On the road again
› An estimated 35.5 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Labor Day holiday weekend, up 1 percent from last year.› 604,260 Tennesseans will travel by car this Labor Day holiday, up 0.6 percent from last year.› Average price of regular gas Thursday in Chattanooga: $1.97› Average price of regular gas a year ago: $3.15Source: AAA
U.S. gasoline prices are the lowest they’ve been since 2004. And regular gas averaged $1.97 a gallon Thursday in Chattanooga, $1.18 less than it was a year ago, according to AAA.
But cheap gas wasn’t what inspired Johnny and Tammy Mitchell to make a spur-of-the-moment trip to Rock City from their home in Columbia, Tenn., about two hours away.
“Not on our anniversary,” Tammy Mitchell said.
“It don’t mean nothing,” Johnny Mitchell said. “We drive a Hummer, too, so we don’t care. To me, you gotta worry about that – stay home.”