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Our family of 4 left Blacksburg at 5am...

Got into Urbana, OH by noon... visited some shops, then visited their Aviation Museum at the airport, which was amazing. Filled with WWII era airplanes and artifacts. They are fully restoring a B-17 there, and you can walk through their workshop and get right next to everything. Highly recommended if you are in the area. After all of that, we drove another 20 minutes north to a random field near a church I could on Goggle earth the day before.... so, just our family, on a grassy knoll with full view of the horizon for 360 degrees. I picked that spot because a pond was nearby and trees not far.... that way we could experience everything that happens without traffic, people, airplanes.... It was amazing. When totality happened, birds got quiet, frogs and crickets came out. The winds died and the air chilled quickly. The light all around us was indescribable. The sight of the sun's corona, and the solar flares of sparkling pink were overwhelming. Seriously a surprisingly emotional event. My wife has no idea what to expect, but she was overcome. We got to experience it for just under 4 minutes. Something our family will never forget. After that, we packed up and drove back. Got home by 10pm. 730 miles round-trip. Totally worth it.
Posted: 04/09/2024 at 01:29 PM ET
(In response to this post by KfgsHokie)

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How did everyone experience the eclipse?
KfgsHokie 04/09/24 09:54 AM ET
Edgewater Park, Cleveland**
LaneRat 04/10/24 04:54 PM ET
I was at my desk. Preparing tax returns ahead of Monday's ever looming
Hokie CPA 04/09/24 08:00 PM ET
What eclipse?
VTHokie2000 04/09/24 05:48 PM ET
Looked at all the pictures posted on Facebook **
SarahVTHokie24 04/09/24 02:38 PM ET
Our family of 4 left Blacksburg at 5am...
HokieSignGuy 04/09/24 01:29 PM ET
We had like 2:50 of totality. Our round trip was about 700 miles.**
KfgsHokie 04/09/24 01:32 PM ET
Was in Memphis to start a trip this morning. Set up my iPhone on a tripod
B777Fr8Dog 04/09/24 01:27 PM ET
Very nice!**
EDGEMAN 04/09/24 03:38 PM ET
well done!!**
HokieSignGuy 04/09/24 01:31 PM ET
nice!**
KfgsHokie 04/09/24 01:30 PM ET
I cut my own hair with a Robocut machine.**
jdkhokie 04/09/24 01:07 PM ET
sitting inside and watching the clouds out my window**
Pylons 04/09/24 01:02 PM ET
My heart did a total eclipse
`lag 04/09/24 12:02 PM ET
far W Ky @ Slough WMA, had the place to ourselves except for ...
astrohokie 04/09/24 10:21 AM ET
I watched it in the Lounge**
EDGEMAN 04/09/24 10:01 AM ET