10/10/10: Gas averaged $2.84 a gallon

I've been cleaning my "catch all" room and found a receipt for October 10, 2010, when I'd stopped in at a Loves Gas Station in Boise City, Oklahoma. This was when I was driving my mother from Hampton Roads to Cheyenne Wyoming via Burleson Texas (where she has relatives.)

I filled her up with 9.447 gallons, at $2.84 a gallon. Total cost, $26.91.

Gas today, here in Cheyenne, is $3.48. So that 9.447 gallons today cost me: $32.87.

Well...only six dollars more.

But, I've recently returned from a trip to Warroad, MN, and this $3.48 here in Cheyenne has been the cheapest it's been. Most places were about $3.60, and in Warroad, it was $3.87.

So let's look at $3.60 for 9.447 gallons: $34.01. So, $8 more to fill my tank up halfway (I never let my gas tank get much below the halfway mark) today than eight months ago. Or $16 more to fill it up completely.

And when you're travelling cross-country, that adds up - as I dont' need to tell you! My car averages 34 miles to the gallon, which is pretty good. Those poor mobile homes that get 6 miles to the gallon...God knows how those folks can afford to go anywhere these days...

Chugwater

Well, the weather in Cheyenne was finally getting bearable - in the sense that it would now be possible to go out and do some serious exploring and photo taking to share at this delightful blog...

But...there's always something...

My mom had long wanted to go up to Warroad, Minnesota to visit her old (in every sense of the word) school friend. My dad didn't want to go, so I got tapped to do it. (My mom can't drive anymore, is stone deaf, and walks - if you can call it that - with a cane.)

So a 3 day trip here, 3 days here, and 3 days back.

Then I'll be able to get serious about this blog.

For now, here's two photos of a rest area sign near Chugwater, talking about the cool rock formations there. (Well, they don't talk about what those formations are, just that they're there...) Hopefully on the way back I can stop and take photos.

Brochures

Time to get this party started.

I went to the Wyoming Tourist Information Stop today, and picked up a heckuva lot of brochures.

(Interestingly, the one brochure I wanted, on Curt Gowdy State Park, I couldn't find. Both the clerks were busy with people so I couldn't ask them. Well, there are other places to find brochures.)

I'll be visiting each of these places during the course of the summer and writing about them:

Rockpile Museum, Gillette, Wyoming
Dude Ranchers Educational Trust & Heritage Center, Cody, Wyoming
The Lincoln Monument (between Cheyenne and Laramie)
Vedauwoo (rock formations)
About Vedauwoo
The Old Lincoln Highway Tour
Cheyenne Frontier Days (115th Annual, July 22-31, 2011)
Yellowstone National Park Lodges: Dining and Shopping Guide
Yellowstone National Park: Your Complete guide to the Parks
Buffalo Bill Dam Visitor Center, Cody, Wyoming
Explore Wyoming State Parks & Historic Sites: 2010-2011 Visitor's Guide
Wyoming Off-Road Recreation Vehicle Program
Wyomong Campground Association: Your Resource for Private Campgrounds in Wyoming
US Highway 26: Old Yellowstone Highway
Casper College Tate Geological Museum
National Historic TRaild Interpretive Center, Casper, Wyoming
Douglas, Wyoming: Home of the Jackelope
Fort Caspar, Casper Wyoming (note the two diffrent spellings are correct)
Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum, Douglas, Wyoming
Douglas & Glenrock, Wyoming: Trails & Rails to the West
Martin's Cove and Willie/Sixth Crossing and Rock Creek Hollow
There's a lot of Wild Left in Wyomh: Service Directory
Winf River Indian Reservation
Explore the land of SAcajawea: Sef guided tor
Where the Wagon ruts cross the Rockies: Vacation Guide
Pony Express National Historic TRail
California National Historic TRail
Oregon National Historic trail
Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Old West Museum, Frontier Park, Cheyenne
Cheyenne Museums and Trolly Passport
Cheyenne Depot Magazine
Tracking Trains in Cheyenne
Terry Bison Ranch, CheyenneCowgirls of the West Museum and Gift Shoft
These Boots are made for Talking: Cheyenne Boots Audio Tour
Wyoming Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo, Sept 8-10, 2011
Wyoming Adventure Miniature Golf, Cheyenne
National Museum of Wildlife ArtJackson Hole, Wyoming
A Guide to Old Trail Town and Museum of the Old West, Cody, Wyoming
Eco Tours: Hidden Treasure ChartersCody, Wyoming