As Sure as the River Runs Dry - Chalan Rest Stop

Cold drinks on a hot day. Hot drinks on a cold morning (or to make up for that coffee deficiency). A spare, custom-designed water bottle, because your old one jumped from its cage when you were not looking. A spare tube, and a pump, when the air runs out. Tools for those inexplicable roadside repairs, or because you have been a little negligent with the maintenance lately. High energy snacks to stave off the bonk. Conversation, because at this point in the seventy-three miles you would rather rest than ride.

As sure as this section of the river will be dry, as sure as you are going to have to climb back up the dam, as sure as there is nothing else you would rather be doing, you know that Omar and his Chalan Rest Stop will be in that shady nook, along with everyone who gathers there, below the dam on weekends and holidays.