· The Store ·
Everything a body needs, and a little more.
The aisle runs back into the bulb-light and keeps going — whatever you forgot, it’s probably on it.
On the shelves
A real shelf, not a catalog.
Road Basics
Bottled water, snacks, jerky, canned goods, crackers, and shelf-stable food for the miles ahead. Coffee at any hour, cold sodas in the back cooler — and candy at the counter, complimentary, no charge.
Just-in-case
First aid, aspirin, sunscreen, paper maps of the area, flashlights, batteries, matches, rope, and the basic hardware you didn’t think you’d need until you did.
Horse-side
Feed, lead ropes, hoof picks, salt licks, and the tack-and-trail odds and ends that go missing exactly when you’re farthest from a place that sells them.
Little comforts
Blankets, a take-one-leave-one paperback shelf, and the guest book by the register — not for sale, but everybody signs it.
The counter
Everything rings up at the same register the guest book sits open on.
The candy jar, the oil lamp, the brass register, the ledger everybody signs — it’s all one counter, and it’s where both sides of this place, the forge and the shelves, finally meet.
The counter, with the guest book open.
