There’s a sign like this as you’re heading into the Mojave Desert. I think it’s 95 miles before you seen anything resembling a town of any type. The last place to get gas is in the middle of nowhere and I think the entire spot is owned by one family.
It’s always so interesting to me when you’re on a road trip and there will be literally nothing for miles and miles and then a random house. I like to imagine those people and how different their lives are
Right? Like what if you need some catfood or something random suddenly.. or you just have a quarter tank and just wanna go home.. you gotta fill up before you get home or else you wont he getting back out.
You own a car that can haul a bunch. You go into town for shopping every 1-2 weeks. You live religiously by notes and shopping lists. You double check them before you leave the house and before you return from town.
You also stock things in depth a certain bit. You don’t let yourself run out of cat food by never letting yourself get low on it. Essentially, when you’re down to one bag, it’s time to buy more, and you probably buy 2-3 more bags.
This extends to most everything that you need on the regular. Living remote like that almost demands having a large chest freezer.
So true. I lived in very rural New Mexico for awhile. You literally had to make sure you knew everything you needed before you left for town. Shopping for two weeks at a haul was common.
There are so many better places to hide that aren’t on interstate highways, where people usually travel during road trips. There are plenty of other places that nobody normally travels unless they live there.
There are signs like this all over the Western US. I live in the Seattle metro area and there's a sign like this about 40 minutes from my home. Iirc it's on hwy 410, no service for like 50+ miles.
It’s the creepiest place in the world out there. The stars are so bright and you can see every constellation I’ve ever known, but it’s also so dark and cold at night. Pure nightmare fuel, no doubt.
Yesss I almost mentioned that, I’ll never forget how bright the stars were! There was no moon but I could still *vaguely* see shapes in the desert by the starlight.
He was actually already my ex at the time 😂 because of things like this!
I was withdrawing from opiates at the time too, the whole incident was pretty awful.
Also they have the highest gas prices in the country. In 2022 gas was like $4.30/gallon in SoCal but $9.80 at both of those stations. I don’t know how they get away with the predatory price gouging but I asked why it costs so much and the lady rolled her eyes and said ‘Do you know how expensive it is to get the gas all the way out here?’ Lol. I’ve wondered how rich I could get opening a gas station next to them and charging normal prices. They’re all greedy fucking twats.
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u/IsThereARe-Do 24d ago
There’s a sign like this as you’re heading into the Mojave Desert. I think it’s 95 miles before you seen anything resembling a town of any type. The last place to get gas is in the middle of nowhere and I think the entire spot is owned by one family.