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i stand in awe of the people capable of performing the mathematical madness that predicted and modeled the eclipse. 

seriously.

i would be much more likely to believe some stranger off the street telling me "I was visited by an apparition last night who told me the moon was gonna....." than I would another stating "you see, I've performed the calculations and.... ".   

I'm not clicking on THAT!

Me and some friends drove about 1 1/2 hours to see the total. A little further than we needed to, but didn't want to be part of the big crowds. Was about 100 people at the rec area we went to. A lady had a notebook and was having people sign where they were from. Was amazed at far people drove to get to BFE Nebraska.

We had a mix of sun and clouds in Indy, about 92% eclipse.  That star sure is a bright mfer.   I enjoyed the almost tinted dusk like feel to the light amongst the buildings downtown.   I guess it too is right in our wheelhouse in seven years.

me and the fam drove 4 hours to nashville to watch. very happy we did. kids were in awe, as was i. we also stopped by the rocket rest stop in huntsville on our way into nashville. it's just a saturn 1b, but still huge and very fun for the kids. my 3yo fell in love. can't wait to take him to the space and rocket center in huntsville.

I recently made a couple of trips to Biloxi passing by the rocket rest stop. I have it on my list to make a visit to the space in rocket center in Huntsville on one of my trips in that direction. If you do make it there in the near future, please post your impressions.

I flew from Phoenix to Denver, met up with my pops, aunt and uncle who also flew in, and rented a car that we drove to Laramie where we happen to have some family. From Laramie we drove towards Casper but found a nice spot off the road a bit south of Casper were we experienced about 79 seconds of totality. Let me tell you, words fall way short of being able to describe what I saw and the overall experience. Seeing a 360° sunset with ambient light similar to that of twilight but in the middle of the day was something else.


10/10, would do again.

You still have any family in Texico?  For the 2024 eclipse, FW is on the western edge of the path of totality, and Dallas is pretty close to the center line. 

I recently made a couple of trips to Biloxi passing by the rocket rest stop. I have it on my list to make a visit to the space in rocket center in Huntsville on one of my trips in that direction. If you do make it there in the near future, please post your impressions.

i used to go to the space camp as a kid. i haven't been since i was about 12, but it was amazing for a kid.

unless they've changed it quite a bit, it's really good. they have both the shuttle with boosters and exo tank and a saturn v full size models. they also have a saturn v broken down into sections and laying horizontal. plus 27 other rockets/missles on display.

there are a few 'simulator' rides, basically theme park rides. good for a little thrill.

inside they have several models of various space craft, most of which are hand on/climb in. they have an ISS area as well. plus all the history you can ask for.

i can't imagine what the new technology with tv/video has allowed them to add.

if your planning on going, i'd treat as a theme park day for a full day of activities/sight seeing. i'm not sure a 2 hour stop would do it justice.