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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Just curious how big of a factor (if any) gas prices are in everybody's Sierra Nevada travel planning.

BTW: You can vote for two options if you want, and you have the ability to come back and change your vote if you change your mind. Just another new feature of this new forum software...
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I put other because I'm not sure if I will do less trips but I wll most likely try to stay an extra day or two to get the most out of the ones I do take.
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gary c. wrote:I put other because I'm not sure if I will do less trips but I wll most likely try to stay an extra day or two to get the most out of the ones I do take.
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Since I'm coming from the east coast, and only make one trip per year, I'll have to suck it up on the gas prices. I thought they were high last year at $4 per gallon. I voted "other".
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It's a matter of priorities. We are cutting back elsewhere to pay the monthly gas bill. The sanity breaks on weekends is too important to curtail. (I just filled up my truck today for $130. The curse of a large gas tank and letting it get real low. :( )
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dave54 wrote:It's a matter of priorities. We are cutting back elsewhere to pay the monthly gas bill. The sanity breaks on weekends is too important to curtail. (I just filled up my truck today for $130. The curse of a large gas tank and letting it get real low. :( )

I agree, priorities. 120 consecutive weekends out, I can’t stop now because of gas prices. I'll cut back somewhere else.
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Slow Nymph, does this break your record now? 120.
Piece of cake.
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:nod:

Record was 86 :D
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No. I won't let it happen, even if I have to go into debt.

Snow Nymph, I hate you! 120 consecutive weekends?!!!
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Other was my vote. We ended up locking our trip into only the eastern Sierra with the use public transportation to and from Reno. No car or rental needed. If gas prices weren't so high we may have rented a car and drive to San Fransisco and follow the coast south, not instead of our Sierra trip but in addition to. Thus we will be hiking out of Tuolumne, Mammoth, and Bishop, using both the CREST and YARTS buses.
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