![]() ![]() Even if half the pumps have “out-of-service” signs and the other half look like they’ll fall apart in the next wind storm, if your gas tank’s empty, you take what you can get.Īnd if you’re hungry enough and wanting to make decent enough time, you’ll probably go ahead and buy some jerky while you’re at it. Even if a gas station’s bathroom is a certifiable horror show, if you gotta go, you gotta go. Gas stations are necessary along highways, and they’re not meant to keep people long. They don’t need to be any more than that. A similar array of snacking meats, beverages, candy bars, chips, and travel-sized over-the-counter medicines. There’s an element of sameness to them-gasoline, of course, and restrooms of some kind. Gas stations are mystical that way: little pockets of opportunity dotted at intervals across the country. I was almost done with the journey’s I-15 leg, and, as one does, I pulled into the gas station that presented itself at the moment when my gas tank was empty and my bladder full.Īnd came face-to-face with this: Six-foot beaver statue standing upright and wearing a sign saying, “I Heart Beaver.” I first learned this when driving from my sister’s place in Vegas to Madison, Wisconsin in 2015. My car holds just enough gasoline to get me from Las Vegas, Nevada to Beaver, Utah. ![]()
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