The picture says it all...

[flick4411]

It's gonna be a long expensive summer...

[BarbaraRose]

That is too funny!

[Irmi]

I saw that same sign at a gas station around here, too! LOL!

[rvgrammy1953]

We got this same photo in an e-mail recently....but, yep, it could get that bad....

[Nasoosie]

I think I need to print this out and hang it in my trailer!

[asirimarco]

As we sit here in Mexico watching the gas prices going up and up at home we are dreading the trip across the states. Usually we take the shorter (and cheaper - gas is still about US$2.70 a gallon in MX) way home through McAllen, TX but this year decided to go home through AZ because of the problems along the northern MX/TX border. Its about 1000 miles difference - .... maybe we should rethink our plans.

[mtngal]

Too funny! I'm paying $3.80 now. Wonder how high it will go?

[sharon]

As we sit here in Mexico watching the gas prices going up and up at home we are dreading the trip across the states. Usually we take the shorter (and cheaper - gas is still about US$2.70 a gallon in MX) way home through McAllen, TX but this year decided to go home through AZ because of the problems along the northern MX/TX border. Its about 1000 miles difference - .... maybe we should rethink our plans.

The price of gas is NOT worth your life...take the safest way home...we enjoy your blog to much to have anything happen to you!

[Rufflesgurl]

That is sooo true & funny. Diesel here in CA is $4.19/ga and continues to go upward.

Linda

[Echo]

Gas prices here in Kanab are running $3.68. At the gas station on the reservation about 24mls from here it's $3.34. Guess where everyone who's smart is getting gas?

Thankfully we aren't running the roads as that would put a serious damper on things here......

[mitch5252]

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Echo, hope it's not you running those 48 miles (R/T) to get Reservation Gas...

Being the anal one, oh wait - JudyJB calls herself a "Terrible Over-Planner" - I like that better...

So, being the Terrible Over-Planner that I am, I did the math, making a couple of guestimations - 15 MPG and fill a tank with 20 gallons...
The only unknown is the distance to the more expensive gas station (non-Reservation)...

$3.68 x 20 gallons = $73.60

$3.34 x 20 gallons = $66.80 + $10.68 for 48 miles @ 15 MPG = $77.48, or an increase of just over 5%.

Oh, you all must wonder how George has put up with me for 40 years!!!
I question that myself.

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[Bethers]

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Echo, hope it's not you running those 48 miles (R/T) to get Reservation Gas...

Being the anal one, oh wait - JudyJB calls herself a "Terrible Over-Planner" - I like that better...

So, being the Terrible Over-Planner that I am, I did the math, making a couple of guestimations - 15 MPG and fill a tank with 20 gallons...
The only unknown is the distance to the more expensive gas station (non-Reservation)...

$3.68 x 20 gallons = $73.60

$3.34 x 20 gallons = $66.80 + $10.68 for 48 miles @ 15 MPG = $77.48, or an increase of just over 5%.

Oh, you all must wonder how George has put up with me for 40 years!!!
I question that myself.

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I do that figuring all the time. If I'm not going past the lower priced station, I don't make special trips to them. Especiallyl at my 9 1/2 to 10 mpg!

Speaking of which - I've had people tell me that it's cheaper to turn the generator on to run air conditioning than running the dash air. They say the generator uses about 8/10ths of a gallon per hour. By my math - won't go into it here - I would not find it cheaper.

That said - I've seen that pic, too and it's a cute one.

Carol, I've heard some of the TX towns are better than others - but don't go near the border at El Paso. That I know for a fact is bad right now. And I do agree that your lives are way more important than the gas prices!