Not me; not while riding. Straight ahead, a menu. “Hi. How ya doing?” I greet the lady,
probably the bartender’s wife. “Good. How are you?” “Doing well. Got any hamburgers?” “No, no hamburgers.” “Oh, I see,” as I look up at the menu
hung from above. “Looks like you got some fish and chips. That’ll be good.” “Well, it’ll take a while to heat up the
deep fryer,” she informs me. “Hmmm. Well, what do you have that
wouldn’t take long to fix,” I ask, knowing that I have miles to get. “There are some hot dogs and some
burritos.” I look down at two hot pots. One with a
couple of Polish sausages, another with premade burritos wrapped in foil. “What kind of burritos? Any chicken
ones?” “Well, I’m not sure. They’re probably
beef, maybe,” she says as she begins to open one. “That’s okay. I’ll have a hot dog. Sounds
good.” She tells me to have a seat and fix a bun
from a sack on the picnic table. I start to go to the bench that will give me a view back toward the windows, but I can’t. There’s an extension cord going to the heated pots blocking the bench seat. I resign myself to sitting on the other side of the table, look- ing at the small working end of the room and note the signs on a half-open door behind the counter:
TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT SURVIVORS WILL BE VIOLATED
NEVER MIND THE DOG – BEWARE OF THE OWNER I look at my glove-blackened hands and
ask if there is a bathroom. “There’s a Porta-Potty out front there.” “Oh, okay. Does it have a sink?” I naively
ask. “It should have some sanitizer. If not let
me know and I can let you in the back.” “I’d just like to wash some of this stuff
off my hands,” I say. She stays silent. “Do you have any water to drink?” I ask.
She tells me that there’s bottled water, then offers me a choice of just some tap water,
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