Holiday Travelers

By Amber Schatz andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/christmasandamp;quot; class=...  More »

By Amber Schatz andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/christmasandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Christmasandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; break is over for many travelers, and Saturday, drivers were filling up their tanks before the long trek home... Something that isn't nearly as painful as it used to be. Many drivers at one local gas station were heading back to their respective homes after spending the holidays here or near the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/bismarck-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Bismarckandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; area, and, with 1.64 per gallon for regular unleaded, compared to more than 3 dollars a gallon last year, according to AAA, we asked drivers whether the low price at the pump affected their holiday traveling or shopping. andamp;quot;It didn't really affect my holiday or shopping any, but it is very nice to not have to drop 50 bucks to fill a car and 150 to fill a pickup.andamp;quot; says Jack Brennan/West andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/fargo-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Fargoandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;. andamp;quot;I think if the prices were over 4 dollars a gallon we would have re-thought that trip, it's been a really nice Christmas present all the way around.andamp;quot; says Sybil Lightfield/Carson, ND. andamp;quot;It's a lot easier to come home now because I don't have to spend so much money on gas, usually like 20 dollars and before it was like 50 dollars, my Christmas was a little better.andamp;quot; says Meghan Eiseman/Fargo. andamp;quot;To come out here and back, it was six hundred dollars there and back, now it's 170 dollars rountrip, lot better.andamp;quot; says Eric Lukkari/Zimmerman, MN. Savings that are no doubt helping a lot of people through other financial woes, but are the low andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/gasoline-pricesandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Gas Pricesandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; really a good thing, when looking at andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakotaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;North Dakotaandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;'s andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/oilandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;oilandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; revenue? andamp;quot;For more people its probably better, more people don't work in oil field, I'd rather pay less.andamp;quot; says Eric Lukkari/Zimmerman, MN. andamp;quot;Oh I think it'll have some effect on it, maybe not right away, but in some respect, it probably helps more people than it hurts right now.andamp;quot; says Jack Brennan/West Fargo. He is just one traveler heading back to Fargo, where there are even lower gas prices. Triple-A reports a nearly ten cent difference from Bismarck.  « Less