We get a partial eclipse where we live, but are planning to drive a couple of hours for a full eclipse. It's pretty crazy though. I think we have left it pretty late to make solid plans for where to go to see it even though we don't need a place to stay overnight. People are renting out their backyards and such!

In my friend's town the are starting high school a day later than usual because they don't want to be responsible for kids walking around campus looking at the sun. Crazy!

There was a solar eclipse during our wedding (March 7, 1970). Not planned, just a freak of scheduling the church. Can't remember anyone running out to look at it.

My coworker texted me the other day because we are scheduled to have freshmen convocation at that time! I replied the administration isn't probably even thinking of that LOL, but then another coworker said they are considering some sort of contingency plan. The local k-12 schools will be on early dismissal.

Neetseepie, I'm sure you've heard of this, but there is a multi-day "Moonstock" festival planned in Illinois with Ozzy Osbourne doing a full "Bark at the Moon" set during the eclipse. LOL. If we actually lived in the midwest I'd consider checking it out.

https://www.moonstock2017.com/moonstock-2017-lineup

My brother couldn't reserve a campsite in southern illinois as far out as last year! I hear dorm rooms at Southern Illinois University will be rented for $500/night.

Oh, wish it was coming past me. However any time there is a celestial event we invariably get clouds and rain.

We are not on the path of totality, but we're pretty close!

I have a two-night reservation at a hotel along I-26 in North Carolina that allows dogs and is located along the Path of Totality. It's a 7 hour drive from VA. Made the reservation about a month ago.

We're driving from the SF Peninsula to my sister's in Oregon. We have other family and friends there, so will do some visiting and, most likely, Willamette Valley wine tasting. We'll start driving the Weds before so as to avoid the weekend traffic. My sister already has eclipse glasses ready for us.

I'm so jealous!

Well apparently we are in the path, or very near. My little city is not shown in the path, but the city which is our county seat, is. I really haven't heard of many activities around here! We are very near a tourist area, so I would imagine hotel rooms, traffic, etc. will be affected.

We will be in Greenville SC for a family event that weekend so I hope we will be able to view it. It appears to be a good location for it.

We are making a 4 hour drive to be near the Path of Totality. The only hotel we could find was just outside the path, but my aunt and uncle live almost exactly at the center. We will be with them for several hours before and after the eclipse. I ordered my "eclipse glasses" yesterday. NASA has information on their website about which glasses are acceptable.

We got an email this morning about prime viewing spots in-state for the eclipse and the opportunity to purchase glasses, so I ordered a few pairs.

OutsidePlaying, Greenville should be good!

In grand tetons NP they are expecting so many that they brought in portables for people to use. Some tourists are trying to stand on the seats and they tip over. In Yellowstone they have signs asking people not to stand on seats but you see the footprints everywhere.

Traffic will be very bad and I'm sure the highway patrol will have plenty to do.

Before all of this hoopla over the coming solar eclipse, DH and I were hoping to spend that exact week up on the Oregon Coast. We loved our time, a few years ago, there at the Salishan Resort. But, as Neetsiepie has mentioned, the hotels, flights, etc., were already booked pretty heavily. Our friend, who has a large, beautiful beach house on the coast in Oregon has offered it to us for free anytime we'd like to come . . . except that week, when they will be hosting their own families there for the event. Frankly, after hearing how crowded they expect that week to be, I think I'll be happy just to see the partial eclipse from here at home.

I never thought about restroom facilities with that many people along roads, trails, and parked just wherever. ugh.

We are in the partial path, but will travel about 4 hours to Charleston SC, where we have family. We'll wave it goodbye. :)

It will be a short day trip for us to enjoy the event. We're hoping that the back (way back) roads won't be too crowded. I've seen one in 1970 at Virginia Beach. It was an unforgettable experience for me.....others not so moved by such events might be underwhelmed.

I got major goosebumps as the skies darkened, street lights came on, and birds began squawking and roosting.

Can you imagine how frightening a total eclipse would be for someone who didn't know what it was? Yikes!

I've seen one before in 1970

Thank you for that. I knew I remembered a slight partial eclipse in S FL when I was a kid but didn't know what year it would have been.

Am I the only one who finds a certain irony in the fact that the name of this one is "The Great American Eclipse?"

I've seen full solar eclipse in Jerusalem in 2000 (I think that was the year. I might be a year off though, lol)

I was so so excited. I knew very well one's not supposed to look at the sun with bare eyes..yet I got so so curious..

was a grave mistake lol

don't be like me

that was unforgettable..both the eclipse, and couple days after...)))

Writer, I think that this event is being referred to by that name is because the path of totality makes a broad sweep across the entire country, a first for us.

It is quite remarkable, if you think about it. I do hope that anyone within reasonable traveling distance makes an effort to experience it.

Charleston here. I will be at home, watching of course. Anyone want to visit?

i checked and I am in the Totality Path! Let's hope for decent weather that day!

Writer, I think that this event is being referred to by that name is because the path of totality makes a broad sweep across the entire country, a first for us.

Yes, I understand that, thanks, but I still find it quite ironic.

My area is directly in the path, Clemson SC ( home of the national football champions, btw ;-) and the frenzy here is crazy. An acquaintance/physics prof is in charge of the local scene.

Today my cousin, from North Carolina, says she will make the four hour drive to see the eclipse. She didn't say where specifically, but making the long drive for the experience for her and her two young boys, then turning around right after to drive back home.

A grocery clerk this evening told me that his friend is planning to buy several cases of water, put them on ice and deliver them to people stuck in their cars on the roads. He would accept donations, but no obligation-I thought that was a super idea. We're expecting over half a million people in our town. My office will pretty much be empty-I don't know who will be there, but I know I'm not going to be! We're mandated by law to be open, so it may just be the Director answering the phone, LoL.