since the Nixon administration. They might as well just have a pit in the ground outdoors with a big sign that says: "Truckers, IF you feel that you  must  relieve yourself during the three or so hours that we detain you here without giving you a reason, then use this hole. We would PREFER that you just hold it or pee in a bottle in your truck, because we're all so afraid that we'll catch truck driveritis...we'd rather not see you or hear from you. Just stay in your truck, why don't you?"
I had to go for an hour long walk just to clear the sight of the bathroom from my head. I discovered a beautiful subdivision, marred only by the fact that most of the homes contained Pittsburgh Steelers fans. 
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| Cranberry, PA | 
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| Doesn't Martha Stewart live around here? | 
One of the things I do to lift my spirits out here on the road is to wear bright colored socks. I have several pairs of these in different colors and it tickles me to wear them.
 
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| I'm wearing a green shirt with these, so I'm giving off Packer Green n Gold vibes...
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 Today's silly sounding place name: Cranberry, PA
 
What a disgusting bathroom. I can't believe truckers get such a bad rap with the potty stops. Love the candy corn costumes - can't wait to see the new babies!
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