I'm obsessed with gas prices and daylight

Over the last few weeks the gas prices in Anchorage have been dropping slightly. Woot! One of the stations near our house is at $2.33 for regular! At this time last year, gas was at least a dollar more, so I'm not complaining at all. We are quite interested to see where prices will hit as summer approaches since we're driving out of town almost every weekend.





I'm relieved for the current low prices, even though my car is pretty much a gas sipper for an SUV. I cannot tell you how many times over the last two years that I have patted myself on the back for buying the CRV. Good job, self! It's not my dream vehicle by any means, but it gets the job done, has plenty of space and isn't a regular car (just can't bring myself to buy one of those). My last SUV was the Nissan Xterra and I loved the way it looked and drove, but after thousands of dollars in repair bills it was time to kick that bad boy to the curb.

Can you believe that the photo above was taken at about 6 pm?!?! And it's light outside! Granted, the sun was starting to set, but we're gaining at least 5 minutes a day now. That's almost 2 and a half hours more daylight at the end of February than at the end of January. I'm dreaming of those glorious evenings when the sun doesn't set until after 11 pm.