JSS-- Just Some Stuff
1. GAS PRICES-- After last year, when the prices were so low, but essentially nothing was open, we have been in for a massive gas gouge as things open up and people hit the road. Gas around here in northeastern Illinois are anywhere from $3.00 to $3.50. Go over the border to Wisconsin (inly about eight miles away) and the gas is $2.95. Guess where I get my gas?
2. FLOWER SALES FINALLY-- All last year, I waited for annual flowers to go on sale, but it never happened. I was beginning to give up for this year as well. The best I could find were clearance flowers at Wal-Mart which were near dying, but recoverable.
However, the last two days I was on a buying spree at Menard's as their six pack annuals and seed geraniums were 50 cents. Six packs of wave petunias are $1.25. Now, I just have to find someone to plant them. Any volunteers?
3. BUDDY DENNY'S MASSIVE ROAD TRIP-- In a few hours I will be driving over to Marengo, Illinois, to meet my buddy Denny, who, after chomping at the bit last year, finally got to go out on the road and what a trip he has been on. He has driven the entire length of the old Yellowstone Trail which traverses the U.S. from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound and is coming back from Oregon to Massachusetts on U.S. Highway 20. Marengo is on US-20.
4. A FISH FRY AND VIEW WITH A BREW-- Last night, we met up with friends at 'Cuda's on Grasslake Road in Antioch, Illinois, for their wonderful beer-battered fish fry, then adjourned to the nearby Lake View Bar on Grasslake and sat out on the deck, enjoying the view toward Blarney Island, the sunset and especially the $1 brews.
Great Times. --RoadDog
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