Ordinarily, she and her family would be making plans to visit their summer home in Ft. Sanilac about now. But the gas prices are making a major change in our plans. We'll have to limit our time up there if we go at all because it's about an hour and a half away. But it's the long-distance trips that get affected most.
People change their plans and travel in-state instead.
But people were cancelling their long-distance trips and coming up to Traverse City from downstate. After you pay for the storage, insurance, maintenance and other costs, gas prices don't even factor in. If you're burning gas, you're in the water having fun. This is just what they didn't need. Detroit News Washington Bureau Staff Writer Jeff Plungis contributed to this report.