We are doing something that we have never done before. We're
staying at a truck stop but stop right there. It's not just
that boring. That's right. We're in this together and
we're taking you along for the journey. Is it even worth it? I
don't know. Let's go find out. Not going to lie. I'm a little
bit nervous staying at a truck stop, you know, with the whole
safety thing. I feel like safety is a big concern when
you're out on the road especially full time. A weekend
warrior is somebody that just comes out on the weekends. Hey,
you're just probably going out to the campground but when
you're full time, finding somewhere consistent to stay
every single night that you're going to be able to sleep well
at night, that's a whole another story. We just had a torrential
downpour and it says tornado watch all day here in Ocala
Florida, and these guys are like...
I'm thinking with these lights, keep it there and just go like
that and go like that, right there. Yeah, that's one way to
do it. You know I'm right honey. Also, the Christmas tree. What do
you think about the Christmas tree? You think it's going to be
okay if I like kind of just wedge it in here? Guess we'll
find out. This is new and I know by the time you guys see this
video Christmas has passed. Actually, the best time to
purchase a tree is probably right after Christmas. I
probably paid like triple the price because it was purchased
in the beginning of December. Way to go Ney Ney. How are you
feeling about tonight? Are you feeling like okay about things?
Not going to lie, right off the bat the price had me thinking
mmm, okay. But I gotta see this. We gotta see this for ourselves
and that means you. You're going to see this with us.
You're going to check it out. You're not going to tell me how
much you paid? No, nice. Just like usual. Just swipe that
credit card and ask for forgiveness later, huh? Yup.
That's how it goes in the Hanks family. That's right. I love you.
Now, let's go. Ah, the moistness of Florida. Can you
tell I'm ready to go out west?
Don't just look at the Hanks and think, oh, only they can do
it. No. You guys can do it too. We're rooting for you. We want
you out here. Come on out.
Let's get out of here because we're about to get another
downpour and I want to be dry. I don't have our raincoats. I'm
going to go walk around and then you do this side.
Sounds good. I'm ready to get out of this.
Our first stop, so far away, 15 miles. 18 minutes. We're
going to fuel up because we barely have any fuel. Truckers
look out. We're coming for you. Just a heads up. We did not
pack lunches today. What are we going to eat? Are we like, do we
have dinner tonight or anything? I have like I have to
go grocery shopping. We don't really have food. So, my
thought is that we could just hit up whatever truck stop
meals they have. Well, this usually happens when we're on
the road. Mm-hmm. The trifecta always comes in during travel
days like we got to edit and we gotta go grocery shopping.
Right. Oh well. Basically, I, I'm not cooking dinner tonight.
I say the truck stops are giving us good vibes today.
We'll keep those good vibes coming as long as you keep
hanging out with us. No go. Why? What happened? Dining room
is closed but the drive thru is open. Oh well, how we going to
fit in there? I know the clearance is only eight feet or
something. So, I'm like, we ain't going to fit. This just
goes to show how hard it is to get food when you travel with
a big rig like you, if you don't pack a lunch, you can run
into these scenarios where you're like, oh this truck stop
says it has a Wendy's. Cool. And then it doesn't. But I'm just
letting you know, this is what you're going to deal with if
you don't pack a lunch, Ney Ney. This is just how it goes. Roll
with those punches one at a time. One foot in front of the
other and then you'll get things coming together
eventually. In the RV life time frame. It will all come full
circle and be A okay. I think. So I'm looking to see like if
we park maybe at Dicks Sporting Goods or Lowe's or Home Depot
or Sam's Club can we walk, like is there something right
there ,and it's not looking, not looking super duper good.
I want to get there before dark but we might not. We're not
going to. So, we'll have to, I don't know. Figure something
out. Get that out of your head. We're not getting there before
dark. Oh, there's a TA up the road near Lake City that has
some stuff and then there's also a Hardee's at the Loves.
We've never had Hardee's. We can always try Hardee's. It's
funny because I literally before you jumped in the truck,
I just got done saying the truck stops are bringing us
good vibes today. It's giving me mixed emotions, this truck
stops. So, let's get out of here.
Did you ever realize that Hardee's is called Carl's
Jr on the West Coast? Really? I'm upset it doesn't,
it's not called Carl, anything. Carl's Jr.
Is this a parking spot on the end once again? It is. Very basic
menu. Wow. Basically. Is this RV life or what? This is. This
is luxury. What is that truck doing? Are we in their way?
Their fueling up baby. They love that Loves. And she is off. In
it to win it, girl. You go get them. She's like where am I
again? And why did I forget to pack food? Bet you don't love
that do you? How does she deal with me? I just don't know.
What did you get? Some food that's fast. Do you by chance
live the RV life? I feel like I've seen you on the road
somewhere. Have you seen the YouTube? I've heard of it. I'm
not on there. Truck Stop life, huh? Mmm. Fresh off the grill.
Well, when you're hungry, anything works, honestly.
The fries are like a solid five out of ten. They've been under
the warmer for a little? Who's ready for their burger? I am.
Thank you. Is this going to be as good as Buc-ees? It's not
healthy and it's kind of not as convenient as you think it is
because we had to park a ways away in the truck parking and
then I had to walk like half a mile across the parking lot to
get to the place. This thing don't fit in the drive-thru. Do
you remember those commercials? The guy would be like don't
bother me. I'm eating. And they would take like a big bite out
of it and there would always be like ketchup that falls out the
bottom and you could hear like the crunch in their mouth.
They're like...
You remember that? Man, that used to annoy me. What's your
go-to for food on your travel days? Do you all pack lunches?
Do y'all like to stop somewhere to eat? Today, the name of the
game is convenience. I mean, it's a Thursday. There's a lot on the line.
We are at a Love's truck stop and Ney needs an extra phone
charger. Mm. Doors are shut. Water pump is off and we're
back on the road. Glad those Christmas lights are hanging in
there okay? Wow Ney. Wow. Ney Ney. I tell you what. Uh she's
something else. I love that girl. I love having you here.
You know what I mean? It's just it wouldn't be the same without y'all.
There it is. There it is. There it is. Yeah. Whoo. Alright.
We're back again. It's okay. Things are okay in the Hanks
family. I said they're okay. We're good. We're good. Dude,
how many times have we been up and down 75 by the way? I can
count. Well, I'm glad to hear that. I can too. I know what a
lot of y'all are thinking. Are you guys like sponsored by
Loves or what? No, Dexter. We're not sponsored by Loves.
We are just rocking it like the Hanks always do. So, this is
truly unbiased content as always. The Hanks are just
bringing you all the goodies and we just want to show you a
little life, a little snippet of what it's like out on the
road. They knew us. Hi. Oh, that's not cool. Wow. It's so
fun meeting people on the road like that because like you'll
see people like start to slow down in the left lane and
you're like... like, what's going on? And you, you know what? He
could be waving because like a tire's blown out. I don't even
know. Somebody's not happy. Is it past your feeding time?
Say hi to everyone. Yeah, I know it's kind of unfortunate.
Poor little guy, he's hungry. So, we're going to be there
probably about an hour. We're just going to have to hoof it
as a family because we're also tired ourselves but this is RV
life. I mean, he's been doing this for 5 years. He knows how
it goes. It's just a little rough getting back into the
groove of things but once we get going, we'll be just fine.
Hank's family is always in it to win it, you know?
Getting excited. Are you excited, buddy? And just so you
all know, we put his cage out last night with the door open
and he wanted to sleep in it all night. That's how much he
loves his... We won't call it a cage. I don't think we've ever
stayed at a truck stop. Okay, touch screen to begin. It says
check in. Check in. Confirmation code which was sent
to us as soon as we booked it. Gonna typed that bad boy in.
Don't look. Okay, let's see what happens. I hit check in.
Success your reservation was checked in. Pull through site
27. That's what we booked. Great. We're checked in. That's,
I'm not going to lie. That's pretty convenient. You can also
check in, you, like you could've checked us in as we were
pulling in on your phone. You blaming this on me. Yeah but
I'm just saying like you can, you don't even have to wait to
get to the kiosk. You can do it as you're pulling in. I'm just
saying. Come on Carl. Put the code in. And then we gotta go.
Okay. I'll, I'll walk. I'll walk.
Alright. You want me to just walk there and just meet you
there? Can you figure this out yourself? We'll see what
happens. Good luck. Okay, Carl's going to have me pull
into this site all by myself. Oh boy. RV life, baby. When
you're married, living in that puppy behind us for like three
years straight. Well, we've been on the road for five but
three years in this honker, let me tell you. It's nice to take
a walk once in a while. I'm just kidding. I love the girl.
This is about as far apart as we can ever get away from each
other. RV life. I know it's just a pull through site but
like you have to swing it wide and you know I'm just nervous.
Yeah I know that's what I'm saying. It's always like a
challenge race. She doesn't know I'm going to kick her butt
right now. Shh. You guys are on my team, right? Team Carl. Team
Carl. So busy here tonight. She's probably like, what is
wrong with this dude? She married me. There's no going
back. You know what? You're with me if we're going to like
crash this thing. I don't know what's going to happen. 27.
Found it.
Wow. Look at me parking the rig and everything. Carl, not
needed. Carl sold separately. We're just going to put it in
park. You have a permit to park here? Oh, the trains are
blowing. The whistles are blowing. We got trains and
highway noise and Dexter noise. Double whammy. I say it's been
a long night. Let's get some sleep. Yeah. There's a lot of
things I want to cover because I'm already having some
thoughts already. Yup. And then let's reevaluate how this is
all going to work out tomorrow. We'll send you all the deets,
all the updates. Good night.
We slept alright last night.
We're kind of butted up against the truck stop if you know what I
mean. Just kind of on the opposite side of the fence
here. Our little next door neighbors like hello. What's
up? We're here. This has been alright. Let me explain. First
of all, we got trains in the distance. We got truckers over
here running, idling their engines all night. So, if
you're looking for some peaceful, quiet, getaway vibes.
I'm going to say this is probably a no go for you but if
you're on the road, you're in a pinch because we all have been
there and you're looking for somewhere that's safe to stay.
I'm going to say look into these Loves RV stops. How'd you
sleep last night? Uh you know, how you expect to sleep at a
truck stop? Because of the truck noise being right there
and the train going by every 10 minutes. We decided to run our
fan even though it was cold. Take that, put that in your
back pocket. I think we should kind of explore and see what
this is because we got here when it was dark last night.
First thing I'm seeing is we're in the forest.
Truck stop.
Forest.
What in the world? Here's something really positive about
these things is they're all full hookups and they're pull
throughs but you also got some back ins too if you want to
kind of like feel like you're a little more off grid. As I had
said before, you're not getting too far off grid with the Loves
in your backyard but it's not bad. Love's truck stops in
general apparently have like laundry and showers and dog
parks for anybody traveling but you add to that a pickleball
court in the RV section and splash pad and I'm like, who's
coming to a Love's truck RV park to like, come on kids,
let's go swimming. We'll look at what they have and then I'm
going to tell you what we paid to stay here for the for all
this because I'm like, eh? Ehh. Ehhh!
You got a barbecue pit here like a fire pit so you can
barbecue at the Loves. That's so weird. Would you eat here at
the picnic table like if we pulled in? Um maybe if I was
facing this way. Look at the view I have. Wow. Having a
picnic table at an RV site is a very nice touch. I just don't
know if people are using this. So, let's move on. A communal
fire pit for all the friends you're going to make, at the
truck stop. At the truck stop. It seems like if this was really full of
RVs that you wouldn't have much room because everyone has to
park their tow vehicle. Their tow vehicles would be sticking
out and then you have to swing it wide to get into these
campsites. It just seems like it'd be a little chaotic. With
all that said, seems like there's a lot of sites here.
When Loves first came out with RV sites, I thought it was
going to be like three four they had to fight over but the
fact that they have like thirty, forty sites is really
really nice. Yeah, it is kind of nice that you're not
having a fight with everyone to get in here but I was concerned
about the back ins too with your tow vehicle. All I'm
saying is I don't know if they left a ton of parking but you
know us RVers, we always make the best of the worst
situations. We get ourselves into pickles but we also get
ourselves out of pickles so it's all good. Oh my goodness.
Speaking of pickles, there is legit a pickleball court right
here. Who's using this? Who wants to come to Love's and
play pickleball with with Carl and Ney N? I love that. Hey, if
you want to barbecue with the friends that you're meeting
here at Love's Truck Stop, there you go. Splash pad.
Splash pad.
Actually, you know what? You need to get out of there
because you're supposed to have adult supervision.
Even the dogs get their own RV hookup amenity.
Look at this stinking shut off valve.
Does this not remind you of what we have
behind the nautilus? Yeah. How cool is that? And these brass
connections. I tell you what, they ain't messing around. They
didn't do the chinsy plastic stuff like most manufacturers
do. The dogs get good fittings but the humans in their RVs do
not. That's right. Do you all want to guess how much laundry
is? Get in here. $5. I don't know how I feel about that.
Hmm. I guess convenience pays. Hold up. You gotta pay to play
pickleball? And you would think with the price you're paying to
stay here one night. Wow. What do you think babe? Time to
tell them how much we paid for one night here? Yeah. I don't
even know how much we paid. It's okay. You're about to find
out just like everyone. Unless you Googled it already. We paid
$60 to stay here for one night in this pull through site with
full hookups. Eh. Ney Ney's opinion. Maybe you'll get Carl's
separately. I don't know if it's worth $60. That's like RV
Resort fees. We stayed at places where you get the same
amenities and it's more quiet and it was like $35 a night.
Almost half the price. So, it's a very convenient overnight
with the amenities but for $60, I'm not sure. What do you guys
think in the comments? Is that reasonable price or do you
think that's a little bit of like taking advantage of the RV
pricing that's out there? Best part is though, it's safe. So,
it has that closed gate like it has two gates actually. So, you
can come and go as you please and you know people are like
getting in here messing with your stuff so I like that a
lot. Now that I'm thinking about it, there's a lot other
better places out there to stay like than here that are free for
quick overnights and guess what? It's not Walmart. We
actually broke it down in another video so be sure to
check out this video next. We'll see you guys next week.
It's HappilyEverHanks checking out. Love ya.