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There are things you control. There are things you can’t control. But, I never thought I would lose control of the one thing I look forward to the most every year… our family vacation. Yes, it’s true. The oil companies have taken control of our vacation and have put it into bondage. Oh, it’s not like we’ve been living under a rock and haven’t seen the constant rise in gas prices, trust me, it hits my wallet weekly with what I have to buy to get to work. We’ve made changes, we’re cutting back, planning our trips to the store to make them more efficient, not doing any unnecessary running around… all those kinds of things. But, the issue really hit home the other night when we sat down to firm up our plans for the annual family vacation to Canada. With a quick check on the internet and a phone call to friends in Canada, our fears were confirmed. $4 a gallon here, $1.87 a liter there, right now. We were headed out in July, but what does July hold? And, what will the prices be on our return trip? How can you plan? One thing you can plan on… the price will be higher. But just how high?

With that uncertainty looming, we made the decision to cancel our trip to Canada this year. Now, our trip isn’t a quick jump to Niagara Falls from Cleveland. It’s hundreds of miles into the great white north, the amount of money we would spend on gas would equal what we pay for the stay, right now that is… in comes that great unknown once again. It’s unfortunate that my wallet isn’t as fat as the Oil Company’s High-Rollers or as padded as the Dead Wood Leaders in Washington. I’m certain none of their vacations will be canceled.

So we’ll be staying close to home this year, taking a one tank trip here, a one tank trip there. One thing that will happen this summer that I can plan on and actually look forward to is this; with every tank of gas I buy, I will tell the oil companies and our fearless leader in Washington (whose head continues to be buried in the sand), that they are Number 1 in my book, if you catch my drift!

Charlton Heston, as Moses, said it best in the movie The Ten Commandments, “Do you not hear the cries of my people in bondage?”

Tags: bondage, family, gas, home, hostage, trip, vacation, washington

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