I came across a cheaper fuel stop…albeit not by much. The vendor cannot be making much profit…if at all! But you can go and overwhelm the vendor with additional retail purchases at the HEB at Grand Parkway and South Fry Road. Price was $4.47/9 per gallon for regular.
The following photo is of an abandoned building in Southwest Houston. This place is a local legend and when I pick up a passenger who lives nearby, I ask if they know anything about it.
UPDATE: One of my sharp readers found that this building is a part of a failed Taoist Temple and is only about 20 years old. But, I was “on the money” with the Deportation bit and my “Golden Orb” title was close to correct. See complete description at the link below: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/palace-of-the-golden-orbs
So far, I have one “failed shopping center” and three “Buddhist Temple” stories. At least two of the Buddhist theories mention that the owner/builder was deported. There are some fenced-off lots around this place with similar fencing and “style”. The building has been there for at least thirty years that I know of – and perhaps a decade or two before. If Readers would care to look it up, it is found at this intersection: