Originally Posted by
aztimm
I'm quite biased, but out of this list, I'd definitely recommend Cleveland. There is a decent transit system, that connects the airport to the city, so there's no need to rent a car. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is there, and easily walkable from downtown. There's some great restaurants and bars in The Flats (since it won't be winter). And my brother lives there, so there's that for me
I'm not quite sure about the other cities, but I've personally found that I can find places to explore and have fun almost anywhere. Even Boise, Idaho surprised me (an awesome memorial to Anne Frank).
As to cloud cover....yes, that could happen almost anywhere. We can get major storms in Texas almost anytime year-round, but especially late summer. The DFW area (and I'll include Hillsboro in that) seems to get them more severe. The storms travel along the I-10 and I-20 corridors, the latter leads them straight into the DFW area. At least in Austin, we have the Hill Country to the west, which sometimes breaks up storms a bit.
my hometown is buffalo. Two friends of mine live very close to the maximal line. One is in suburban buffalo and the other lives between buffalo and Rochester in one of the small towns.
2017 I was at grand Teton. Thr location I was at had a small group of about 25-30 peop,e. A couple people had their telescopes.
this time I’m going to have multiple flights booked between different locations depending on the closer weather forecast.
there is an annular one on Oct 14 this year that goes from central oregon to Corpus Christi thrn down into Brazil.
i have relative in Dallas and metro Houston I can meet up with to view it besides heading to buffalo.
i expect most schools to be closed. 2017 totality covered nashville so my nephews were out of school.