My Little Gas Price Survey, Day Two 3

I drove to Pine View Farm today, to take care of some family business and visit my mother in the home. I tracked the gas prices on my drive down. I started at Wilmington, Delaware, and ended up on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Along the way, I passed through the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Here’s what I observed (I have left off all the 9/10s). I will be returning tomorrow, not quite by the same route, but close. I’ll be curious to see whether there have been any changes:

In Delaware, gas prices were in the low three dollar range, but with a wide variation.

South of Wilmington, they ranged from 3.19 to 3.29. One anomaly I noticed was this: there were two Wawas along the way within a few miles of each other. One was 3.19 and one was 3.29.

In Smyrna, Delaware, the two gas stations I observed from the road were both BPs. One was 3.29; one was 3.39.

In south Dover, I saw a Valero and a Exxon, both at 3.19, and a BP at 3.24.

The Felton, Del., Shore Stop was at 3.09. The Woodside Shell was at 3.19 and the Mobil was at 3.29 (they are pretty much right across the street from each other).

In Harrington, the Hub of Delaware, site of the State Fair, the BP and Valero were at 3.19, the Sun at 3.39, and the Citgo at 3.09.

In Greenwood, Del. (a notorious speed trap–all Delawareans obey the speed limit there and all Pennsylvanians and Jerseyites, er, pardon me, New Jerseyans, get tagged), the Shore Stop was at 3.09.

In Bridgeville, getting towards the southern end of Delaware, prices had a wide range. The BP and Royal Farms were at 3.35, one of the highest prices I saw. Another BP was all the way up to 3.37. But the Valero was only 3.09. (Note that, usually, Royal Farms underprices everyone else, but, apparently, not any more.)

In Seaford, prices were also high: Exxon 3.29, TruBlu 3.35 (TruBlu is a “noname” gas that is usually cheaper than the name brands), and Royal Farms 3.35.

In Laurel, Del., about 10 miles south of Seaford and 10 miles north of the Maryland line, Exxon was at 3.26, Royal Farms at 3.36, and Sunoco at 3.39.

Crossing into Maryland, in Delmar (the town too big for one state), the Shell was 3.09. North of Salisbury, Md, home of Perdue, everything was at 3.24 except the Shell (3.29).

Just south of Salisbury, the Valero was at 3.19 and the Shell at 3.29.

In the town of Princess Anne, the Shell was 3.09 and the Exxon at 3.29.

In Pocomoke City, Md., the lone station I saw, a Citgo, was at 3.09.

Once I got into Virginia, almost everyone was at 2.99. The exceptions were a BP in Tasley (3.19), a Valero (3.27) and an Exxon (3.19) in Onley, a Valero in Painter (3.27), and a “no name” in Exmore at 3.27.

Personally, I bet they are all higher tomorrow.