My sister and other family (and my summer home) is in the path so it has been madness up there. They are predicting that many people will just have to view on the backed up routes. It is only a two lane road where they are. Big festivities planned in town, but Mona thinks she will just stay in Otter Lake because of the traffic issue.

eta: Otter Lake, NY 2m 32.9s per the website stuff

The train is nice - we’re in coach, which is more comfortable than a plane and you can wander up to the “lounge car” and have meals in the dining car and get off take a quick break from being on the train at some of the stops. Not the most comfortable sleeping, but not too bad. The scenery has been pretty spectacular whether we were looking out our window from our own seats or the observation car and the people we have been sitting near or were seated with for meals have been nice

Tim's brother and some of his adult kids (and their kids) are camping this weekend in Indiana, right in the path of totality. (Most of Cincinnati is literally 99% totality, although some very far western areas will get 1 minute or less of totality.) So we're going to drive out to brother's campsite tomorrow for the eclipse and just hope that traffic will be tolerable if we leave the house at 9 a.m. It looks like the forecast for tomorrow (at least where we're going in Indiana) is relatively clear, so we may be in luck.

I'm excited for friends and family in the path. I'll be watching on television! I could have gone up and watched with family, but it didn't make any sense. My son in Rome, NY is at 99.95% totality so I need to encourage him to visit his cousins and aunt.

We've decided to just view the eclipse from my back yard since I have a wide open treeless square adjacent to outdoor furniture. I've heard reports that the city's population will double with all the visiting eclipse watchers—an unprecedented thing for a non-tourist area. No sign of extra people mobbing the restaurants last night when we went out to celebrate Mom's 85th birthday. Maybe they're arriving today (or getting stuck on the highways tomorrow)?

I've heard reports that the city's population will double with all the visiting eclipse watchers—an unprecedented thing for a non-tourist area.

I think Emmett is going to be in Arkansas for the totality. He and EM and her partner, Wayne, have been driving up from Austin.

I'm headed for Ola AR as my first choice. Remote enough I'm hoping to avoid crowds/traffic.

eta: if he takes Hwy 71 north from Texarkana, the closer he gets to De Queen the longer the time of totality will be.

I've heard reports that the city's population will double with all the visiting eclipse watchers—an unprecedented thing for a non-tourist area.

My sister says they are expecting a million people heading to the Adirondacks from the cities to the east and south of them. Traffic is expected to be insane. The closest airport is 90 minutes away so it is all car travel.

Is that the one by the movie theatre?

No, this one was up in Bothell. We tried the one near the theatre once and weren't particularly crazy about it. This one seemed pretty good and had a nice variety, including enough non-sushi options for my fish-avoidant taste buds.

Ugh, and ouch. Skinner knocked me off my feet when I was leaving the dog park. The biggest ouch is feeling like an old lady. I sprained my right wrist, an egg on the side of my head, and contusions on my right knee and left wrist. The parents of the dog Skinner was trying to get to when he tripped me held him while I got myself up. DH has been taking him most times lately because he is afraid I can't handle him. Now when he gets home and sees me all bandaged and bruised, ugh. I should have seen the other leashed dog coming. He is great when free in the park, but on leash, ouch.