Gasoline usually isn’t something that goes on sale for Black Friday.  But you’ve probably noticed that gas prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks.  Nick Jarmusz of AAA Iowa says that’s welcome news for Thanksgiving Day travelers.

“Gas prices are certainly a nice bonus for the folks who are going to be traveling, especially the 48.5 million that are going to be traveling by car, but that’s not really the reason that they’re making the trip,” Jarmusz says. “Americans love to go home for the holidays. They want to visit family and friends and we know if they have the means to do it, they will.”

Jarmusz says the the statewide price for unleaded gas averages at $2.51 per gallon.  That’s down 34-cents from this time a month ago and it’s only three-cents off from where we were at this time last year.