Not as robust as I was expecting.

Inside the Dismal Nitch Rest Area bathroom.

The rest areas in the country have improved quite a bit since we started taking long road trips (15 years ago!). Iowa has especially nice ones with large areas to walk dogs, Wi-Fi, and RV dump stations. We've even found a few that have trails to hike on!

Play- and restarea in Svendborg, Denmark

Designed by WITRAZ architects + landscape

Play- and restarea in Svendborg, Denmark

Designed by WITRAZ architects + landscape

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photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

Malden Service Plaza

Lovers, from a pillars headstone. / Liebespaar auf einem Saeulenkapitell

History plaque, Whetstone Valley Rest Area, South Dakota, January 2015

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

Loganton, PA

A view of the Yellowstone River as it flows north out of the park along US 89 south of Emigrant, Montana.

Boys Estate, GA- I-95 S Bound as I-95 takes traffic from GA 99 and all points north to Brunswick and Jacksonville with it going ultimately to Miami.

Not sure what Paxton is doing in this picture.

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

Play- and restarea in Svendborg, Denmark

Designed by WITRAZ architects + landscape

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

Best viewed large LARGE

(rest area after rest area.)

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

At a rest area on I-94 in western Minnesota. A unique approach to "darkening the room".

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

Highland, Illinois

Located in Route 66 rest area between Alanreed and Groom, Texas on I-40

At this little rest area, there's a hidden waterfall in the picnic area. They don't really mention it on the signs for the rest area, it's only on one sign that's up the trail a ways. If you don't know there's a waterfall here, you'd probably never find it.

The construction on the highway started here! Except... No, it didn't...

At this little rest area, there's a hidden waterfall in the picnic area. They don't really mention it on the signs for the rest area, it's only on one sign that's up the trail a ways. If you don't know there's a waterfall here, you'd probably never find it.

Located at the I 10 rest area between MM 175-185.

I-65 sb at the rest area located at approximately MM 196 (taken 5/17/2012)

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

The rest area at I-75 exit 179, in northern Ohio.

The sun peaks out from behind a layer of clouds at a rest area in New Jersey.

Conner helping himself to some pretzels. Guess he couldn't wait for lunch.

photo by Stephen Martinez | CDOT

Off of I-26 in Tennessee