Just curious as to how the northwest got so associated with coffee and do they actually consume more coffee? Starting with Redding, California and now all the way into Walla Walla, Washington we see in every town so many drive thru coffee stands. Just about every major intersection has one and they are, from their names, different companies. Even the little town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon where we stopped had a couple.
The other interesting item is that you do not pump your own gas in Oregon or Washington. Each gas station is called “mini-serve”. There is an attendant who takes your payment and pumps the gas. It actually takes longer if the station has multiple customers as there is only one attendant on duty to handle all customers. I sort of like it as the diesel pump is usually always as mess and stinks so letting someone else pump it is fine with me. The “mini-serve” service does not seem to increase the price as we have found diesel to be about the same price as it was in other states.
Started our Washington wine tasting today with a walk through the downtown of Walla Walla. Many wineries have tasting rooms downtown and we stopped at the ones that were open during the week (just a couple). As expected, great Syrah’s and Pinot Noir’s. We will most likely do a couple of other sections of the tasting map for this area. There must be over 50 wineries in this area.
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