CBH CO-OP - Cenex

We had a coolant leak and couldn’t find any open gas stations nearby. Luckily we were able to stop by here and get everything we needed and some snacks at 3am. Thank you Cenex!!

Friendly greeting at the door from Chris. Clean bathroom. Lots of snack and food choices. Mementoes and various on the road need section.

They have such a good variety of snacks and food items! They also have a full beer cooler! Lots of drinks to choose from as well!! Peter is also an amazingly helpful employee!

The main feature of the US transport system is that it is overwhelmingly tied to road transport. There are few transcontinental railroads here, and the very philosophy of their operation does not fit well with the principles of decentralization and subcontracting on which the American economy is built. Therefore, since the 50s, when the country was covered with a network of high-speed highways - freeways-interstates - most of the cargo has been transported by road. It is more selective, fast and flexible than aviation, rail or sea. Therefore, the entire transport economy here is built around heavy trucks. I wrote a lot about American tracks, their features and device earlier. Those interested can go into details here, here and here. But now we will not talk about them, but about the transport "back office" - the system of roadside support for American road freight.
The basis of this very provision is truck stops - gas stations for heavy vehicles, combined with parking lots for it. There are a huge number of truck stops in the United States - from small family ones with a dozen parking spaces to huge ones designed for several hundred cars. The largest in America, the emnip, can accommodate 500 trucks. It is located on the Midwest, somewhere in Iowa. However, in general, a typical parking lot is designed for forty to fifty cars.