Gas prices are still falling. Time to take a trip

[Iggy]

With the gas prices being the lowest in over 5 years its time to take a long trip with our Georgetown's. I know many of you are in the cold areas and maybe its time you made a trip to the warm parts of the country.
Here in Arizona the gas is down below $2.79 and the temps here are between 77 and 85 degrees with sunny skies and lower humidity.
Some other great places are southern California, Nevada and even southern Texas. OK maybe even Florida.

So if you have the time for a winter vacation or want to visit relatives in the Southwest this is the time you should start planning your winter trip.
Back the bags and warn up the engines and come to the warm part of the country for a winter get-a-way!

Here is the Phoenix Arizona 10 day forecast
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USAZ0166

[mud yapster]

$2.62 gallon here today

[Iggy]

Originally Posted by mud yapster

$2.62 gallon here today

MY UPDATE: Surprise AZ $2.75 using Gas Buddy site.
$2.59 in eastern Phoenix area
http://www.phoenixgasprices.com/GasPriceSearch.aspx

Anyone have even lower than yapster in East Texas $2.62?


Here is a great link to the states prices at Gas Buddy
http://www.phoenixgasprices.com/Prices_Nationally.aspx

[elind]

Originally Posted by Iggy

With the gas prices being the lowest in over 5 years its time to take a long trip with our Georgetown's. I know many of you are in the cold areas and maybe its time you made a trip to the warm parts of the country.
Here in Arizona the gas is down below $2.79 and the temps here are between 77 and 85 degrees with sunny skies and lower humidity.
Some other great places are southern California, Nevada and even southern Texas. OK maybe even Florida.

So if you have the time for a winter vacation or want to visit relatives in the Southwest this is the time you should start planning your winter trip.
Back the bags and warn up the engines and come to the warm part of the country for a winter get-a-way!

Here is the Phoenix Arizona 10 day forecast
10 Day Weather Forecast for Phoenix - weather.com

Iggy, Can you tell us some of the better places to go to this winter. WE are planning to get out of the snow country after Xmas but more likely the end of January. I need to have a campground by the month, close to a basic health care facility that has physical therapy. DW had major shoulder repair and needs 6-7 months of therapy. The doc told us after 12 weeks we could travel and he would set up a PT program when we had a place to go. So now starts the crap shoot to find a place to get into, that is nice to be in, and easy to get DW's PT.

[B and B]

Going south would be cheap for us. Our Gas cost is $3.87 US for gallon in Canada. $111.1 per litre here.

USD at 2.79 per gallon is 81.8 cents per litre

Both including Can/US exchange.

We do pay a lot but Tag Fees are cheap and we get free health care so all in all it weighs itself out in the long run.

[Iggy]

Originally Posted by elind

Iggy, Can you tell us some of the better places to go to this winter. WE are planning to get out of the snow country after Xmas but more likely the end of January. I need to have a campground by the month, close to a basic health care facility that has physical therapy. DW had major shoulder repair and needs 6-7 months of therapy. The doc told us after 12 weeks we could travel and he would set up a PT program when we had a place to go. So now starts the crap shoot to find a place to get into, that is nice to be in, and easy to get DW's PT.

The nice thing about the Phoenix Metro area is we have lots of medical facilities here. I believe 50% of the folks here are in their 60's up.
We have numerous Sun City communities which also help locate many medical facilities.
In respect to campgrounds I would suggest looking in the Mesa Arizona area which has gobs of RV campgrounds but you will have to check and see if they have any room as we have lots from the northern US as well as Canada come here for the winter.
Good luck and stay warm.

[Iggy]

Originally Posted by B and B

Going south would be cheap for us. Our Gas cost is $3.87 US for gallon in Canada. $111.1 per litre here.

USD at 2.79 per gallon is 81.8 cents per litre

Both including Can/US exchange.

We do pay a lot but Tag Fees are cheap and we get free health care so all in all it weighs itself out in the long run.

I was in the Canadian Maritime area this summer and was paying $1.40 and up for a liter of gas. I helped support your government for a while with all the tax. LOL Even with the higher prices we had a wonderful 60 days up there.

[lbrjet]

We are heading to Tucson this Sunday. Not far but still a trip nonetheless.


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[Iggy]

Originally Posted by lbrjet

We are heading to Tucson this Sunday. Not far but still a trip nonetheless.


2010 F250 5.4L 3.73
2011 Flagstaff 831FKBSS
Equal-i-zer 4pt 12K

Yes Tucson is also a great winter location.
It has also plenty of campgrounds and if you are retired military you can stay at one of the best military campgrounds on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson

[BillMFl]

82 today in Tampa. We have only been back from Maine for a couple weeks. Blue skies warm days a pleasant nights here this time of year.

[asquared]

Here in mebane (not far from Raleigh/Durham) gas is $2.81, diesel is down to $3.49

[B47]

$2.55 today at Murphys in Keller,Tx today.

[themounties]

Still 3.79 here, we have the best price gougers around.

[CA Fisherman]

Here in Orange County California 87 octane gas is $2.99 at ARCO. The high today was 88 degrees with a forecast low tonight of 63 degrees High temperature is forecast to swing back and forth between 88 and 77 degrees for the next fourteen days. Yes we are in the middle of a severe drought and have earthquakes at times, however worrying about freezing water lines in our motorhomes is something we never worry about. Balmy January weather with girls in their bikinis on the beach make even January a great month.

[B and B]

Diesel is the same price as gas here in Canuckland.

[ramair]

I just paid 2.62 outside of Weatherford on I20. We have a friend in Ft. Worth that paid 2.49 a gal. I hope it continues to go down cause we are planning to go to FL in Dec for the winter.. Will be going to the Destin area... Gas here in Abilene is 2.69 a gal..

[dutch]

Gas is still $ 3.25, here in Pa our tax on a gallon of gas is about .60cents

[mud yapster]

It is $2.62 for gas and $3.32 for deisel this morning. Going to fill up and go camping tomorrow. Yippeeee!!!!

[DocsDad]

24 hours after the elections, our *(87 octane) gas jumped 30 cents per gallon. Strictly coincidence. LOL followed by UGH.

We are winterized and waiting for spring.

Onward.

[dezolen]

Originally Posted by B and B

Going south would be cheap for us. Our Gas cost is $3.87 US for gallon in Canada. $111.1 per litre here.

USD at 2.79 per gallon is 81.8 cents per litre

Both including Can/US exchange.

We do pay a lot but Tag Fees are cheap and we get free health care so all in all it weighs itself out in the long run.

I hate to break it to you buddy but our Health Care is not free. We are paying for it under every excuse under the sun. Why do you think we pay 2x the price for beer and boose, almost 2x the price for gas, huge price difference on most articles such as automobiles and parts, taxes etc?
It's amazing how we get screwed over and everyone keeps saying it's because of our healthcare. We are paying way more than we need to.