GAS PRICES

I just haven't had anymore fishing stories to report due to the gas prices. I am not the only one with this issue. I have been talking to my boating friends, very few are venturing to the big blue. My family won't let me go out by myself, for fear of the unknown. Ever since the incident that took the lives of 4 people off the coast of Florida, they fear for me. I admit taking a charter with anyone I don't know would be a very scary thought and then I would be armed. Doesn't seem like any amount of money would be worth my life. Anyway, even my friends who go out with me regularly even feel bad about going out because of the gas prices. What do I do? I personally don't care, because to me there is no price high enough to stop me from enjoying one of my biggest pleasures in life. I hope that my friends and family realise this and I can begin to report soon on my next big catch.