It's mid-afternoon on a Friday, and the line of cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles stretches from the shiny new gas pumps out to the road.
Customers find it worth the wait.
Damian Zapata stops at a gas station in the Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico, where gas is cheaper than at non-Indian gas stations in nearby Santa Fe, Friday, May 18, 2001. Gas stations on tribal lands are making motorists happy, but giving state officials headaches. With no land costs and less governmental red tape to contend with, Santo Domingo Pueblo's operation can easily undercut their off-reservation competitors. State Highway and Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn says his agency is feeling the pinch of the lost revenue, and he worries it will only get worse. Rahn says shortsighted drivers will end up paying for damage to their vehicles from deteriorated roads, but Mike Courtney, filling up his Chevy Impala with premium at Santo Domingo, wasn't persuaded.