Paducah, KY baby!

We're going to Buffalo. There are still some rooms available but they're pricey and require a two or three night stay. We booked ours almost a year ago.

The eclipse will be visible across most of North America. Washington D.C. will experience 89% totality anyway. No need to fly somewhere for a 4.5 minute ‘watch’. Just remember to go outside that day to watch it.

Anonymous wrote:Definitely try and watch it out in the country, away from other people. So much more surreal and memorable that way!

It depends. If you watch in a somewhat urban setting, you'll see street lights switch on automatically as you approach totality, which is also surreal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. Upstate Maine.

There is no such place.

Mainers don’t say that.

lol. I know. Moose Valley.

Anonymous wrote:If you want to drive, nearest locations are Cleveland or Erie, PA

Erie hotels were fully booked 9 months ago.

If you want to drive, nearest locations are Cleveland or Erie, PA

We are going to Cleveland but we booked it a year ago. You’ll have a hard time finding something available in the path of totality this close .

There was a recent thread in the parenting forum about this -- the original question was whether families were pulling kids out of school for it, but there was lots of general discussion on travel for the eclipse.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1186301.page

Anonymous wrote:Yup. Upstate Maine.

There is no such place.

Mainers don’t say that.

Definitely try and watch it out in the country, away from other people. So much more surreal and memorable that way!

Unfortunately Dallas for a wedding ugh

Yup. Upstate Maine.

We are heading to Buffalo.

Is anyone here planning on driving to see the eclipse? I was looking at hotels in Texas and they’re pretty expensive. Looks like Dallas has a few that are still normal priced though. I’d rather watch it out in the country though not in a city. Are they going to have public viewing areas or something?