I get the path of totality thing now....

[Boxerfan]

I'm just outside & figured why bother with the hoopla-front yard is nice.

We basically got the dimming of a cloudy day & a giant smiley / frowny face in the sky. Still fun & I had a proper viewer. But Nasa was better and less hassle.

Not a fan of crowds or traffic so I did Ok. But yeah totality is a different ballgame. My daughter saw the wavy lines effect-I saw it very briefly on my white siding.

Just outside Gresham Oregon btw...

[Rhiannon12866]

1. I'm in New York and nothing noticeable here yet

I just took my dog our and it's a blindingly sunny day. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[lastlib]

2. you may not get much there....

...beyond a slight tinted-glass-look effect.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I expected it to get darker, but it's very sunny with complete cloud cover

At least I had the TV, but that was still disappointing. I still remember experiencing an eclipse as a little kid, my cousin and I stood outside with those pinhole contraptions that we made. I can't say what year, I was pretty little, but at least I got to experience one.

[pansypoo53219]

4. had a previous partial was so nothing i knew today's partial would be meh. and cloudy.

[CottonBear]

5. My family & I journeyed to Totality (and beyond!) from the 99% zone.

It was like nothing we'd ever experienced. 🌑

We drove from our home about an hour north to a small state park on a lake. Everyone was so nice. There was not a huge number of people. It was beautiful and amazing.🌚

[denbot]

6. We just got back from Monument OR

The totality was awesome, totally worth the 900+ miles each way. It was me the wife and our 23yo son, for an epic family road trip.
We (my wife) found a spot with less then two weeks to go, a really cool little pasture with a swimming hole/river front. Bands all through the weekend, and Monday, a couple of concession stands.

On the way home there was congestion at each of the little crossroad towns, but once we got south of Burns the congestion sorted itself out.