Yeah, plan on hitting the road and more or less following the path if the forecast doesn't look good where I am.
In general it looks like the closer you go to Mexico, the better your odds — historically.
In general it looks like the closer you go to Mexico, the better your odds — historically.
I have pretty vivid memories of my first partial solar eclipse from when I was in school, but being in the path of totality was a completely different experience, and about 10,000x better, even without seeing it.
Anyway, it was worth all the trouble. One thing was that I got some great photos of the eclipsed sun. I'm looking forward to the upcoming event in April. I'll be in Mexico where viewing should be good, bad weather being less likely in that region. Hopefully I'll be able to get even better photos this time around.
Also no need for glasses during totality. Before totality, you can look at the shape of shadows through a piece of paper with a whole punched in it.
Truth. I have a piece of land way out in the sticks here in Mena, AR, and on the rare occasion, our little backroads get very clogged up (think hunting season mostly), though we are right in the path of totality for the eclipse, and the town is even having an "eclipse festival" building up to it.
I'm thankful my wife and I won't have to drive anywhere that day. We're going to hang out in the yard and view it in our little field. Keeping my fingers crossed for nice, clear skies that day. :)