Capitol Shell

Our 19^th anniversary was September 23^rd! Years ago we accidentally ran across Street Vibrations while taking an anniversary trip to Lake Tahoe, trailering the bike, and I’ve been hooked ever since!
Twice now we’ve stayed at the Peppermill, and last Thursday we decided to ride and see Topaz Lake. Husband decided to make sure we were full on gas since we didn’t know if they’d have a place to get some there, and we only found the Shell as we looked for a place.
It was getting to be around 10, and we hadn’t eaten at all, so I asked him to see if they had anything (not gross are my requirements, trying to eat a little healthy most of the time) inside.
He unexpectedly came back with a nice little menu from a real deli inside, that I didn’t see advertised from the pumps anywhere.
We got a BLT to share and I kid you not, it was the BEST!!! Lightly toasted, and just the perfect amount of all the ingredients.
We pulled the bike off into the shade to eat the yummy sandwich, and discovered after, that our battery had died. How good God is to have let us break down where there was food, shade, and water, AND Batteries + Bulbs directly next door… which happens to be where we bought our battery that just went bad, but in Modesto, CA where we live. It was under warranty, so we saved around $ 85! Now here’s the reason I told you about the breakdown:
So, we no longer had time to go to the lake since we had something else scheduled in a bit. This means that we went back Friday, stopped again at Shell, got TWO BLT’s this time, saved them until we got to Topaz, and enjoyed them again! SO fantastic!
The ladies working inside were delightful! We will go back if able next year!

The pumps and parking lot are always clean, but the best part is the Deli. This «secret» Deli is inside the store and is fully ran by the employees. They slice all their meat and cheese, have daily specials, and get cupcakes delivered from a local bakery, super yummy and they have loyalty cards you can have punched to earn a free sandwich. The carwash works great too but it has brushes, I like the brushes but people with fancy pants cars may want to be cautious, it certainly gets the grime off better than those touch free washes. You have to visit this place for fuel, food, and a wash.

This station is always clean with plenty of window-​washing tools available. It always looks like the water is changed frequently. While the price isn’t the best, there are plenty of pumps and also room to get in there and do your thing. They have a nice little store and a car wash in case you need it. I also like the little clumps of flowers they have planted, so you can commune with Mother Earth while you’re filling your atmosphere-​destroying car with gasoline. Tough to get to if you’re travelling north on 395, though.