5:00 p.m.

Lexington, Virginia

For dinner we stopped at a truck stop with a restaurant called Berky's. The guy who owns it collects old toy cars, and they are displayed all over the dining room in glass cases. Once we sat down to eat, a girl with heavy makeup and moussed hair offered to take our order. We both got the salad bar and spaghetti special. After we ate, I sat with a truck driver from Illinois and talked about fuel prices. He was hesitant to talk to me at first, stuttering and speaking slowly with a thick accent. I guess I was the first person in a long time to ask him his opinion. He seemed angry and blamed everything on the government and the oil companies.

In early evening trucks pack the parking lots at truck stops and rest areas. It can be hard for drivers to find a place to sleep.

A couple eats dinner at a truck stop called Berky's in Lexington, Va. Berky's is one of the few places to get a country dinner along Ms. Stanford's route to Philadelphia.

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