In 2014, I did a lot of driving in White Lightning, my Prius that gets great gas mileage—hovering around 48 mpg. Often I record the amount and price of gas in my Quicken accounting system, just for fun. Here are some prices I’ve paid for unleaded in different places over the year:

$3.48* 1/9/14* California

$3.10* 2/17/14* New Mexico

$3.23* 3/5/14* New Mexico

$3.85* 4/27/14* Colorado

$4.06* 4/29/14* Oregon

$3.90* 5/30/14* Oregon

$3.93* 6/17/14* Oregon

$3.79* 7/28/14* California

$3.50* 8/25/14* California

$3.34* 9/30/14* California

$3.14* 10/1/14* Arizona

$2.86* 10/18/14* New Mexico

$2.64* 11/4/14* New Mexico

$2.70* 12/5/14* Colorado

$2.46* 12/27/14* California

Then in late December, driving from California to New Mexico, I just had to start taking pictures:

I love these low prices, though I don’t understand why they’re dropping so dramatically. You know, when I bought my first car, sometimes gas was $.19 a gallon.  And prices could go to $.15 when there was a gas war on and stations across the street from one another vied for business. That was in Kansas. The good ole’ days, huh?