As Thanksgiving approaches, a record 81.8 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home, according to AAA. <\/p>\n
This marks an increase from last year. <\/p>\n
Travelers in Kern County are experiencing varied conditions as they prepare for the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n
Dalia Solis, who is traveling from Visalia, Calif., to Gilbert, Ariz., advised, “Try to get going as soon as possible because everybody travels during the holidays, especially during Thanksgiving.” <\/p>\n
Solis reported an easy trip so far, but anticipates traffic as they approach the Grapevine area and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Gloria Ramirez decided against traveling to Arizona due to concerns about traffic and weather, opting instead to spend the holiday with her grandchildren. <\/p>\n
“Too much traffic out there. And the weather, due to the weather also,” she said.<\/p>\n
Anthony Nguyn, planning to visit family in Orange County, intends to travel after Thanksgiving to avoid congestion. <\/p>\n
“I think we’re gonna go really early in the morning, so there’s no traffic, but there’s still gonna be traffic, a whole bunch in Los Angeles,” he said.<\/p>\n
Solis shared travel tips, including packing snacks, a good music playlist, and pre-downloaded movies for children. <\/p>\n
The California Highway Patrol reminds drivers to inspect their vehicles, maintain a safe distance, and refrain from drinking and driving. They also suggest planning and designating a driver if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Thanksgiving approaches, a record 81.8 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-72258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}