I'm at my daughter's in Carbondale IL, close to the longest totality. Yesterday traffic and activity was pretty normal. This morning...it took 15 minutes to get a cup of coffee at McD's at 5:30 AM. Parking lots were already filling up. Think I'll stay in this air-conditioned house til about 1:15 pm.
The wife and other daughter work at Land Between the Lakes in western KY, also in the path of totality. Normal daily activity at the welcome station is about 300 visitors or so. Saturday was at least 1500. Yesterday they quit counting at 1700, and couldn't answer the phone because of the number of visitors asking questions ("NO, there are no more campsites"). Today... they left an hour early and took sleeping bags and food with them because they expect to spend the night due to heavy traffic.
Best,
Terry
The wife and other daughter work at Land Between the Lakes in western KY, also in the path of totality. Normal daily activity at the welcome station is about 300 visitors or so. Saturday was at least 1500. Yesterday they quit counting at 1700, and couldn't answer the phone because of the number of visitors asking questions ("NO, there are no more campsites"). Today... they left an hour early and took sleeping bags and food with them because they expect to spend the night due to heavy traffic.
Best,
Terry