Americans hit the road again as gas prices fall
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Denise Blackerby is hitting the road again.
When U.S. retail gas prices scaled historic peaks above $4 a gallon last year, she found she could no longer make monthly trips from the Dallas area to Houston in her Ford Explorer SUV to visit her family.
"When gas was $4 a gallon, I didn't go anywhere. Now it's all good," Blackerby, who is 44 and works in the information technology industry, told Reuters as she bought soft drinks at a Shell gas station in Grapevine, a town near Fort Worth.
With U.S. pump prices now averaging below $2 a gallon, she's making those regular Houston trips again.
When U.S. retail gas prices scaled historic peaks above $4 a gallon last year, she found she could no longer make monthly trips from the Dallas area to Houston in her Ford Explorer SUV to visit her family.
"When gas was $4 a gallon, I didn't go anywhere. Now it's all good," Blackerby, who is 44 and works in the information technology industry, told Reuters as she bought soft drinks at a Shell gas station in Grapevine, a town near Fort Worth.
With U.S. pump prices now averaging below $2 a gallon, she's making those regular Houston trips again.
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