Our local NBC station posted a story about the eclipse yesterday. I like the map at the bottom with dots of where you'll get the full effect:
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/how-...last-in-texas/

You can also put in a city name in this link, and you'll find out how long it will last in different locations:
https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse_cities/total/tx

Note that in cities like Waco, that will get 4+ minutes of total eclipse, hotels and other places to stay (such as Airbnb) have extreme rates, if they even have availability. A Hampton Inn-type property is going for $2-3000/night.
If you want to experience the eclipse, but don't mind missing ~30 seconds, my suggestion would be to book something in Georgetown. The last I checked, rates were still mostly normal.

Perhaps we can convince wakesetter93 to take his boat out on one of the lakes during the totality