when we crossed over the border from Georgia to South Carolina on our way back, and got off of I-95 on to US-17, it blew my mind! The stations right off of the Interstate had prices around $2.72.9! Please recall that two days after the eclipse, I filled up for under two bucks a gallon. Good thing we bought gas in Georgia!
On the way back through SC on US-17, we did see a pretty good price between Charleston and Georgetown of $2.32.9 at a Kangaroo/BP. We talked about it for fifteen seconds, then circled back to that station to top off the tank. With my BP rewards card, I knocked a nickel off of that price, but with the gas gauge showing about 3/4 full, my lady figured we couldn't buy much gas. But, I used an old technique of rocking the car (by pumping on the back bumper of her SUV-we were hauling furniture) to "burp" the tank, and I was able to get another two gallons into it by pumping slowly, then re-burping a couple of more times.
We're driving to NY on Wednesday, so we wanted to have enough to get at least to Virginia, where the prices are lower than North Carolina, then we can make it all the way back to NY, and once there, I can stay for several days, and she can use my Sonata hybrid to go back and forth to work. Eventually, things will return to normal for the gasoline market, and the Labor Day holiday marks the end of the summer driving season.
Now, if only Irma will spin off harmlessly to the North Atlantic and colder waters that will dissipate its energy, we'll be set.
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