Awful Traffic

I dropped Eric off at the car museum, just north of Salem, and drove on to visit my brother & sis-in-law in West Salem for lunch and a good visit. But I was late picking up Eric and we ended up in the worst of traffic all the way home. It took over two hours to go 50 miles. Never again, she says.
The traffic is all bunged up on Willamette Blvd., too, because they're improving all the pedestrian access to the crossings, but that isn't such a big deal, it doesn't make you want to tear out your hair like non-stop crowded highways.