Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
The OP has a rental car reservation
reservation.
Maybe they are able to actually get a car.
I would stay at the airport. It’s important to be in the zone of totality, but for four minutes (vs two) I would not bother with a rental car and traffic. Source: I camped in the Cascades in the zone of totality for the OR eclipse and it was wonderful. No crowds, no traffic.
I was on the north side of Salem for that one, we got in the car and headed north to PDX shortly after totality ended. It took an maybe an extra half hour than the ride down the prior day. Those who waited a bit longer had a 4 hour drive back to PDX. We hit every PP restaurant in the airport
