I grew up in the desert… but I didn’t do much driving at the time. If I have an excuse (doubtful) then that’s it.<\/p>\n
We were about to blow out of Laughlin, Nevada and passed a Chevron charging $3.75\/gal. After a week of gas costing less than $3.50, and knowing for a fact that it was $3.25 across the river, I vetoed JC’s suggestion to tank up before leaving town. <\/p>\n
He was thinking about the desert ahead of us; I was thinking about the gas prices behind us.<\/p>\n
Our hope of finding gas on the way out of town didn’t pan out. We weren’t worried.<\/p>\n
50 miles later, we realized we should have been, and wondered if we might be SOL. I swear I felt my late Dad’s gaze on me with that unmistakeable look telling me I reallly do know better.<\/p>\n
JC called out, “Come on, Raven, help us out, brother!”<\/p>\n
A mile or two later, an arrangement of plywood (which I’d mistaken for another ruin) caught his eye. He spotted it as a gas station. At that point I was glad to pay $4.98\/gal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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