CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Memorial Day weekend is here, and for the roughly 40 million Americans hitting the road, higher gas prices are a major factor in how — and whether — they travel.
Lawrence Benson is making the drive from Manassas, Virginia to the Outer Banks this weekend. He stopped in Chesapeake to fill up on gas, and he said he built the cost of gas into his vacation budget before hitting the road.
“Say probably about 120 to 140 dollars. It’s definitely beating ya up especially because I got a trailer on the back. I wish it was a lot lower,” Benson said…