Here’s a very complete list of approved glasses vendors etc.
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We were at 90% totality in 2017 and I totally regret not going to 100%. My daughter and husband did. They left early and got in place in a large empty parking lot with lots of sky, then the minute totality ended they jumped in the car and headed home. I could track them leading the long red line of traffic congestion but they beat it! At 90% you can tell something has happened but it’s nothing like what the experienced.
We get a decent partial eclipse. I bought a two pack of well rated glasses from Amazon for not too much $ even though our library always gives them away for free.
We decided to combine a college tour with the total eclipse. Bloomington (and Purdue) is in the full eclipse path!
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Traffic is going to be a nightmare. And hotels are really upping their prices.
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Definitely go for the totality if you can. We did in 2017 and it was awesome. Got some amazing photos too. It’s so much better than any partial, even 90%. It’s not like a 90% partial is 90% as good. It’s not the same at all. Worth the traffic jam!
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We live in the path of totality but it will be fleeting so we plan to drive about an hour away. We went to Nebraska for the last one and it was so amazing. We had to dodge clouds so ended up in the remote parking lot at the Grand Isle airport. (The darkness triggered the lights to start coming on, so we will avoid parking lots this time.)
Right after totality ended there was a steady stream of private jets taking off from the airport, which had us singing about walking into a party like we were walking onto a yacht.
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Time to revive this thread I think. We’re leaving on our eclipse trip to Texas on Sunday (driving via a bunch of national parks in CA, AZ and NM). Fingers crossed for not too much cloud cover.
This is from our trip to Oregon in 2017:
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We are going to Rochester.
We were on the coast of SC for the last one.
Husband is way more into it than I am, but it is cool.
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If true, this would be ironic, as the south is historically much clearer than the north.
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DH will be in Maine where it will be about 98%. He will be actually driving home during this event. Hope the roads aren’t a big crowded mess!
We’re flying to Austin next Thursday! Keeping my fingers crossed for clear skies, but even if the weather doesn’t cooperate it should still be a fun trip to an area we’ve never visited before.
We had originally thought we’d go to our cabin in Vermont, but friends rented a house in Texas and we thought the weather would be better there. I don’t like the looks of that map!
We’re at 89% this time. Think it was a little higher last time. I used a colander to look at the shadow from the last eclipse. Was pretty cool. It didn’t get completely dark here like elsewhere, but everything turned B&W and it was pretty eerie.
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My husband did not have any luck with the collander, but he saw some tree shadows on the side of our garage… it looked really cool! Rats, if I could find that picture!
Drove from the Bay Area to the eclipse in Oregon in 2017, and it was spectacular enough that I’m driving from California to San Antone for this upcoming one. Got 4 pairs of glasses for $7. That was less than buying one pair.
I think I heard on the radio that Texas declared a state of emergency ahead of this? That seems a bit much if I heard right.
I saw the last one. Can’t travel this time but highly highly highly recommend catching this one if you can. It’s amazing.
90% is like only 1% as good. Don’t think you are getting close to full experience.
We’re probably in a 90% totality zone.
We will also be across the Atlantic on that day. Oh well…
My 25 year old son was telling me a convoluted series of travel plans he and friends are making to go to Indianapolis for the eclipse. A train ride then long road trip then staying with friends of friends. My question about what if the weather doesn’t cooperate was not appreciated so I won’t show him this. The path of totality in 2017 went right over our town so it’s basically a repeat performance for them anyway.