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Taking the I-8 to San Diego

  • Feb 12, 2018
  • Feb 12, 2018 Updated Aug 28, 2018
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Best bathroom break: Holt's Shell Truckstop Travel Center and RV Park

Congratulations! You've barreled through the few hours it took to drive by Picacho Peak and Casa Grande without stopping and now it's time for a well-deserved bathroom break in Gila Bend.

Holt's Shell Truckstop Travel Center and RV Park is the closet thing you can get to going on a throne. Why you ask? Their new facilitates are super clean and beautifully decorated compared to your average gas station restroom.

The Holt family even claims to have the cleanest travel stop in Arizona.

In addition to their better-than-most toilets, they also have a very large selection of imported pottery and outdoor items. Take a stroll through the marketplace and marvel at tortoises made out seashells and ceramic coyotes.  

Just be sure to take a selfie with the giant metal dinosaurs before you leave.

Holt's Shell Truckstop Travel Center and RV Park

Where: 3006 S. Butterfield Trail. Take Exit 119 from I-8.

Hours: Open 24 hours

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