Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I am surprised to read that last bit. I have seldom found that to be the case. I have not ridden the WE or NT, but have ridden a fair amount in the rural west and the places that were bar, cafe, store, and post office all rolled into one were not all that common. Most of them the bar was a different room so avoiding it was entirely possible. I have been in only a few bars when on tour and in every case I can recall except one there was a store and/or cafe that was in another room. The one case that didn't was only a bar and I went in to escape the heat for a while.
I, too, have seldom been anywhere where the bar, cafe, store and post office are all rolled into one. I'm pretty sure that in Colorado there are restrictions against that sort of thing. Bars are usually segregated from the restaurant and I'm not sure that the US Post Office would allow a federal installation to be sited in a bar. There are pretty strict rules against consumption of alcohol in federal offices.
I've ridden across the western part of Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon as well as traveling extensively in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico and I can't recall running across any establishment like that that jamawani describes. Of course I was searching for lattes and sushi and you usually don't find those in Real He Man bars
Originally Posted by
jamawani
That is amply evident.
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Of course, it depends on what you are lookin' for when you go on a tour.
I go for the bits between the small towns...and to see if I can find some lattes I can sip.