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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Memorial Day play has officially begun, and you whitethorn person noticed the roads were much congested than usual.
AAA predicts 45.1 cardinal Americans will question astatine slightest 50 miles for the Memorial Day weekend, mounting a caller grounds for the holiday. AAA Spokesperson Doug Johnson says the highest clip for question connected Friday was from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. He added that determination are a mates of reasons wherefore folks are getting distant for the weekend.
"One of them being that state prices are cheaper than they person been since 2021. I cognize it doesn't consciousness similar that present successful California, but if you look astatine what state prices were a twelvemonth agone successful California, we're really $0.30 cheaper this Memorial Day than past Memorial Day," Johnson explained.
Another crushed is that astir workers volition person the time off. Like Maria Briceno, who's taking vantage of the three-day play to sojourn her friend.
On Friday, Briceno touched down successful Fresno from Seattle. She described her time of question arsenic a breeze. "Well, I was precise scared. I arrived similar 2 and a fractional hours earlier. But honestly, it was truthful smooth. It was similar a 20-minute halt since I got to the airdrome until I got done TSA. So it was mode amended than I expected," she said.
If you are 1 of those flying this Memorial Day weekend, you volition request your Real ID or different approved signifier of identification, similar a passport.
Our nationalist parks are besides bracing for a precocious measurement of visitors this weekend. "We were present for the past 10 days to sojourn the nationalist parks, and it was beautiful," said Dennis Dombrowski, who is present headed home. "[But] Yosemite was busy. That was the astir crowded."
Reservations are required to participate the Yosemite National Park, from Saturday, May 24 to Monday, May 26, betwixt 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those without a preservation tin participate earlier oregon aft those times.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks reported a grounds 2 cardinal visitors successful 2024 and accidental that the parks are busier than ever. Those visiting Sequoia and Kings Canyon are reminded that currency is nary longer accepted astatine entranceway stations, and buying a walk successful beforehand is recommended.
