The price for a gallon of regular unleaded hit $2.719 this week at local gas stations, a new record high. Talk is rampant about the high gas prices, taking the bus, riding bikes, carpooling, etc.

I think I’ll give the bus a whirl next week, see how it goes.

Sorry for the quiet for the last couple days. Been busy with friends and I ain’t had nothing to say no how. I’ll fill y’all in about my doings in a few days.

Here’s a little bit for those volcano junkies out there. The volcano on Anatahan is still active and spewing loads of ash. In fact, heavy ashfall destroyed the seismic stations on the island, prompting a new state of emergency for the month of July.