Many people are probably already booked for that.This is the path of totality in 2026, so that should be quite doable for those who like to travel.
I checked and it was indeed Venus and Jupiter, and there was a solar flare.Well, that was spectacular but occurred far too quickly. We had 3.5 minutes of totality but it seemed way shorter. I saw Venus and Jupiter (I think) and may have seen a solar flare about halfway through totality. I'll have to check. Since we're on the shore of a large lake, I was able to see where the shadow ended. It was like sunset in every direction. I also watched the shadow move east as totality progressed. I'll try to attach a picture . I couldn't get my phone to take a picture of the eclipse itself.
I must have a dark cloud over my head at all times since the eclipse was totally shielded from here by a big thunderstorm and heavy rain and clouds. It did get dark though. Never once during the period of the eclipse were the skies open.
This was my third total solar eclipse. The first was an annular eclipse which I saw from my mother's back yard just south of Chicago in March, 1991. The second was the 2017 total eclipse which traveled to western Kentucky to see. This one we went out our back door in Indianapolis and just took it in. It was spectacular. We had about 3.75 minutes of totality. The daughter in law of a friend who lives about 20 miles west of us took this shot which is what we saw as well. Pretty darn awesome.
And the storms that hit your area earlier have just arrived here. Oh well, at least I got to see most of the eclipse through the patchy cloud cover earlier.I must have a dark cloud over my head at all times since the eclipse was totally shielded from here by a big thunderstorm and heavy rain and clouds. It did get dark though. Never once during the period of the eclipse were the skies open.