When I first heard about it I thought it would be kind of nice to see, especially since we were so close to the totality area. But trying to make a trip to see this phenomenon at sort of the last minute seemed daunting.
All the local hotels were booked solid so we started looking to just travel a little way from home for the viewing. Fortunately, we live only about an hour from totality so it should be easy, right?
Well, two days before the event we started hearing about all the traffic coming into the eclipse area and we were worried that instead of seeing an eclipse, we'd see a parking lot, so we seriously thought about staying home if we had no other choice. After all, 98 percent totality ought to be pretty good, right?
But we decided to go for it. Who knows how much longer we'll live anyway, might as well try to see it.
We got up early, packed a lunch and headed out expecting massive delays. But one thing we thought to do was take the back roads to our destination and avoid the highway. Turns out that was the right move. We passed over the highway a couple of times and saw nearly bumper to bumper traffic while we were moving right along.
We got to the park in Cornelia Georgia at 11:20 to see no crowds at all as we settled down to eat. Now, I gotta tell you that was a sweet experience!
We hung around for a few hours, saw the spectacular eclipse then went home without a hitch.
Everything worked out perfect and we couldn't have been happier.
Now we can't wait to see the next one in 2024. Coincidentally, it's on my birthday April 8th. What a gift!
Oh, and I gotta tell you, when it comes to eclipses never settle for less then 100 percent.
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