25 cents/gal...rural foothills of California about the time I got my license/first car (1977). I remember driving past the only gas station in Yosemite valley (since removed) and thinking “Look, they are ripping off the tourists at 50 cents a gallon!!”.
Exactly. I remember driving home from Moscow, ID to Coeur D’alene 1971 while in college and about to run out of gas. Found this station in the hills and thought, “thank God!” Only to find out the guy gouging at 50 cents per gallon which was almost twice the normal amount.