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AAA expects 73 million people to travel by car this Thanksgiving. That's 90% of all holiday travelers.

"I'm filling up with gas because I'm heading to Columbia, [Missouri], so I can go have Thanksgiving with my sister," said Delinda Finn, who was at a Hy-Vee gas station in the Northland on Wednesday.

While Finn last saw her sister Tuesday, Finn and her best friend of 20 years, Harla Moritz, believe Thanksgiving is about seeing loved ones, no matter how long it has been.

"Get to see my son," Moritz said. "I haven't seen him in probably three years."

Finn and Moritz are traveling across Missouri together at their own pace. Their first stop is Columbia to see Finn's family, and then they'll head south to Bolivar, Missouri, to visit Moritz's family.

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