So since I live in SE Michigan, it’s only a couple hour drive into Ohio to get myself in the path of totality. I’m thinking of playing hookey from work and taking a day trip to check it out. It’s been a long time since I experienced an eclipse, and I think the last one I did was only partial in my area.
Anybody else planning on making the trip to the path of totality, or already live in the area, and are planning to observe it?
I see on Amazon there are a wide range of eclipse glasses for sale. Are these generally safe to use? Are some better than others? If I make the trip, I want to observe it directly, not do the boring cardboard-pinhole trick from when I was a kid. But I’d also like to, ya know, not get permanently blinded.
Should I plan for heavy traffic on the way down and back? I have absolutely no idea if there will be enough other people with the same idea as me that it will cause traffic issues. Am I wildly overestimating others’ interest to take the same trip to the extent that I actually think it might cause traffic issues?