Rather than go into Madras, we're thinking we may try to get into Smith Rock State Park instead. The gate opens at 5:45, but I imagine we'll leave Redmond by 3am.

Redmond is still very quiet and I agree - it's strange. I thought everything would be much busier than it is.

Even with everything sold out, there is a lot of space and roads for people to diffuse through. It's quite different than a few hundred thousand people all trying to get to one venue or stadium.

I swear it's even quieter than normal though. Maybe all the locals are hunkering down at home.

Yesterday looked normal to me.

it looks pretty traffic-y headed out of Portland on I-5 this morning soutbound toward SLE at least according to Google Maps traffic. not sure if that is normal for the area or not but my guess is "no"

Very little traffic from St.Louis to Farmington, MO: five minutes' delayed per Goggle. Twin Oaks Winery is a home run: a lake, $10 barbeque, full bar, plentiful parking and an excellent vibe.

JAC has a viewing party on the tarmac for those whose flights depart before 1pm

There are reports of Omaha businesses closing for the day. A winery between Omaha and Lincoln sold out on an eclipse party including wine, lunch, eclipse viewing glasses, and a wine glass all for $20. [I suspect they could have sold out at five times the price given what was included. This place was not quite in the totality region, but very close.]

Am watching it on CNN. They started w/ Oregon & right now it's happening in Casper, Wyoming. Going to keep it on as long as they're covering it. It's pretty cool.

Cheers.

ABC and CBS both have two hours of eclipse special coverage, but there's apparently nothing on NBC.

NBC does as well. Here's what the networks, etc, are doing throughout the day:

http://deadline.com/2017/08/news-out...st-1202152389/

Cheers.

BTW - one CNN correspondent was in St. Louis MO where it was raining. She was drenched. Some people left, but just before the full eclipse it stopped raining & the clouds parted & those who stayed got to see it. She was so excited, as much as those who stayed. She was like a kid in a candy shop. It just brought a big smile to my face to see her & the others cheering, clapping, being so excited.

May have to consider going to the one in 2024!

Cheers.

Amazing, very cool.

The band's first song after totality of course was Here Comes the Sun.

There are some big traffic jams in Oregon, along I-5 north and south of Salem.

Also in Nebraska, on the secondary road between Lincoln and Beatrice. This was predicted, but the problems predicted for I-80 seem not to have occurred.

Same here, rooftop party at Westin Nashville downtown.

If you go to Facebook and search my username bookswin you can see a picture 10 minutes before totality and then during.

Very neat experience.

Idaho Falls, KCMO, east central Wyoming, and much of Oregon (especially I-5 out of SLE, and Madras) look pretty special right now from a traffic perspective. I expect the worst is yet to come for the east coast viewing areas where totality recently ended.