With gasoline prices teetering at nearly $4 a gallon, pain at the pump is crimping some Memorial Day travel plans.
The auto club AAA is projecting that 34.9 million Americans will take trips at least 50 miles from home over the holiday weekend, an uptick of 0.2 percent - or 100,000 travelers - over last year's 34.8 million.
But soaring gas prices are a deterrent, causing travel to be relatively flat, despite a better economy.