This is crazy…I can’t believe that July is almost over already. It seems like the Fourth of July was just yesterday and now we’re only 10 days away from August. Summer seems to be flying by and it’s almost over. Heck, my oldest son starts school next week…his summer is over. GrandmasterB took the family camping on the western slope of Colorado over the weekend. It was nice to unplug for a few days and get away from all of the hectic city life. I was shocked to see that gas prices are freakin’ insane on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. When we left we filled the Explorer up with E85 which was 2.89/gallon, but along the I-70 stretch there are no “corn stations” and gas was a whopping $4.42/gallon. I almost crapped myself when I only squeaked out a little over 10 gallons on $45…OUCH! I’ve got some pictures of the festivities during the camping excursion, but their being photoshopped to protect the identities of the innocent. I’ll write up something this week and share with everyone.

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