That's true... and that did cross my mind... but in this particular little tiny town, I strongly suspected the gas station would be in at least reasonably good shape anyway... so google street view just confirmed it. And... when I went today... it was indeed a nice neat clean little station! Yay!
This tiny little town is a German settlement from over 100 years ago, and has a regionally famous Abbey and Monastery, and hosts a gigantic Oktoberfest, and has all sorts of tourist-y stuff like a big Glockenspiel (clock tower), and just about everything in the town has cute little German floral paintings all over it. I don't think I've ever seen anything in that town that is *truly* a dump... some places a bit less well-cared-for than others, but no true dumps.
So I got a good idea of the size of the gas station, it's condition, and landmarks nearby to make sure I went to the right place. Although with that last one... I realized later, that in this teeny-weeny little place, it would be HIGHLY unlikely to have two gas stations of the same brand. I think they only have two gas stations period!
But I really like Google maps & street view for, if nothing else, to show me landmarks to look out for, and what the location basically looks like, if it's a ways off the road or behind something else so I don't drive right by, and stuff like that. I just wish I had a SmartPhone so I could re-look while on the road sometimes! Hee!
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