We thought about driving to South Carolina to be in the path of "totality," but I made the game-day decision (to many cat-calls and boos) that we would stay closer to home. The threat of traffic jams coming home, and the fact that I was already tired and was planning to start school the next day, tipped the scales to the conservative (read: boring) side. We heard of a 90-mile traffic jam on I-77 afterwards, so I think I made the right call!
BUT, since it was a very exciting event, we decided to make a party out of it and traveled to Wingate (where there was NO traffic) to join in with a bunch of the students at their viewing party. The astronomy professor had telescopes out, so that was pretty cool.
Other cool things:
Seeing all the campus lights come on in the middle of the day, and hearing all the insects start their evening songs |
...And being with all kinds of excited people! |
So we didn't see it get 100% dark -- only 98% of the sun got covered here, but I think it was a memorable experience anyway.
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