Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 06, 2023

If P.2. don’t set a location I don’t know what would. When’s Joel gonna light that thing ?

Now Slim has someone to talk to and keep him company!

At least we’re away from that silly talking bear!

Although Gasoline Alley is set in a generic town that could be just about anywhere, I have always thought of it as a town in Maine, perhaps Bangor, with Rufus and Joel from the rural northern part of the state. Just for fun, I used Google maps to see the route between Charlotte Maine (a very small town, population 315) and Bangor. It’s about a two hour drive, mostly on Maine Route 9. A long drive to just deliver tires, but it does fit today’s strip.

Mind you, I am not insisting that Gasoline Alley is Bangor Maine. Any moderately sizable town that is somewhat near a rural area (that Rufus and Joel would have come from) would fit this strip, whether in Maine, Idaho, Kentucky, or almost any other state.

Charlotte!! North Carolina!!Always knew the strip was set there.

Tomorrow,the truck passes the kid and the bear hitch-hiking.

That snoring would keep Rip Van Winkle awake.

Perhaps it’s set in Deluth, Tierra del Fuego or the far flung islets of Langerhans.