Hwy 97 in Northern Oregon - No gas

So we were heading north on Hwy 97 this past weekend and as we left Madras there was this tiny green sign "No gas for the next 94 miles". This sign, of course is after you pass all the gas stations in town and if you need to get gas, you must find a place to turn around. I saw there were lots of space between towns on the map, but there were towns and my tank was fairly full and I thought I could 'probably' make it. Amazing, there were no stations in any of the towns for 94 miles until we got to Bigg which is on I84.
As it turned out, we had plenty of gas and no worries but I found myself checking the tank often and I was concerned. If I had seen that sign before I passed every gas station in town, I probably would have filled her up.
I just couldn't believe that in this day and age there was any 94 mile stretch of road without a gas station. LOL