Rehoboth Beach DE Down $.06 and $.14 respectively in 4 days. Heading home after a short stay in OCMD (Ocean City MD)
Just filled up the Elantra at 4.199/gal for regular. There is a station closer to home at 3.959, but it's Marathon and I'd rather pay extra and use Shell. I hadn't added gas to the car since March 5, so it's not denting the Visa card too bad to fill 'er up.
Hi All: Catching up with the recent launch of fuel prices but that top should be in as I type. Hopefully? A quick trip out to Chicago and back looked like this. The Nashville Sam's is up over $0.70 from a month prior and over $1.20 from the beginning of the year. 03-10-2026 - Nashville TN - Sam's Club - $2.939 3-12-2026 - Pleasant Prairie, WI - Costco - $2.999 3-15-2026 - Pleasant Prairie, WI - Costco - $3.099 03-16-2026 - Nashville TN - Sam's Club - $3.939 Wayne
Hi All: Another quick trip up to the IL/WI border and than back toward California for a good taste of a lot of the nations fuel prices into the heart of the US/Israel - Iran war. While on the way to the IL/WI border, boy, Indiana and Illinois are moving up quickly so a short fill top off in one of the lowest prices in KY on that day was the order of the day. 04/03/2026 - Hanson, KY - Love's - $3.499 And here was a curve ball. It was Easter Sunday and Costco was closed nationwide. The Costco in Kenosha, WI was showing $3.399 too. Driving over to the Sam's Club in the same city had the store open but not the fuel pumps so I paid up hard on this refuel. I did not top off however as there was lower prices in MO coming up the following day. 04/05/2026 - Kenosha, WI - America Gas - $3.599 04/06/2026 - Sarcoxie, MO - Love's - $2.999 The lowest price along the route from the Panhandle of Texas heading west was in Amarillo so a hard top off here and getting ready to pay a lot more going forward. 04/06/2026 - Amarillo, TX - Sam's Club - $2.959 <-- This station was at $1.919 on Dec. 18, 2025. 04/07/2026 - Albuquerque, NM - Costco - $3.549 <-- This station was at $2.179 on Dec. 19, 2025. 04/07/2026 - Gallup, NM - Walmart - $3.659 <-- Topping off on short fills as I am heading to much higher prices ahead. 04/07/2026 - Mojave Valley, AZ - Thalypo - $4.049 <-- $2.879 in early September of last year. Needles, Ca stations were in the high $6s. And boom, welcome to California! 04/08/2026 - Tustin, CA - Costco - $5.399 Wayne
Hi All: And now it is time to pay up... The good thing, there is always a Roadie near all of these stations that pays for about 1/3 of total price of the refuel so an extra 15 to 30-minutes to pay $15 to $20 of a $40 - $48 fill never hurts. 04-12-2026 - San Diego, CA - Costco - $5.299 I had to head out to Palm Springs and the Costco out there had fallen $0.50/gallon from just 3 days prior. Under $5 in California? I topped off here for sure! 04-15-2026 - Palm Desert, CA - Costco - $4.969 And yesterday morning, a quick Roadie there and one back costing about an hour paid $40 of the $48 fill. Lucky again. I did not topoff here as I am expecting fuel prices to fall quickly over the coming days. At least I hope so? 04-18-2026 - Vista, CA - Costco - $5.399 Wayne
In my area, it jumped 30 cents on Monday from 4.199 to 4.499 at most stations. It seems like they all charge the same price. Nobody wants to be 3 cents a gallon more. I still have time before I have to fill up.
