I made a 400 mile round trip to a town along the Ohio River where I got to experience the eclipse 100%. In 2017 our town was in partial so I promised myself I woukd experience full eclipse this time. The people were spread out throughout the little town so it wasn't crowded. Some people had telescopes attached to their cameras. Some just watched & did their best with phone cameras like I did.
It was so cool when it went to total cause everyone was cheering. Watching the progression & the dimming of the light was cool but the effect of the darkness that the total creates was beyond amazing. I was maybe 40 miles into the total zone & during the total 3 minutes you could see a light glow of the area that was not in total.
Best experience ever & so glad I went. Google map was not working so I had to wing it & go back to map reading & following highway signs. It was mostly cloudy on the trip there but it started breaking up just as the eclipse started & was pretty clear that whole time. What an awesome treat Monday was