Along I-84 West, approaching the last NY exit, there is a special intersection the average motorist does not know about.
The exit is for Port Jervis, NY. Port Jervis is a small city in New York with a fascinating history. To the traveler there is another significance. Cheap gas....but not in Port Jervis.
NJ, NY and PA come together at Port Jervis. The PA community is across the Delaware River and is called Matamoras. It is the easternmost spot in Pennsylvania. For NJ, the township of Montague (the northernmost spot in New Jersey) highlights one of the most bizzare aspects of differences in state law.
Getting off of I-84 you are still in NY. Right off the interstate is a gas station. Wise travelers ignore that station, knowing that a few hundred yards down the road is the New Jersey border. Right past the NJ border cluster several gas stations. Yesterday, when we stopped for gas, these stations were 30 cents a gallon less than the Port Jervis station....and featured the famous NJ full service gas pumping.
Yes....much cheaper gas....and you don't even have to pump it yourself.
NJ is one of two states that prohibit self service gas pumping (the other is Oregon). The NJ law dates from 1949. There have been several attempts (unsuccessful, obviously) to repeal this law. As a result, the lucky teenagers of New Jersey can grow up without learning to pump their own gas. Full service is the law.
It is so strange seeing this. Each cluster of pumps has an attendant and they pump your gas and take your credit card, debit card or cash. If you are lucky, they will even clean your windshield.
Just like in the old days. You know, those old days that I grew up in.
Who would ever thought of how strange it felt?
As for the gas prices....we normally don't take this route for a trip we make several times a year but we may just rethink that.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Fairbanks goes into the 20's and Fall Also Comes to Binghamton NY
Brrr, yesterday and today Fairbanks, Alaska dipped into the mid 20's.
When fall comes, Alaska doesn't hesitate a minute.
They had a "trace of" precipitation, wonder if it was rain or snow.
Day length there right now 12 hrs and 2 second. The slide into winter continues.
Meanwhile, I had to go to Great Bend, PA today. They are only about 10 miles south of Binghamton but the weather there can be colder than our weather. That is because, unlike Binghamton (which is in a river valley for the most part) Great Bend isn't. Today, I was able to see the difference in fall color between the Binghamton trees and those in Great Bend.
I must admit, I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into fall but once I am dumped into it, I manage to enjoy myself.
Also, gasoline was 10 cents a gallon cheaper in Great Bend. Speaking of which, gas is in the $2.60's. In Great Bend it was $2.55 in stations right off the Interstate. Ah, those lovely NY taxes.
Oh well....let fall begin!
When fall comes, Alaska doesn't hesitate a minute.
They had a "trace of" precipitation, wonder if it was rain or snow.
Day length there right now 12 hrs and 2 second. The slide into winter continues.
Meanwhile, I had to go to Great Bend, PA today. They are only about 10 miles south of Binghamton but the weather there can be colder than our weather. That is because, unlike Binghamton (which is in a river valley for the most part) Great Bend isn't. Today, I was able to see the difference in fall color between the Binghamton trees and those in Great Bend.
I must admit, I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into fall but once I am dumped into it, I manage to enjoy myself.
Also, gasoline was 10 cents a gallon cheaper in Great Bend. Speaking of which, gas is in the $2.60's. In Great Bend it was $2.55 in stations right off the Interstate. Ah, those lovely NY taxes.
Oh well....let fall begin!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Gas-One Year Later
Funny what a difference a year makes.
Today, noticing that gas has gone up 10 cents a gallon since this morning, we found ourselves looking for a gas station where the prices haven't gone up yet. Local gas station was charging $2.39. Finally found a station selling at $2.25. They were changing their signs to $2.29 but hadn't changed the pumps yet.
Hard to believe that two months ago, in St. Petersburg, FL, we paid $1.84 a gallon.
Last year at this time we would have felt like the luckiest people in the world to pay $2.39 a gallon. In fact, in the first week in July, we paid $1.39 a litre in New Brunswick. To convert to gallons multiply that by 3.785 so that is $5.26 a gallon Canadian-back when the Canadian dollar was about 1.02 U.S. I'm not going to do that conversion.
Our record for gas prices in the U.S. was $4.21 a gallon on the Maine side of the Canada/U.S. border (Calais, ME) on that same trip.
Yes, folks...it's all relative. But, let's see what is going to happen now.
Today, noticing that gas has gone up 10 cents a gallon since this morning, we found ourselves looking for a gas station where the prices haven't gone up yet. Local gas station was charging $2.39. Finally found a station selling at $2.25. They were changing their signs to $2.29 but hadn't changed the pumps yet.
Hard to believe that two months ago, in St. Petersburg, FL, we paid $1.84 a gallon.
Last year at this time we would have felt like the luckiest people in the world to pay $2.39 a gallon. In fact, in the first week in July, we paid $1.39 a litre in New Brunswick. To convert to gallons multiply that by 3.785 so that is $5.26 a gallon Canadian-back when the Canadian dollar was about 1.02 U.S. I'm not going to do that conversion.
Our record for gas prices in the U.S. was $4.21 a gallon on the Maine side of the Canada/U.S. border (Calais, ME) on that same trip.
Yes, folks...it's all relative. But, let's see what is going to happen now.
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