Busiest travel day of the year

There is inclement weather that on Wednesday was in the Midwest and will be almost on the east coast late Thanksgiving day. As of the first four months of this year, 26 percent of young adults lived in their parents’ homes.

About five percent of all travel again will be by air.

“The roadways [on Thanksgiving] will be crowded, and Sunday will be worse”, said Tracy Noble, spokeswoman for AAA.

To accommodate the increase, airlines are adding capacity in the form of larger aircraft and additional routes, according to the organization.

“I go home a lot to work and everything back in Jackson”. “A little skeptical about continuing my travels, but I’m excited now. We avoided 275 because we found out the traffic was bad on that”.

“One in Arlington and one in D.C. and we meet here for thanksgiving”, said Donna Bagg. Still officials at the airport are advising travelers to be be on look out for anything suspicious.

Francis anxious the second leg of their trip – between Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia – could be slow as more holiday travelers take to the highways by midday.

AAA estimates nationwide consumers are saving $265 million on gas every day, compared to a year ago.

Most gas prices in the region dropped to $1.99 per gallon late last week and have remained steady or even falling more leading up to the Thanksgiving travel season.

Additionally, all lanes on the Delaware Memorial Bridge also are open through the weekend to handle holiday traffic.

The average price of a gallon of gas nationally is $2.09, according to the Energy Information Administration, the Department of Energy’s independent analysis arm.

The top five destinations for Southern California travelers, according to a survey of Auto Club travel agents, are, in this order Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, the Grand Canyon, and Santa Barbara and California’s Central Coast. I stopped for gas along the way.

No problems were reported on Amtrak lines. “It’s a trend we expect will continue through the end of 2015, so if you like the prices you see on Thanksgiving, you’ll be delighted when Christmas arrives”.

Chuck Ansbacher, a 34-year-old Brooklyn resident, said recent terror attacks in Africa and Paris didn’t faze him when it came to travel. “But especially those of us who are traveling for thanksgiving”. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.