[Cdt-l] south pass and atlantic city

[Naomi Hudetz]

We had a fantastic experience at the Mercantile last year.  We sat at 
the bar and chatted with the bartender, who told us he and his brother 
owned it.  He seemed to genuinely enjoyour conversation, always 
returning to chat when he wasn't busy. Dinner was delicious.  He kept my 
soda glass full (of Squirt, BTW). They made us sandwiches to go.  He 
didn't mind that we filled our water bottles. A very positive experience.

I also called the B&B and was told they were full.  I never mentioned we 
were hikers.  The bartender told us that theB&B likes *plenty* of 
advance notice.

Naomi

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On 3/25/2013 10:13 PM, cdt-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Jackie McDonnell<yogihikes at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> >Holy crap..........Atlantic City............in 2004, I had a great time in
>> >AC.  Nice people, great food, rented a cabin from the Mercantile.
>> >
>> >2012 was a whole different experience.  The people there were RUDE, and
>> >hated hikers.  No, I'm not imagining it.
>> >
>> >Matt and I were sitting at the bar in the Mercantile.  They CLEARLY knew
>> >we were hikers:  we looked like hikers, plus we nicely asked the bartender
>> >(owner?) where he wanted us to put our packs.  The Bartender was
>> >indifferent to us until some other guests sat right next to us.  Then the
>> >bartender started talking to those guests about how much the bartender
>> >dislikes hikers.  Hello?  We're RIGHT HERE.
>> >
>> >While we were at the bar, I called to that B&B you mentioned.  I asked
>> >about getting a room, and the conversation was fine until I said we were
>> >CDT hikers.  The B&B person immediately decided he didn't have any rooms,
>> >and hung up on me.
>> >
>> >So, I say skip AC.
>> >
>> >South Pass City:  yes you can mail out, but it's not a Post Office.  The
>> >lady in the store takes your money, then she mails your package when she
>> >goes to town (I'm guessing Lander).  South Pass City is not a "town".  It's
>> >an historical site.
>> >
>> >Yogi
>> >www.pcthandbook.com

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