Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
66/100
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The cost of seeing those beautiful spacious skies, amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesties is a lot more than it used to be.
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it → see → grain
Road tripping to spot the fall foliage has gotten pricier as gas prices are surging in nearly every state as the war with Iran continues to boost the cost of oil.
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war → spot → oil
And prices are once again making headlines as researcher Dr. Randal S. Olson dropped the “optimal” US road trip.
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Olson → make → trip
Originally published back in 2015, the ready-made road trip details the US landmarks vacationers should check out — all in one handy, interactive map.
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vacationers → publish → map
The trip maps out 49 states, driving a whopping 224 hours and 13,949 miles.
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trip → map → hours
While gas prices do vary by state, the priciest stretch to fill up in would be California.
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stretch → vary → state
The researcher’s route spans roughly 860 miles across The Golden State where gas prices are sitting at about $6.14 a gallon.
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prices → span → 6.14
On the opposite end of the pricing spectrum, North Carolina is the cheapest state — where the average sits at $3.60 a gallon.
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average → sit → 3.60
However, the route along that state is only about 80 miles, while California covers 860 miles.
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California → cover → miles
Other costly states — Montana at roughly 960 miles where gas it at $4.46 per gallon and Texas where the driving hits about 870 miles and gas sits at $3.78.
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gas → hit → 3.78
Dr. Olson also dropped another road trip where brave travelers — with a good amount of PTO — can see every national park in the lower 48.
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travelers → drop → 48
And it’s all designed to be driven in the order that takes the least time behind the wheel.
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that → design → wheel
According to Dr. Olson, the trip will span 16,103 miles and 270 hours of driving on the fastest possible loop.
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trip → accord → loop
“At 6 hours behind the wheel a day the driving takes about 6.5 weeks,” the map reads.
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map → take → weeks
The longest drive is just over 14 hours where travelers will head through Cuyahoga Valley to Acadia.
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travelers → head → Acadia
This route takes you from Ohio — where gas sits at $4 per gallon — to Maine — where gas is $4.34 per gallon.
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gas → take → gallon
The shortest trek is Carlsbad Caverns to Guadalupe Mountains coming in at just 44 minutes.
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trek → come → minutes
With gas prices at remaining high, the road trip is not completely out of the question.
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trip → remain → question
Dr. Olson has added a feature where folks can build their own road trip that is free to use.
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that → add → trip
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