Pennsylvanians begin to hit road for Thanksgiving

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of Pennsylvanians were hitting the roads, rails and skies for Thanksgiving despite high gas prices, a still sluggish economy and the lingering effects from the havoc wreaked by superstorm Sandy last month.

AAA Mid-Atlantic projected 1.6 million Pennsylvanians would be traveling 50 miles or more away from home over the holiday weekend, between Wednesday and Sunday. Those figures project a slight increase of 0.3 percent over last year, but the group’s study was done before Sandy struck, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Jenny Robinson said.