OT: Who's going to see the eclipse?

[Cryptoengineer]

As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.

Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

pt

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.
pt

While I'm at it, what are some Stfnal eclipses? Asimov's Nightfall,
obviously, but what else?

pt

[Tony Nance]

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.
pt

While I'm at it, what are some Stfnal eclipses? Asimov's Nightfall,
obviously, but what else?
pt

Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

NK Jemisin uses one somewhere in The Inheritance Trilogy (I can't
remember which one). When the God of Darkness gets very angry with the
natives of the city of Sky, he eclipses the city for 30 days. The
eclipse specifically covers the city, and also its natives/inhabitants
no matter where they go. Neat trick that.

Tony

[Scott Dorsey]

Robert Benchley wrote an article about the total solar eclipse of 1923,
in which he describes scientists setting out on board a ship to the
caribbean to view the eclipse.

He is a bit fuzzy about what the eclipse is, however, and implies that in
fact these scientists were going out on a ship into international waters
so that they could drink legally.

On the of the phrases I remember is that "To see the eclipse you have to
look through glasses, and the more glasses you look through the more
eclipsed you get."

I read this article as a child and have been looking for it for many years
and not been able to find it. I did find a few other articles he wrote
about similar events though, but without that great phrase.
--scott

[Paul S Person]

Post by Scott Dorsey
Robert Benchley wrote an article about the total solar eclipse of 1923,
in which he describes scientists setting out on board a ship to the
caribbean to view the eclipse.
He is a bit fuzzy about what the eclipse is, however, and implies that in
fact these scientists were going out on a ship into international waters
so that they could drink legally.
On the of the phrases I remember is that "To see the eclipse you have to
look through glasses, and the more glasses you look through the more
eclipsed you get."

Well, he /was/ a humorist.

Post by Scott Dorsey
I read this article as a child and have been looking for it for many years
about similar events though, but without that great phrase.

This may or may not be a place to start looking:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Robert_Benchley_collections_and_film_appearances>
Apologies if you have already been there.

[Tony Nance]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

Although my wife and I live in a 99% zone, work is preventing each of us
from making our way to totality. However, our daughter and son are each
making their way to locations with 3+ minutes of totality (Rochester, NY
and Bowling Green, OH respectively).

Many years ago we spent 3-4 days in/near Burlington - neat place - enjoy!

Tony

[Michael Benveniste]

Post by Cryptoengineer
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I'm paranoid enough to not announce my travel plans online, but I
did travel to Casper, WY to see the 2017 eclipse, which worked out
perfectly. Randal Munroe is spot on with this strip:

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[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Michael Benveniste

Post by Cryptoengineer
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I'm paranoid enough to not announce my travel plans online, but I
did travel to Casper, WY to see the 2017 eclipse, which worked out
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_coolness.png

Fair enough. I have a housesitter. Totally agree on the xkcd,
and don't miss the mouse over text.

I watched the 2017 eclipse from a cruise ship out in the Atlantic.
Bonnie Tyler gave a concert just before the eclipse started,
singing her 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. She then went up to the
top deck where I already was, to watch the totality. She wound
up about 20 feet from me, and I yelled at her to put on her
glasses and look at the sun. She did so, and gave a
small scream, apparently unaware of the then partial
covering.

Pt

[Ted Nolan]

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Post by Michael Benveniste

Post by Cryptoengineer
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I'm paranoid enough to not announce my travel plans online, but I
did travel to Casper, WY to see the 2017 eclipse, which worked out
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_coolness.png

Fair enough. I have a housesitter. Totally agree on the xkcd,
and don't miss the mouse over text.
I watched the 2017 eclipse from a cruise ship out in the Atlantic.
Bonnie Tyler gave a concert just before the eclipse started,
singing her 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. She then went up to the
top deck where I already was, to watch the totality. She wound
up about 20 feet from me, and I yelled at her to put on her
glasses and look at the sun. She did so, and gave a
small scream, apparently unaware of the then partial
covering.
Pt

The 2017 eclipse came right over Columbia, and was impressive. I don't
recall any of this National Guard foolishness then either. We had a lot
of tourists, but no problems.

It always gets quickly taken down for copyright infringement, but if you
can find the video of the Literal Version of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart",
it's a hoot.

Hmm. Dailymotion sucks, but it tends to stay up there:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ad03q

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Ted Nolan

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Michael Benveniste

Post by Cryptoengineer
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I'm paranoid enough to not announce my travel plans online, but I
did travel to Casper, WY to see the 2017 eclipse, which worked out
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_coolness.png

Fair enough. I have a housesitter. Totally agree on the xkcd,
and don't miss the mouse over text.
I watched the 2017 eclipse from a cruise ship out in the Atlantic.
Bonnie Tyler gave a concert just before the eclipse started,
singing her 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. She then went up to the
top deck where I already was, to watch the totality. She wound
up about 20 feet from me, and I yelled at her to put on her
glasses and look at the sun. She did so, and gave a
small scream, apparently unaware of the then partial
covering.
Pt

The 2017 eclipse came right over Columbia, and was impressive. I don't
recall any of this National Guard foolishness then either. We had a lot
of tourists, but no problems.
It always gets quickly taken down for copyright infringement, but if you
can find the video of the Literal Version of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart",
it's a hoot.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ad03q

Very fun!

Pt

[Mike Van Pelt]

Post by Michael Benveniste
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/eclipse_coolness.png

Absolutely 1000% spot on.

[Jay E. Morris]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.
pt

I've been off and on about it. I'm an hour from the edge of it, two to
center, but if the estimates of visitors and traffic are right it might
take four hours to the center, worse getting out. Couple of states have
called out National Guard unit to help with traffic and emergencies. If
I didn't have other things going on around then we probably would have
taken the trailer out to a state park for a few days.

[Jay E. Morris]

Post by Jay E. Morris

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.
pt

I've been off and on about it. I'm an hour from the edge of it, two to
center, but if the estimates of visitors and traffic are right it might
take four hours to the center, worse getting out.  Couple of states have
called out National Guard unit to help with traffic and emergencies. If
I didn't have other things going on around then we probably would have
taken the trailer out to a state park for a few days.

And now it appears that SW Texas will be cloudy and rainy with
thunderstorms most of the day.

[Robert Woodward]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I will be visiting my sister on Monday (she lives in Cleveland, Ohio -
my other sister will be there as well). However, with my luck, a cloud
will be in the way.

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

Post by Robert Woodward

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I will be visiting my sister on Monday (she lives in Cleveland, Ohio -
my other sister will be there as well). However, with my luck, a cloud
will be in the way.

Last totality I went chasing (Europe 1999) we were dead centre of the
path and almost clear skies near the German/France border; when the
cooling effect happened the moist rural air went to solid cloud. So we
had to go to a cafe bar with TVs and watch it from there. Annoying.

Cheers - Jaimie

[Bice]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 19:20:53 -0400, Cryptoengineer

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

I'm taking my wife and mom (who both missed the last eclipse) to the
Erie, PA area. About a four to five hour drive. We'll be staying
overnight on Sunday and then checking the weather forecasts Monday
morning to see where our best bet would be for clear weather.

Post by Cryptoengineer
I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices).

We made reservations several months ago, and even then hotel prices in
the city of Erie were outrageous. They definitely knew the date and
decided to gouge while the gougin' was good. We eventually found a
little mom-and-pop motel about half an hour outside the city that
hadn't inflated their prices too badly.

We're staying over Monday night because when my daughter and I drove
down to Tennessee for the last eclipse, 95 was a parking lot
afterwards and everyone else had the same bright idea of trying the
back roads so they were completely clogged up too. I think we
probably made less than 50 miles northward by nightfall and ended up
having to scramble to find a hotel room because there was no way we
were making it home that night.

-- Bob

[Charles Packer]

Post by Bice

As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing Mexico,
the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

I'm taking my wife and mom (who both missed the last eclipse) to the
Erie, PA area. About a four to five hour drive. We'll be staying
overnight on Sunday and then checking the weather forecasts Monday
morning to see where our best bet would be for clear weather.

I'll be heading toward Erie from Washington, D.C. I booked
a 2-star motel in New Castle, Pa. for Sunday and Monday nights.
I figure that if the satellite image shows clouds over Lake Erie
I could drive west instead to the Akron area.

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Charles Packer

Post by Bice

As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing Mexico,
the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

I'm taking my wife and mom (who both missed the last eclipse) to the
Erie, PA area. About a four to five hour drive. We'll be staying
overnight on Sunday and then checking the weather forecasts Monday
morning to see where our best bet would be for clear weather.

I'll be heading toward Erie from Washington, D.C. I booked
a 2-star motel in New Castle, Pa. for Sunday and Monday nights.
I figure that if the satellite image shows clouds over Lake Erie
I could drive west instead to the Akron area.

Well, I saw it, under perfect conditions.

I drove up to Burlington, VT, Saturday, planning to watch it
there. Sunday night, I saw reports of 60-80% cloud cover predictions
for the location, so we gave up our plans, and Monday morning we drove
about 70 miles east to West Burke, a wide spot on the road on eastern
VT, and settled on the lawn behind the hamlet's gas station.

The viewing conditions were perfect, and the site made a lot more fun
by first, the arrival of a bunch folk from Cambridge, MA, and then,
a van full of an astronomy class from Worcester State University.
The former joked with us, and passed around beer, and the latter
set up telescopes with sun filters, and invited us to peak at the then
partial eclipse. Couldn't have asked for better company.

Afterwards, we passed tens of miles of traffic jams of people trying
to get back south (we were going back to Burlington). I've seen several
tales of people takeing 10-12 hours to get back to Boston.

Traffic was still heavy going south today, when we returned.

pt

[Michael Benveniste]

Post by Cryptoengineer
Well, I saw it, under perfect conditions.

I ended up seeing it from the DFW area. Conditions weren't perfect,
with broken clouds occasionally blocking the event during the run up.
But the clouds cleared enough to give a great view of totality.

[Paul S Person]

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 22:22:17 -0400, Michael Benveniste

Post by Michael Benveniste

Post by Cryptoengineer
Well, I saw it, under perfect conditions.

I ended up seeing it from the DFW area. Conditions weren't perfect,
with broken clouds occasionally blocking the event during the run up.
But the clouds cleared enough to give a great view of totality.

Sadly, I didn't notice it at all here in Seattle.

That may not be too surprising: the one I /did/ notice would have been
the 2017, and we had 90% occlusion. This time, it was only 20%. And,
being Seattle, cloudy. After an unusually sunny March, we are now back
to a cloudy (but not all that cold) April. With showers, which bring
May flowers.

[The Horny Goat]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:49:48 -0700, Paul S Person

Post by Paul S Person

Post by Michael Benveniste
I ended up seeing it from the DFW area. Conditions weren't perfect,
with broken clouds occasionally blocking the event during the run up.
But the clouds cleared enough to give a great view of totality.

Sadly, I didn't notice it at all here in Seattle.
That may not be too surprising: the one I /did/ notice would have been
the 2017, and we had 90% occlusion. This time, it was only 20%. And,
being Seattle, cloudy. After an unusually sunny March, we are now back
to a cloudy (but not all that cold) April. With showers, which bring
May flowers.

It rained through the entire period of totality in Vancouver though
Vancouver would have had even less partiality than Seattle.

[The Horny Goat]

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:22:17 -0400, Cryptoengineer

Post by Cryptoengineer
I drove up to Burlington, VT, Saturday, planning to watch it
there. Sunday night, I saw reports of 60-80% cloud cover predictions
for the location, so we gave up our plans, and Monday morning we drove
about 70 miles east to West Burke, a wide spot on the road on eastern
VT, and settled on the lawn behind the hamlet's gas station.

Glad you mentioned VT since there are several Burlingtons in the US as
well as one in Canada (my wife's home towns). Are the Burlington games
still being held? (My wife knew people who had competed there - the
main qualification for participation being that you had to be from one
of the Burlingtons to compete. Apparently the standards ranged from
amateur athletes to Olympians)

[Bice]

On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 07:22:48 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer

Post by Charles Packer

Post by Bice

As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing Mexico,
the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

I'm taking my wife and mom (who both missed the last eclipse) to the
Erie, PA area. About a four to five hour drive. We'll be staying
overnight on Sunday and then checking the weather forecasts Monday
morning to see where our best bet would be for clear weather.

I'll be heading toward Erie from Washington, D.C. I booked
a 2-star motel in New Castle, Pa. for Sunday and Monday nights.

We did the same, but our motel was in a town called Conneaut Lake and
turned out to be a one star (at best) place called the Parkside Motel.
Paper-thin walls, noisey neighbors and next to a road full of truck
traffic, so I got about three hours of sleep total between Sunday and
Monday nights. Absolutely worth it though to see the eclipse.

Post by Charles Packer
I figure that if the satellite image shows clouds over Lake Erie
I could drive west instead to the Akron area.

We ended up watching it in Conneaut Township Park, just across the
border into Ohio, on a tall hill next to Lake Erie. Pefect spot to
not only see the eclise, but to get a 360 degree view of sunset on the
horizon all around during totality. Big crowd - hearing the gasp and
cheeers from two or three hundred people when totality hit was really
cool. Lots of people with expensive telescopes and cameras, so I'm
hoping to find some good photos/videos online eventually.

I've noticed a lot of reports of people saying that the clouds cleared
up right before totality, and the same thing happened to us. Pretty
clear view as the eclipse started, then it got cloudier and cloudier,
but around 5-10 minutes before totality the clouds thinned out and
almost disappeared. Could that be caused by the temperatures
dropping? It was freezing cold on that hill from about five minutes
before totality until five minutes afterwards.

I'm really glad I talked my 79 year old mother into going along.
After the eclipse, she told me the two most amazing things she's seen
in her life were a space shuttle launch and that total eclipse, and
she wouldn't have done either if I hadn't talked her into it.

-- Bob

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

Plano, Texas for me, so that Abbott can complain about another
"invasion". Flights and lodgings booked back in January.

[Paul S Person]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 07:53:15 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"

Post by Michael F. Stemper

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

Plano, Texas for me, so that Abbott can complain about another
"invasion". Flights and lodgings booked back in January.

As long as you aren't a BBall team, you should be safe.

Oh, wait, that was some other idiot ...

[Paul S Person]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 19:20:53 -0400, Cryptoengineer

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.

I'm not; I'm in Seattle, which the Path of Totality appears to be
keeping as far away from as possible.

I did briefly see the last eclipse, as I happened to look outside at
the right time. I saw and neighbor and her daughter setting up shadow
boxes, and then the quality of the light changed perceptibly. It was
very strange. We were not, of course, in the Path of Totality for that
one, but the effect was still obvious.

But whether that will happen again or not I have no idea.

And, yes, the /Science News/ report on it featured the author
reflecting on how much she wasn't willing to pay for a room on the
Path of Totality. Apparently, this is one of those "should have
reserved the room four years in advance" situations.

[Mike Van Pelt]

Post by Paul S Person
And, yes, the /Science News/ report on it featured the author
reflecting on how much she wasn't willing to pay for a room on the
Path of Totality. Apparently, this is one of those "should have
reserved the room four years in advance" situations.

Lots of luck on that one. I've heard stories of people getting
notified that their reservation was cancelled. "Oh, do you
want to re-book?" "At the original price?" "Ha ha ha ha,
oh, you're serious, let me laugh harder HA HA HA HA."

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Mike Van Pelt

Post by Paul S Person
And, yes, the /Science News/ report on it featured the author
reflecting on how much she wasn't willing to pay for a room on the
Path of Totality. Apparently, this is one of those "should have
reserved the room four years in advance" situations.

Lots of luck on that one. I've heard stories of people getting
notified that their reservation was cancelled. "Oh, do you
want to re-book?" "At the original price?" "Ha ha ha ha,
oh, you're serious, let me laugh harder HA HA HA HA."

I booked 3 nights in Covington, VT, about 3 weeks ahead of the event.
This is a couple miles north of Burlington, and the Hampton Inn was
$500/night.

pt

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by Cryptoengineer
I booked 3 nights in Covington, VT, about 3 weeks ahead of the event.
This is a couple miles north of Burlington, and the Hampton Inn was
$500/night.

Ouch! I booked a room at the Staybridge in The Colony, Texas back in
January. It was a shade under $200/night -- including all taxes, fees,
and such.

[Mike Van Pelt]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

My back yard was pretty close to the center of totality.
We had a friend from San Jose, a college friend and his
wife from South Carolina, and my cousin and her husband
and son all staying with us to see it.

Luckily, there was a gap in the clouds just at the right
moment; it was looking pretty dang sketchy here in
central Texas.

[Titus G]

Post by Mike Van Pelt

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality?

My back yard was pretty close to the center of totality.
We had a friend from San Jose, a college friend and his
wife from South Carolina, and my cousin and her husband
and son all staying with us to see it.
Luckily, there was a gap in the clouds just at the right
moment; it was looking pretty dang sketchy here in
central Texas.

I was amused to read the headline in CNN online:
"Google Searches about eye injuries see massive spike amid solar eclipse."

[BCFD 36]

Post by Cryptoengineer
As most of us are aware, a total eclipse of the sun is crossing
Mexico, the US, and Canada on Monday.
Who is going to try to get into the zone of totality? I'm driving
up to Burlington Vermont, and staying there for three nights (at
eye-watering prices). I am guessing about a 50% chance at actually
seeing it. That town was chosen because there's other things to see
in the area as well. By coincidence, its also our 35th wedding
anniversary.
pt

Did you miss me? I didn't think so.

We just got home yesterday. My wife and I drove from California to Texas
(and back) for the eclipse. We have a timeshare that has a facility in
Marble Falls, Tx. It was right in the middle of the totality. To make a
long story (drive) short, the clouds obscured most of the event. Instead
of 4 minutes, we got about 30 seconds spread out over the 4 minutes.

It was still worth the drive, for me anyway. We saw a prominence glowing
bright orange! My brother, 50 or so miles away, got the full 4 minutes.

I could regale you with stories of the rest of the trip, but no one
signed up for that.

The only big issue was the hail storm that hit a few hours after the
eclipse. OMG! How we didn't end up with any broken windows on the car is
beyond me. All the cars around us had broken windows. We just had dents
and a broken mirror.