The moment so many people had been waiting for arrived this morning, as the total solar eclipse occurred over Oregon.  Crowds gathered in many areas of the state, but in particular near Salem and Madras, which were in the path of totality.  Those people watch in awe as the moon passed over the sun.  And now many of those people have begun their trip home.  Traffic on Highway 26 westbound out of Madras appears to be already slow going from the Highway 97 junction to Warm Springs.  Google maps is projecting an extra hour drive back to Portland from Madras.  An ODOT webcam on Highway 97 at Kent showed a steady stream of traffic.  In the Willamette Valley, Interstate 5 both directions out of Salem is very thick with cars, and adding more than an hour to the drive to Portland at this point.