I heard the national average is now $2.57.

Idaho is still $2.84. The highest I was willing to pay this summer was $2.98. Wow. 14 cents. Gee, I can almost buy an ear of corn now.

It seemed our prices went up fast with the average (and any excuse in the world) but refuse to go down just as fast as the average.

There is a lot of profit being made from the oil companies (did you see the last quarter profits from Exxon/Mobil and from BP??), profit from state and local taxes, and profit from everyone.