Great to have you on board ! I concur with the desolate places part. Not that many left. You may enjoy Nick Yell's book "Circling the Great Karoo "
https://book.co.za/bookfinder/ean/9780620420235
Ride safe & God speed. M
If it was the last bike shop on the planet let alone in CT...!!!!! The owner is a real 'peoples person' Bought my @ from them yrs ago. Morose & depressing going in there..