The summer travel season began with the Memorial Day weekend. Anyone else notice the steadily rising price of gas?
Gas prices have irked me for years. Cheap this season, sky-high the next, yet the same oil is being produced year-round. So this weekend, since I am traveling to NYC via my car, I figured I’d flashback to spring 2008, when gas prices were really out of control. Will see the same heights this year?

On my most recent trips to the gas station I have made it a point to turn away from the pump.  I have no desire to watch the price meter run up …read more

On my most recent trips to the gas station I have made it a point to turn away from the pump.  I have no desire to watch the price meter run up to $55 for a tank of low-grade gas. Turning away from the pump has allowed me to look at what other motorists are doing. Much to my chagrin, they are looking back at me!
We trade smiles through what I like to call “the gas face.” It is a somewhat stressed look of displeasure induced by the pumping of expensive gas. I have seen a lot of gas faces and they are …read more