High Gas Prices Keeping Some RV Owners Closer to Home
May 23, 2007 05:20 AM MDT
OREGON -- The first big camping weekend of the year is just a few days away. So now that gasoline is in the $3.50 range, and diesel fuel not far behind, are people heading out or staying home? We checked Maumee Bay State Park, and found a lot of people with plans to camp this summer, but reservations about what high gas prices will do to their season.
Kathy Kazmarski of Sylvania is getting around the pinch at the pump because her RV has gas left over from a winter trip to Florida. Even if she and her husband did have to fill up, they'd still be here. "We spent a lot of money to buy a motor home and I'm not going to let it sit in a storage area," said Kazmarski. "You buy it to use it."
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Maumee Bay State Park Assistant Manager Steve Stibaner predicts only bad weather will keep people away. "We only have 24 walk-in sites and as of today, we only have 2 left," said Stibaner. "A lot of people are still coming out and we expect a full campground this weekend."
But Alan Belle of Genoa, who's staying with friends in their RV this week, has already made adjustments on his summer camping schedule. If gas stays around $3.48 a gallon for regular, it would cost about $260 to fill up a 75-gallon RV tank. "We had a nice trip planned for Colorado Springs and by the time we paid for gas for two people, it would be round trip around $800," said Belle. "So we figured we can fly and get cheap flights out there for half of that probably."
Belle's friend Bob Meilink is paying about 70 cents less per gallon because his RV is fueled by diesel. But even though he's a full-time camper, he's staying local. "We were going to go east, but now we're going to stay here and just spend the summer here at home and head back west in the fall, hoping the prices are better," said Meilink.
Gas is now more expensive than any other time in history. Analysts blame increased demand and lower refinery capacity for the jump in fuel prices.
Posted by AEB
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
High Gas Prices Keeping Some RV Owners Closer to Home
High Gas Prices Keeping Some RV Owners Closer to Home
May 23, 2007 05:20 AM MDT
OREGON -- The first big camping weekend of the year is just a few days away. So now that gasoline is in the $3.50 range, and diesel fuel not far behind, are people heading out or staying home? We checked Maumee Bay State Park, and found a lot of people with plans to camp this summer, but reservations about what high gas prices will do to their season.
Kathy Kazmarski of Sylvania is getting around the pinch at the pump because her RV has gas left over from a winter trip to Florida. Even if she and her husband did have to fill up, they'd still be here. "We spent a lot of money to buy a motor home and I'm not going to let it sit in a storage area," said Kazmarski. "You buy it to use it."
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Maumee Bay State Park Assistant Manager Steve Stibaner predicts only bad weather will keep people away. "We only have 24 walk-in sites and as of today, we only have 2 left," said Stibaner. "A lot of people are still coming out and we expect a full campground this weekend."
But Alan Belle of Genoa, who's staying with friends in their RV this week, has already made adjustments on his summer camping schedule. If gas stays around $3.48 a gallon for regular, it would cost about $260 to fill up a 75-gallon RV tank. "We had a nice trip planned for Colorado Springs and by the time we paid for gas for two people, it would be round trip around $800," said Belle. "So we figured we can fly and get cheap flights out there for half of that probably."
Belle's friend Bob Meilink is paying about 70 cents less per gallon because his RV is fueled by diesel. But even though he's a full-time camper, he's staying local. "We were going to go east, but now we're going to stay here and just spend the summer here at home and head back west in the fall, hoping the prices are better," said Meilink.
Gas is now more expensive than any other time in history. Analysts blame increased demand and lower refinery capacity for the jump in fuel prices.
Posted by AEB
May 23, 2007 05:20 AM MDT
OREGON -- The first big camping weekend of the year is just a few days away. So now that gasoline is in the $3.50 range, and diesel fuel not far behind, are people heading out or staying home? We checked Maumee Bay State Park, and found a lot of people with plans to camp this summer, but reservations about what high gas prices will do to their season.
Kathy Kazmarski of Sylvania is getting around the pinch at the pump because her RV has gas left over from a winter trip to Florida. Even if she and her husband did have to fill up, they'd still be here. "We spent a lot of money to buy a motor home and I'm not going to let it sit in a storage area," said Kazmarski. "You buy it to use it."
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Maumee Bay State Park Assistant Manager Steve Stibaner predicts only bad weather will keep people away. "We only have 24 walk-in sites and as of today, we only have 2 left," said Stibaner. "A lot of people are still coming out and we expect a full campground this weekend."
But Alan Belle of Genoa, who's staying with friends in their RV this week, has already made adjustments on his summer camping schedule. If gas stays around $3.48 a gallon for regular, it would cost about $260 to fill up a 75-gallon RV tank. "We had a nice trip planned for Colorado Springs and by the time we paid for gas for two people, it would be round trip around $800," said Belle. "So we figured we can fly and get cheap flights out there for half of that probably."
Belle's friend Bob Meilink is paying about 70 cents less per gallon because his RV is fueled by diesel. But even though he's a full-time camper, he's staying local. "We were going to go east, but now we're going to stay here and just spend the summer here at home and head back west in the fall, hoping the prices are better," said Meilink.
Gas is now more expensive than any other time in history. Analysts blame increased demand and lower refinery capacity for the jump in fuel prices.
Posted by AEB
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