This Memorial Day will see the second highest number of travelers on the roads and in the skies since 2000 and the highest since the recession, auto club AAA last Friday. The long, unusually rough winter that just ended, coupled with a slow but steady economic recovery and gas prices about the same as last year, will contribute to a 1.5 percent increase compared to last year in Memorial Day travel. AAA expects 36.1 million people to travel at least 50 miles from home from May 22 through May 26, up from 35.5 million last year. More than 8 in 10 will go by automobile. Of those traveling for Memorial Day, 31.8 million will go by automobile, 2.6 million will fly, and 1.7 million will go by train, bus or ship, according to AAA.