Gas prices, rain and Reedikulus

It's getting hard to keep up with the manic-depressive gasoline prices in our area. When I went to Holy Hill a couple of weeks back, the price of gasoline had gone from $3.099 earlier in the week up to $3.299 in the Dells, and I saw it as high as $3.399 closer to Milwaukee. Then it dropped down to $3.199, then back up to $3.299, and now it is down as low as $2.979. So we have had a range of forty cents in less than a month. For a while it was fairly consistent as least in terms of direction -- up or down. Now it is bouncing like a superball. I just read an article about why gas prices will continue to rise, even as the price here has dropped. Oh, well.

We got some rain last night, over half an inch. Lots of thunder and lightning, but no loss of power. We are still significantly below average on rainfall, though, and could use a few more rains like that.

The Reedsburg Public Library is holding a book sale this weekend, part of the town's Reedikulus Day. Tomorrow there is a parade with giant puppets created for this event. I doubt we will go the parade, but we plan to hit the book sale today before things are totally picked over. Reedsburg is one of the places that lets you take the books and leave whatever donation you want. It is a great little library. It is the only one in the area that is open for a few hours Sunday afternoon, and they even have free coffee in their reading area. Such a deal!