United States Post Office

Cool little U.S. Post Office — one which has been here as long as I can remember — it sits right off of Route 55 in between Haymarket and The Plains — sitting right in Thoroughfare Gap — a break in the Bull Run mountain chain.
It’s an interesting little post office for a few reasons — it sits on the side of the road all by its lonesome little self; it is the first country post office I can ever recall seeing with a security fence around the front door (see the picture attached to this review); and the little receipt printers they are using must be 15 – 20 years old.
I went in earlier this week to mail a package that needed to be weighed for proper postage — I decided on a whim to try out the Broad Run PO instead of the Haymarket Post Office — where there is ALWAYS a line and usually only one or two postal clerks. It’s a few miles farther out of my way, but always a pretty drive! Well, I was the only one at the Broad Run PO! The clerk was sitting behind a desk in the back when I arrived.
I asked him if they get much business — he said yes at times they do — he went on to say that they get customers from Haymarket, The Plains, and Warrenton (as well as the surrounding Broad Run zip code).
When I asked for a receipt, that old receipt printer was so very loud and slow — it seemed like it took 2 minutes to print my receipt (it was actually less time than that) — I was somewhat amused and entertained by the fact that after all these years — the same good olé equipment is still functioning and good enough for a country post office.