I talked to a friend last weekend and he told me about two bike shops that I should visit. One (or both?) can order order Surly, Salsa and possibly other frames but this bike will probably have to be a build since it's extremely unlikely they will have anything in stock. My friend said he had an incredibly frustrating experience getting a similar bike 7 yrs ago. Nearly every shop told him to just get a mt bike because they didn't really understand the concept of loaded touring. So that explains why there is nearly nothing available in their shops.
The Giant Anyroad is a pretty cool bike but there isn't even mounting for a rear rack
AFAIK so it's out. I would also prefer not to have such a cool looking bike since it looks much more expensive than it is. My friends Surly (from France) honestly looks like a standard crappy town bike from a distance and would be significantly less likely to get stolen. Nothing against the looks of a Surly though.
Now I'll just need to go through a bike build with a broken English speaker.