You can stop, eat, gas etc.
Stopping and staying, lodging at a hotel overnight, has always been the grey area. Because - do you leave your firearm in the vehicle unsecured, etc. or take it to your room (possess it)? What to do, what to do!
You plan to stay more than just a "stop" so that can...
Is ridiculously obtuse to the idea of our founders "recognizing" what is or might be a "Right"...
It wasn't and isn't necessarily only those Rights discussed to be acknowledged, not created or established by committees... Neither is "common use" a criteria by which establishes anything other...
Carry whatever you need to make you feel safe! Again, DEFENSE is a RIGHT.
Heaven forbid you should need it, and don't have it... You'll have instant regret. The reverse is true as well, that you properly prepared and protected yourself and encountered a life preservation event. Can worry about...