One interesting thing about this trip has been the prices of gasoline. As we left Texas last May, the prices were generally falling. On May 20, we paid $3.759 in Oklahoma City. Arriving in Kansas we bought more for $3.63 and in Wyoming we found it for $3.52 per gallon.

In Idaho we paid $3.58 on June 6 and June 10 we paid $3.759 near Portland, OR. Arriving in Sequim, WA for a few weeks we found fuel prices to be $3.87, with no change in price for the entire time that we stayed there. On June 30 we departed and moved south to Tillamook, Or where we found gasoline to be priced at $3.95 per gallon, nearly everywhere. Of course, Oregon is a state that does not allow any customer to pump their own gasoline, so that may be part of the price. Over the month spent there the price did fall to $3.76 however that was after a 10 cent/gallon discount from purchases at Kroger/Fred Meyer stores. Off the street cost was still at $3.86.

For August, we moved south to the area of Florence, Or and fuel prices there were at $3.55, with us paying some 10 centls less with the Kroger discount, since we were shopping at Fred Meyer and by purchasing fuel there for the discount we paid $3.45/gallon. Major brands there were in the $3.60 range.

Moving into northern California just after Labor Day, we paid $3.96/gallon in Crescent City on Sept. 11. As we moved south the prices gradually declined, reaching $3.84 in Redlands where we stopped for two weeks. As we headed east on Sept. 29 we found fuel for $3.49 in Kingman AZ. and today in Gallup, NM it is 3.16.

The highest cost we saw was in Needles, CA we saw one station charging $4.29! Fortunately, we did not stop there for fuel.