I only heard one other vehicle - a 172 from Cedar City to U42. We had no traffic problems at all. ________________________________ From: "jcarman6@q.com" <jcarman6@q.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:53 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Transit "bennie" / Eclipse impact Leaving Salt Lake City on Sunday and stopping at the Flying J in Scipio (someone needed a potty break) the store and parking lot was packed. According to the cashier, everyone was headed to southern Utah for the eclipse. Driving back t hrough Parawan from Cedar Breaks around 9:00 p.m. , my group caught I-15 and headed to Cedar City for dinner. The stream of cars leaving Cedar City and headed north was a sight to be hold. Both lanes packed, almost bumper to bumper, white headlights heading toward us as far as could be seen . It was too dark to get a picture. The g u ess is a lot of people did a quick and dirty, drive down and back in one day. (Which made the appalling "orange barrel polka" just outside of Nephi by UDOT that much more appalling. Traffic was reduced to one lane and the bottle neck was the most vile ever seen. It took us ONE HOUR to get through it. A number of cars and semis had just pulled off and went to sleep.) _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".