BTW - What's important to me when touring?
1. Empty roads - where the one pick-up driver to come by asks if you are lost.
2. Wonderful small communities - Main St. stores, a little cafe, the library next to the park.
3. Great places to camp - preferably not chock-a-block against a big RV.
4. Backcountry hiking - Yosemite, Grand Canyon, national forest wildernesses.
Services? Phone?? Meh.
To get 1 thru 4, you have sacrifice a few services.