Gas Prices: Affecting Your Sierra Nevada Travel?

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What affect have gas prices had on the number of times you'll visit the Sierra Nevada this year?

Poll ended at Fri May 02, 2008 8:08 am

No Affect. My plans will not change.
11
48%
10%-20% fewer trips
5
22%
30%-40% fewer trips
1
4%
50%-60% fewer trips
1
4%
70%-80% fewer trips
0
No votes
I've canceled all planned trips
0
No votes
No affect. I didn't have any trips planned to begin with
1
4%
Other (please explain)
4
17%
 
Total votes: 23

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On my month-long summer trip I was going to come home in the middle...check the mail, pay some bills, mow the lawn.
Figuring this will cost me $125 just to turn around again in 2 days...screw the lawn. I'll just pay a neighbor kid $25 to do a quick mow...spend the rest on beer and dinners at the TPR.
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The only change for my is that I'll be driving the Prius more instead of my Tundra.
So, when the wife picks my friend and I up at Whitney Portal, it will be a little crowded in the back seat (the two labs have to sit somewhere!)

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I do not intend to reduce the number of days I spend on the trail, but many of the day hikes will most likely be in areas closer to home than they might have been @ $3.50 per.

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Glad to see the doggies get to come along for a ride. I have been busy around my place again this Spring and I am about to wrap the wood cutting up, all five cords. I can work some weekend trips in on my drive home from work out of state sometimes, just a little out of the way. Oh yeah, gas in town is $4.62 and $4.79 or $4.89 in the next small town over. I'm glad my Civic gets 39-40 mpg. I still have a vacation bp trip planned in July down 395 to South Lake.
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when you have to go somewhere unless totally broke people tend to go...regardless price of gas
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Post by dave54 »

After a couple of years of resisting I finally succumbed and started riding the bus to work. It adds about an hour per day (an extra 1/2 hour each way), but when I calculated I was spending $300 per month in fuel just commuting to and from work, I decided it was worth it (the most recent gas price hikes would make it $330 now). A monthly bus pass is $45.

This leaves more money for the weekends and with my sweetie.

I recently got back from Oregon where the prices just broke $4. And they pump it for you. Of course, the truck was getting just over 7 MPG towing the beast...
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