I’ve got a friend driving up from the Bay Area to north of Bend.
Hope she is ready to be possibly disappointed.
30 mile backup in Prineville yesterday
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/eclipse-traffic-backed-up-30-miles/465247437
FWIW, I’m just delighted at the goose this might give the economy. And I love the entrepreneurial spirit a lot of folks are showing. :-)
Your friend needs to check conditions in Bend. People up that way are talking about a lot of smoke in the air ... but maybe it’s just a way to discourage traveling to there.