Total eclipse viewing will endure for Buffalo, New York - 3 minutes 45 seconds
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Relax with a bucket of chicken wings and take in the view!

The northeast US is famous for its clear, sunny skies in April! Book your hotel now with confidence.

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Carbondale, IL

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It's a 6 hour drive from NYC, but Lake Placid is beautiful.

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I will be driving from Northern California to just West of Austin Texas.
The great interactive map linked below allows you to just tap whatever location you like, it will give you the full set of details on the eclipse at that location.

[www.timeanddate.com]

The link below here is a forecast for cloud cover along the eclipse path.

[opensnow.com]

We vacationed in Burlington, VT last year, so I am still on some subreddits for the area. They are going to have a bad time with the influx of people. I’ll stick to the 93% or so we are supposed to get here, as you say, IF it’s clear that day. I have to work anyway. I’ll go outside at the very least, or I’ll work from the deck all day.

I have friends making the trip to VT. I would be afraid of the gridlock, but I’m a weeny.

I have friends who booked hotel rooms in Mexico way back in December.

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We vacationed in Burlington, VT last year, so I am still on some subreddits for the area. They are going to have a bad time with the influx of people. I’ll stick to the 93% or so we are supposed to get here, as you say, IF it’s clear that day. I have to work anyway. I’ll go outside at the very least, or I’ll work from the deck all day.

I have friends making the trip to VT. I would be afraid of the gridlock, but I’m a weeny.

My daughter lives in Barre, VT where it will be 99%, however, her work is about 30 minutes (with NORMAL traffic) northwest of Barre. We will be on her work property with picnic lunches, etc to see 100% coverage. We are going to her house the day before to avoid 'some' of the traffic.

Dave

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A map of likelihood of cloud cover, which will be updated as the event gets nearer:

[www.washingtonpost.com]

Just north of Torreón, Coahuila, where there will be the longest totality, is about 7 hours due west of me (McAllen, Tex.) but we plan to go to Eagle Pass which is 5 1/4 hours northwest of us. We will lose about 10 seconds of totality.

I checked out hotels in Eagle Pass and the rates were 10 times what they would be a week before and a week after the eclipse and there were few rooms available. My hope is that there won’t be too many travelers along our route but I plan an early start nonetheless.

It will be my one and only total eclipse since the next one, I believe, isn’t for about another 30 years or so. In the mid-70’s there was one near Winnipeg that I could have seen but that would have been about a 7 hour drive, too. I wish I had gone then.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

I could drive 30-40 miles NW of here to get into the totality area but don't know if I want to risk the traffic.

I was in Prague many years ago when a total solar eclipse was predicted. A whole lot of us descended on the downtown area to watch. Minutes before the big event, clouds rolled in and it began to rain. Rained for the entire time of the eclipse, then the rain ended and the clouds cleared. It was the only daytime rain we had for the entire two week trip!

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They are going to have a bad time with the influx of people. I’ll stick to the 93% or so we are supposed to get here, as you say, IF it’s clear that day.

There is a HUGE difference between 93% and total eclipse.

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I could drive 30-40 miles NW of here to get into the totality area but don't know if I want to risk the traffic.

I was in Prague many years ago when a total solar eclipse was predicted. A whole lot of us descended on the downtown area to watch. Minutes before the big event, clouds rolled in and it began to rain. Rained for the entire time of the eclipse, then the rain ended and the clouds cleared. It was the only daytime rain we had for the entire two week trip!

Now that’s a real bummer. We expect clear skies in the Texas desert.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

My plan is to establish a home base two hours out then drive in, with some flexibility to chase clear skies. Looks like about one to two hours outside of the totality band the hotel rates are pretty much normal.



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My daughter is getting married in Buffalo on Sunday. How convenient is that.

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Asheville, NC Area

We have a friend who owns a "ranchette" it the path of totality in the west Texas hill country. We're heading there starting Saturday as part of a two week road trip from California through Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, with many sights to see. The only worry is that we encounter cloudy skies, though that is much less likely than in the northeast. My BIL back east proposed that we watch from Lake Placid area but I wasn't too keen on the estimated 70% chance of cloud cover. I'd rather take my chances in the lone star state.

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They are going to have a bad time with the influx of people. I’ll stick to the 93% or so we are supposed to get here, as you say, IF it’s clear that day.

There is a HUGE difference between 93% and total eclipse.

Oh, I know. Being a workday for both of us, it’s the best we can get.

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We vacationed in Burlington, VT last year, so I am still on some subreddits for the area. They are going to have a bad time with the influx of people. I’ll stick to the 93% or so we are supposed to get here, as you say, IF it’s clear that day. I have to work anyway. I’ll go outside at the very least, or I’ll work from the deck all day.

I have friends making the trip to VT. I would be afraid of the gridlock, but I’m a weeny.

My daughter lives in Barre, VT where it will be 99%, however, her work is about 30 minutes (with NORMAL traffic) northwest of Barre. We will be on her work property with picnic lunches, etc to see 100% coverage. We are going to her house the day before to avoid 'some' of the traffic.

Dave

Sounds like a plan. Barre was the only "vacation" we ever took when I was a kid, because we’d go to Rock of Ages to get granite for my dad's business and maybe have breakfast somewhere while we were there. I think I have pleasant memories… ?

I live 20 minutes south of Buffalo in prime viewing area. My 41 st anniversary is on the 9th. I told everyone I planned the eclipse for a gift for my wife.

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I checked out hotels in Eagle Pass and the rates were 10 times what they would be a week before and a week after the eclipse and there were few rooms available. My hope is that there won’t be too many travelers along our route but I plan an early start nonetheless.

Gonna pic-nic on the side of the road somewhere around Uvalde TX. If you're there, please pay your respects for the 2A Martyrs!

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I checked out hotels in Eagle Pass and the rates were 10 times what they would be a week before and a week after the eclipse and there were few rooms available. My hope is that there won’t be too many travelers along our route but I plan an early start nonetheless.

Gonna pic-nic on the side of the road somewhere around Uvalde TX. If you're there, please pay your respects for the 2A Martyrs!

Will do!

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

My son is a sophomore at University of Vermont in Burlington. The school is giving out eclipse glasses to all students and faculty/staff. There are a bunch of different events going on all over town, including at the airport.

My youngest is driving with a friend to Evansville, IN on Sunday to view the eclipse on Monday. Evidently the 85% totality we'll have in Atlanta is not enough. Their school sent out an e-mail yesterday that all absences on the 8th will be automatically excused.

Me? I'll be at work.