It is starting to pinch me a bit as I'm on a fixed income (retired). I had planned on a trip to Texas, but my wife put her foot down. THAT was the reason I'm not going, not gas prices. I had saved up the money to go. Now, I'll just putt around here more.
We had planned on a trip either to Sturgis or Washington state for this summer. \\;But due to \\;the necessity to make three trips to San Antonio from Tucson already this year, we have pretty much blown the fuel budget. \\; The crashing stock market hasn't helped either. \\; But at least we don't have to commute any more. \\; Those of you that do are really in for a tough summer. \\;
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still planning to leave the pgh pa area to go to mt rushmore on 7-2-08. i figure the gas for my ultra plus other increased prices due to the gas situation will raise the cost of this vacation about $500-600. i'll cut back on some of the spending money to cover about 1/3 of that &\\; just have to find the rest of the money somewhere else. planning on meeting friends at mt rushmore on 7-4-08 then traveling around the north west. plan on seeing the badlands, glacier nat.pk, yellowstone, cody wy, little bighorn &\\; even going as far west as ritzville wa for thier annual blue festival on 7-12-08. anyone that knows the great roads to ride out there i'd appriciate a heads up.