BAR HARBOR (AP) – Gasoline hit a record of $2.39 cents a gallon Friday in Maine, but the summer’s high fuel costs don’t seem to be deterring tourists.

Many tourists are bothered by the skyrocketing prices and some may be altering their driving habits. But few are choosing to stay home.

“We’re getting 8 miles per gallon and we don’t care,” Bob St. Clair of Washington state said this week. “We’re on an extended vacation, so, oh well.”

St. Clair and his sister, Jan Cooper, said they had just retired and were pulling a trailer while taking an extended lighthouse tour.

The national average price for regular unleaded gas was $2.41 a gallon on Friday, a day after crude oil prices rose to a new high amid strong demand and concerns about supplies. Crude prices topped $66 a barrel and remained there Friday.

In Maine, the average price for regular unleaded was 48 cents higher than a year ago. Prices were similar in the major markets, Portland, Lewiston and Bangor, according to the American Automobile Association daily survey.

While people are still traveling, some are altering their habits.

“It affected which car we were going to take,” Tina O’Malley of Illinois said. “We have a diesel and a Saturn.” The family of three drove the Saturn Vue, but still figured on spending $300 to $400 on fuel during the trip.

Victoria Bisking, of Manheim, Pa., said she and her husband decided to stick to the East Coast. “It definitely makes a difference in how far we travel,” she said.

Some tourists who had driven long distances remembered the lower gas prices found elsewhere with affection. “South Carolina is about $2.11 per gallon,” said Kelly Eadie of Chapin, S.C. “Which is cheap, compared to you guys.”

Others, though, were having too much fun to worry.

Bradley and Sharon Horst of Maryland, estimated they were getting about 25 to 30 miles per gallon in their Chevrolet Impala. But they weren’t dwelling on gas mileage, or gas prices.

“We’re on our honeymoon, so we’re not worrying about it that much,” Sharon Horst said.