When we began our trip to Alaska, one of the unknowns was what the price of fuel would be. Ernie and Kay have a Ford 350 diesel to pull the RV and we have Donna's Toyota van. In Ohio, the first day, June 9, the price for gas was 2.57 per gallon. In South Dakota on June 15, outside of Sioux Falls, the price was 2.47. Then the cost went up. Near Yellowstone Park we paid 2.86 per gallon.
When we crossed the border into Canada we had to get out our slide rules to figure out the price per gallon. There the gas is measured in liters and four liters is about 1.05 gallons. OK. So you buy 23.581 liters and pay $22.14 Canadian. How much per gallon? My head hurts.
Another way to look at the problem is that if the gas cost $0.939 Canadian per liter, multiply by 4 to give a approximate price per gallon. That example is about $3.76 per gallon. Ouch.
It only got more expensive as we went further north to Alaska. The highest was $1.35 Canadian per liter at Toad River, no competition there. That's about $5.40 per gallon.
Here in The Kenai Peninsula the price is close to the same at all stations, $3.69 per gallon.
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