July 7

I don't know about everyone else, I for one am ready for a rest! Here on Schooner Creek the 4th was a rousing success! The weather was great, the fireworks display at Kimberling City was out of this world and God even helped with a little far away lighting on the horizon. The almost full moon just added to the effect!

I was very excited, today I noticed that between 5:50 am and 6:20 pm, gasoline prices dropped 11 cents at the pumps! Can you believe it, the holiday goes by, folks go home and gas prices drop. You know in my profession I deal with individuals on the lower end of the IQ scale from time to time, those individuals commit various and asundry crimes including stealing. Now folks no one likes to be snookered out of a hard earned dollar. So I'm going to suggest that the owners of the gasoline stations and oil companies institute a new policy of holding a gun on those of us while we pump gas. At least we would feel better about being held up. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against free interprise and making a living. Its just that when you dive three miles down the road, pass several stations supporting the same logo and the price of gas may differ as much as 20 cents from one to the other then someone is stealing...... We all know that the same delivery truck delivers gas to those stations, and the price at that point is the same.

Yeah, I know, I'm on my soap box......

Lets go fishing!