The holiday weekend is upon us and many are planning a lot of driving, which could be costly. According to AAA, the national gas average is $3.05 a gallon.

Gas prices are a topic the White House had to address aboard Air Force One en route to Hampton, Virginia in a press gaggle.

“The administration’s success in beating the pandemic and getting our economy back on track, has led to increase demand for gas as well as the country reopens. But while price prices have increased from the lows last year as demand drastically dipped. Prices at just about $3 per gallon are still well in line with what there have been in what they've been in recent decades," said Karine Jean-Pierre, Principal Deputy Press Secretary.

The Biden administration also addressed the recovery after the Colonial pipeline hack.

“And, in last week prices have already stabilized after a spike earlier this month as a Colonial Pipeline is fully flowing and the supply situation returns to normal," Jean-Pierre explained.

Yet, in some cases prices are real high. This picture sent from Bridgeport, California - about 70 miles from the next gas station - shows a price of $5.35 a gallon.

Prices in South Texas aren’t over five dollars a gallon like they are in parts of California. But they’re still high and that has a lot of consumers feeling very uneasy.

One driver we spoke with travels back and forth on a 25 mile drive daily.

“Do you think that they’re going to go higher for the holiday?" we asked.

“Oh yes, they will," Martha Chavez, Sullivan City, Texas resident responded

She said she was feeling uneasy and worried it will cost a lot to get out and drive.

Chavez tells us her gas bill is already high.