The Oregon Department of Transportation is reporting stop-and-go traffic on northbound Highway 97 starting ten miles south of Biggs Junction to the Biggs Bridge…and northward into Washington. There is also congestion reported on Highway 97 about two miles south of Grass Valley.  Traffic on Highway 26 westbound out of Madras is slow going from the Highway 97 junction to Warm Springs.  Google maps is projecting an extra hour drive back to Portland from Madras.  In a Facebook post…the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office says it is expecting an increase in the quantity of vehicles on Highway 35 and Interstate 84 similar to a holiday weekend…but stop-and-go traffic is unlikely.  In the Willamette Valley…Interstate 5 both directions out of Salem is very thick, and travel times to Portland are estimated at around three hours.