Presidential traffic jams

Rush hour could get interesting Thursday with President George Bush's visit to Spokane. He is scheduled to head downtown about 5:30 p.m.

The Secret Service isn't about to give us POTUS's route between Fairchild Air Force Base and the Spokane Convention Center, but the options are limited.

So here's the deal: Getting There is recommending that you avoid Highway 2, Interstate 90 and the Sunset Highway from about 4:30-8 p.m. tomorrow if at all possible.

Though any route Bush's motorcade takes won't shut down those roads for that entire time, the precise schedule isn't available and any closures could back-up traffic for some time.

As for good spots from which to catch a glimpse of the President's motorcade, I'm not even going there. Don't want to get the Secret Service mad at me. But let me know if you see him and what kinds of traffic impacts you experience tomorrow. I'll include your reports in this blog and in my column on Monday.