they drove on and blew through what counted as the downtown area , past the chamber of commerce billboard , past the aluminium coach diner , past the gas station with its texaco sign and its three service bays , past the hardware store , and the liquor store , and the bank , and the tyre shop and the john deere dealership and the grocery and the pharmacy , past the water tower , past mcnally street , past the signpost to the hospital , and onward into territory reacher had n't seen before .