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. :)