ATLANTA - The journey home at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend was smooth sailing for many travelers Sunday, although snow slowed the journey for some in the West.

In Washington, 8 inches of snow fell near the Canadian border and traffic slowed to a crawl on the state's main east-west corridor.

Farther south, chains were mandatory on vehicles traveling on two major highways linking Sacramento, Calif., to ski resorts in Nevada's Lake Tahoe area.

“It's super slow going because of all the holiday traffic,” said Greg Schiessl, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher in Truckee, Calif.

Yet travelers across most of the nation had dry and relatively mild weather for their drives and flights home.

Airports in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Columbus and Cincinnati reported no major problems or delays.

At midday, “On Time” flashed next to most flight numbers on departure boards at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International and security checkpoint lines took less than 10 minutes.

“They're in a pretty happy mood,” Bobby Anderson, a 73-year-old shoe shiner, said while watching the largely relaxed crowd at the world's busiest airport.

More than 290,000 travelers were expected to go through the Atlanta airport Sunday.

Nearly all flights into and out of San Francisco International Airport were on time Saturday morning, but by early afternoon the airport reported an average 46-minute delay for all inbound and outbound domestic and Canadian flights.

The change coincided with light showers and decreasing visibility in the San Francisco Bay Area.