I saw gas being sold for this price in southeast Missouri (yes, I only saw it because I was dumb and didn’t stop - I had to pay all of $1.37 per gallon at the next stop).

I’m back at home now, after travelling 1100 miles in less than 24 hours. I like to take the long drive at a more leisurely pace, but I was trying to beat an ice storm.

Amazingly enough in this day, all my car has is a plain radio. No XM, no MP3 adapter, not even a CD player. I had to hear - that is, turn off - way too much Nickelback. But I did pick up a few interesting tidbits in Missouri at 4:00 AM, like a report from the BBC about unrest in Bolivia and a pastor saying ”I don’t believe in cavemen.”

And you thought I was backwards for not having a CD player. Seriously, there were no cavemen? I thought the whole dinosaurs thing was funny, but this just blows my mind.