By MATT PIKE

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and many will hit the road today (Wed.) if they haven’t already, to get to their Thanksgiving travel destination.

Seargeant Shane Hux with the Missouri Highway Patrol Troop H says the patrol is expecting a higher number of people on the roads between today and Sunday

“And more so, even to narrow it down a little further, Wednesday and Sunday are the two peak travel days of when the majority of the traffic will be traveling to and from their Thanksgiving destination,” Hux tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.

Hux says with some still having to work today, or taking half days, the patrol ix expecting a high number of travelers today and then on Sunday to get home to go back to work on Monday.

With some weather in the forecast through the weekend, including a chance of snow on Saturday, the Missouri Highway Patrol encourages drivers to be aware of weather changes on their route

Hux says with those chances of bad weather, it’s imperative to check the weather along your entire route

“If you’re traveling from Missouri to another state, especially if you’re going up north, if you’re going down south hopefully you wouldn’t have as much of an issue, but I’d say if you’re going anywhere within Missouri for sure to make sure that you check the weather,” Hux explains. “And then also to make sure that you have your vehicle ready.”

Hux says to make sure to check the antifreeze and that your tires are in good shape, as well as the battery and such so you don’t end up stranded in bad weather.

After the holiday, there’s another day many will be out and about on Missouri’s roads, getting deals on Black Friday.

Hux says if you are out traveling on Black Friday, with drivers going store to store, it’s best to pay extra attention

“They may be rolling through a stop sign, running the yellow lights at the very end, so that’s something you really want to pay attention to and take extra time,” Hux says. “Whenever you do come to a red light and immediately when that thing turns green you might want to sit there and look a minute, just look both ways before you pull out into that intersection, just in case someone fails to yield to that caution light and continues through that intersection.”

Hux also says during travel, throughout the holiday, be aware of deer on the move through the day and night.