Originally Posted by
greg0ire
That's surprising. The traffic completely disappeared about 20 miles south of Portland around 12:30pm. We didn't drive beyond Portland however.
We left the north end of Salem at about 1025am. Rental car return time was 1204pm. The first several miles were quick, and then stop/go until just before the 5/205 split, and then it moved at full speed again. The rental car return was eerie because it was almost completely empty, with a large crew of people awaiting the onslaught.