I was just outside the path of totality, as in less than a half hour's drive, so my dad and I made the short trip needed to be in the path of totality that morning and spent the day in a grocery store parking lot. There was some cloud cover which caused the sun to go in and out of view throughout the event. Luckily just about a minute before totality the sun came back into view and allowed us to view totality. It was beautiful and everyone who had come to the parking lot to view the eclipse broke out in cheers and applause. For a minute we had some confused street lights and crickets that thought it was nighttime. Overall it was a pretty nice eclipse viewing experience.
