the high price of gas

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Just a few photos today.

I can remember when Joe and I moved to Virginia 11 years ago. We used to drive to a huge mall outside DC and we always stopped at this little mini-mart to get gas. We were paying $.89/gallon then. We could fill up our red mini van for something like $17.00. Those were the days!

Gas has reached $4.55/gallon for mid-grade here now. That's what we use in our car so now a typical fill up is upwards of $70. We typically put in $20 at a time since we don't do a lot of driving. That lasts a week or so.

Yesterday I saw this van in front of me as I drove to Seattle to do an airport retrieval of a sister and her kiddos. It's not terribly clear but it should be legible. Instead of the usual "powered by alternative fuel" it states "powdered by expensive gas."




And this photo shows what happens when Costco sells fuel for $.10 less than anyone else around. We waited in line for a bit before being able to finally fill up. In some lines, the cars were 6 deep.