A rented Cruise America RV drives on highway 101 through a foggy San Francisco skyline in background, in San Francisco, Friday morning, May 25, 2007. Vehicle driving is expected to be heavy during the Memorial Day weekend. The picture on the RV shows Yosemite National Park.
Ernie Ibarra and his with Nancy fill their ice chests Friday, May 25, 2007, near Castaic, Calif., enroute to Lake Isabella to try their new Bayliner boat during the Memorial Day holiday. Americans are expected to do slightly more driving this Memorial Day weekend than they did last year. But the near-record gas prices are prompting some travelers to take shorter trips and economize in other ways.
Sid Moreno, center, and his wife Vicki, of Moorpark, Calif., go over a 29-foot Itasca Spirit slide-out motor home with customer service person Chelsea Onken, right, at Expedition Motor Homes in Calabasas, Calif., before heading for a Memorial Day vacation at El Capitan State Beach, just north of Santa Barbara, Calif., Friday, May 25, 2007.
Reflected in the vehicle's blind-spot mirror, Sid Moreno, of Moorpark, Calif., prepares to drive off the lot in a 29-foot motor home at Expedition Motor Homes in Calabasas, Calif., before heading for a Memorial Day vacation at an RV resort near Santa Barbara, Calif., Friday, May 25, 2007.