CHRISTOPHER.. WHAT DID THE CROWDS LOOK LIKE OUT THERE? HERE? WELL D IANT WAS A FAIRLY BUSTLING FRIDAY NIGHT.. BOTH ON CANNERY ROW AND ALVARADO STREE. T. WE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED FROM ALL OVER TEH STATE.. AND THE COUNTRY TONIGHT.. .. AND TRAVEL EXPERTS SAY IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE MILLIONS HITTING THE ROAD OR TAKING TO TEH SKIES THIS WEEKEN. D. YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE YOU PACK SOME PATIENCE WITH YOU. IN MONTEREY. .. THE CROWDS MAY SIGNIFY THE UNOFFICIAL START.. TO A POST-PANDEMIC SUERMM... EVERYONE WITH THEIR OWN REASON FOR TRAVELING.. 8540 Monty Stephanie Mike Nelan 35:09 "To get away from the heat álaughingá." 85 42 39:48 "I feel like I haven't seen anyone or done anythign in the last year." LITA HEREDIA 443 "W:0e need to spend money to help all these stores ." Marlet Hernandez 8545 42:08 "The clam chowder! Literally just th. atThat's what I came for." REGARDLESS OF WHY... IT'S MARKS ONE OFHE T BUSIEST TRAVEL WEEKENDS IN MORE THAN A YEAR... AS AIRPORTS ARE BREAKING POST- PANDEMIC RECORDS. 8542 39:40 "kind of forgot how to get through airport security a little bit." BU TT TO 8534 32:32 "The pl anes are packed and rental cars are almost none existent." AND AAA SAID 34 MILLION AMERICANS ARE PLANNING ROADTRIPS.. LIKE THESE TWO FROM ST LOUIS... WHO SAY THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S NATIONAL PARK. S. 8542 40:00 "If youe 'r talking to someone everyone's like, "I'm vaccinated! I have a question abo a tutrail. And we're like, "yeah me too!" 40:20 "It almost felt like eerily normal. Yeah! Very normal, in a great way." NORMAL IS HOW MONTEREY'S TASTY OLIVE BAR ON CANNERY ROW WOULD DESCRI BE BUSINESS SINCE THE AQUARIUM OPENED TWO WEEKS AGO.. 8551 46:14 "I'd say it's beenlo cse to typical, if not better ." HOPING THE MOMENTUM CONTINUES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEN. D. AND BEYOND.. 46:25 "We welcome everybody back... experience visit our beautiful area." THE PRESIDENT OF AAA SAID DRIVERS IN MAR JO CITIES SHOULD PLAN FOR ROAD TRIPS TO POTENTIALLY BE DOLEUB OR TRIPLE THIER NORMAL LENGTH.. MEANWHILE.. The Federal Aviation Administration recently said that the re has been a "disturbi ng increase" in the number of unruly passengers