I just finished reading the post about the bike ride and tires. When I got new ones for my bike, I seriously considered at least a hybrid tire with a solid center bead for better performance on pavement, but since I live on a gravel road and ride on dirt a lot, I stuck with aggressive tread.

I've been to the Newport library. It's nice. Besides that, I've spent little time in that town. There's a nice gun store on the Idaho side of 41, but Washington has so many stupid gun laws, as you also noted. There also is (or was a few years ago) a solar and off-grid shop just another mile or two down Hwy. 2 there.