Rest Area - Southbound

Quaint little rest stop. Has picnic seating areas, plenty of trash cans and decent restrooms. We stayed here overnight and tried to sleep in the back of our uhaul truck. Settled down around 10:30pm, the rest stop is well illuminated in its entirety. Beautiful night sky covered in stars. We’re coming from city life where the light pollution doesn’t let us see the night sky so clearly. It was so great. Around 2:06 am we heard coyotes howling and yipping from a distance! We tried to sleep it off but we have a large dog with us and an encounter was definitely worrisome. About 30 min later we heard them again, much closer, so we decided to pack it into the uhaul cabin. We also felt well rested enough to keep going on our way. Definitely wish we could’ve stayed longer.