Liquor store employees are your on-the-road bartenders. They will hear about your points of origin, your destinations, and all the chemicals you'll be dousing yourself in from parts A to parts B.
My typical story can be summed up in the following phrase, " Do you think that one bottle of Jack will be enough? Maybe we should get two more." Coincidentally, that story can also be found tagged and filed under Things that Were Better Ideas Before They Actually Happened.
Frankly, I'm surprised the substitute bartenders at the liquor store in Welches haven't cut me and my folk off during any of our purchases. They could attempt to call a cab, but when you're in Welches and your home is in Portland, not even the most ethical substitute bartender will oblige. All the same, it's a welcoming place en route to the mountain/the river/some endless field in between Redmond and Bend that might also be found in the Things that Were Better Ideas Before They Actually Happened department. read more