Thankfully, his favorite dish on the menu is hard to screw up.
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Laskoski does not expect Fort Collins prices to drop to $1.55, like they did in January in parts of the city. Triple-A estimates almost 47 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more during the four-day weekend.
She attributed most of the delays that occur to traffic congestion from 86,000 vehicles dropping off and picking up passengers a day at the airport’s central terminal area.
WEATHER: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? According to Petroleum industry analyst Patrick DeHaan of Gasbuddy.com, that’s due to a trinity of factors including low demand for gas, fully operational refineries across the country and a glut of oil on the global market. “It’s very encouraging for anyone planning to travel for Thanksgiving”.
“Low oil prices and surplus supplies should either keep gas prices at their current levels or push them lower throughout the holiday season”, Jenkins said. Most U.S. drivers will pay the lowest Thanksgiving gas prices since 2008. The cheapest markets are in the Great Lakes states.
The price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline remains at $1.99 Tuesday, signs at Willmar gas stations SuperAmerica on South First Street and Holiday on Litchfield Avenue Southwest indicate. Alabama has seen even lower prices, for several weeks. Gas there Wednesday was $1.75 a gallon for regular unleaded.
“But you never know what to expect from that other driver”, Kindhart said.
“We want to make sure with the crowds and TSA taking more time, to get here two hours in advance”, says airport spokesperson Bob Kerlik.
“In Cincinnati the prices we’re seeing are at the lowest average since March 2009”. Prices have declined 20 to 30 cents in the past week. “People have been coming early”, said Evelyn Bailey, a spokeswoman for the airport. Some 42 million of them will be driving.
“As you move out of that time period, we start to see the wait times go down dramatically”.
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“We cannot overemphasize the need to slow down, drive alert and take every precaution to protect yourself and your passengers”, said Marc Mastronardi, a state construction engineer. The national average is 80 cents cheaper than this time in 2014, and it’s got travelers like Sue Burchett excited about the trip. The highest price in the continental U.S.is $2.74 in California.
