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Price of gas will not dip below 4.50 for months. >> i don't really think the higher price of fuel is going to slow down many. it may slow down some, but certainly there's still a very healthy appetite to hit the road this summer. >> you ready for school, baby girl? >> reporter: not so for eric stevens says he's choosing to pay for his daughter's day care over a road trip. >> the fun has been postponed for the indefinite future, specially the way things are going. while i would like to say there's an end in sight, i just don't see one. >> some perspective for you, the national average for a gal...

Been trying to project in an environment like this. >> reporter: the new fear is this expensive start to summer travel could last. gas buddies thinks the average price of gas will not dip below $4.50 for months. >> i don't think think the higher price of fuel is going to slow down many. it may slow down some, but certainly there's a very healthy appetite to hit the road this summer. >> rehe's choosing to pay for h daughter's day care over a road trip. >> fun has been postponed for the indefinite future, especially the way things are going. while i'd like to say or hope there's an end in sight,...

>> this will likely be one of the most expensive memorial day travel periods we have ever seen. >> reporter: still aaa thinks americans will not be stopped. traveling to top destinations like orlando, seattle, miami and las vegas. the latest projection $34.9 million people will drive 50 miles or more over the five days of memorial days. >> do you think that the numbers will be that far off from the projection? >> our projections have been pretty accurate but we have never been trying to project in an environment like this. >> reporter: the new fear is this expensive start to summer travel coul...

The latest projection, 34.9 million people will drive 50 miles or more over the five days around memorial day. >> do you think the numbers will be all that far off from the projection. >> our projections have always been pretty accurate but we've never been trying to project in an environment like this. >> reporter: the new fear is this expensive start to summer travel could last. gas buddy's patrick dahon thinks it won't dip below $4.50 for months. >> it may slow down some, but certainly there's still a very healthy appetite to hit the road this summer. >> ready for school, baby girl? >> repo...

$4.50 for months. >> i don't think the fuel price will slow down many. there's a healthy appetite to hit the road this summer. ? you ready for school? >> reporter: erik stevens says he's choosing to pay for his daughter's day care over a trip. >> while i'd like to say our hope there's an end in sight, i just don't see one. >> reporter: one more data point here. when you adjust the gas price right now for inflation, this is the highest we've seen gas prices since memorial day, 2012. on the roads it's going to feel a lot more like 2019. the point is, you got to be patient and really pad your wal...