Students in Duval, St. Johns and Clay counties have their spring break next week, and while some are still planning to head out of town for a vacation, plans have changed for others.
, the national average price for gas was $4.32 per gallon, while the average price for a gallon of gas in Florida was even higher -- $4.35. In Jacksonville, gas was $4.39 per gallon at some places on Thursday.
“It’s detrimental,” said Morgan Munson, a mother of two. “We live in Macclenny, and I drive to Jacksonville every day, and it’s bad, it’s unbelievable.” The seemingly daily jumps in gas prices are enough to keep some area families who planned to hit the road at home -- including Munson’s family. Munson said they would usually be heading down to Cocoa Beach for spring break next week, “but that’s just not an option this year.”“Gas prices among everything else, but mostly gas prices,” Munson said. “I have two kids and they were looking forward to it, but plans changed.
Another viewer said: “Absolutely. We had plans for the beach and the springs. But with prices being so high we will just go to the springs once maybe and stay home the rest of the time.”“I go out on my boat, I’m going to burn 70, 80, 90 gallons of gas, and it just doubled. In fact, I just saw it was 5 bucks at the Wawa for ethanol-free gas,” said Andy Carlson.“I typically fish 20-30 times a year. I go down to Pensacola, South Florida, I fish here.
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