Top $2 near Vail
VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Drivers who need to feed their turbo need to be prepared to shell out as much as $2.14 a gallon in Eagle County.
''We're in a brave new world when it comes to travel,'' said Colorado AAA spokeswoman Mary Greer. ''More Americans than ever are travelling by car'' after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Nationally the price of a gallon of regular has risen about risen about 13 cents in two weeks to an average of $1.633.
The oil industry has blamed tensions in the Middle East and a strike in Venezuela that has crippled that nation's petroleum industry. Venezuela is one of the largest exporters of crude oil to the United States.
Gas prices in Colorado's High Country are usually higher than in urban areas.