High Diesel Prices Have Many RVers Putting It In Park

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Some people spend the summer in their recreational vehicle, but the price of diesel is sucking the fun out of the travel season.

High Diesel Prices Have Many RVers Putting It In Park

In Northwest Arkansas, average diesel prices are $4.45 cents per gallon.

Since the beginning of the year, the price of a gallon of diesel has gone up 35 cents, and it doesn't seem to be stopping, which has many RVers putting it in park.

Don and Alice Faye Turney have a Post Office box in Texas, but their home is on wheels.

"I'm a full time RVer, wherever we park is where we live," Don Turney said.

Thursday, they were parked at Road Hog Park in Fayetteville. They were in town for their niece's graduation.

The majority of RVs run on diesel fuel.

"In this rig, I get seven miles per gallon, so it can be a relatively expensive thing," Turney said.

With diesel at $4.45 a gallon in the area, a fill-up runs the Turneys about $450.

"It's affected us negatively, but since we don't have a house, it's just another expense of traveling in this life," Turney said.

But the high fuel prices are affecting their travel plans.

"What it means to full time RVers, it means when we get some place--we stay longer," Turney said.

The Road Hogs are called "road hogs" because they follow the Arkansas Razorbacks, and this football season--because of fuel prices-- many said they may pick and choose the away games they attend.