There was lots of hype about the eclipse so I had no idea what to expect. I decided to brave the potential mayhem and pull the girls out of school so we could see totality an hour away. We randomly picked a spot on the map and had such a wonderful experience! We left the house at 9:30 for Auburn, Nebraska. It seemed like the roads were busier in our direction, but it was smooth sailing. When we got to Auburn, we turned down a random side street to avoid the traffic light and found a great big park, which turned out to be perfect! We ate a picnic lunch then the girls got to run around, catch glimpses of the sun's progress through the cloudy sky, and see the neighbor's telescope. We thought we would miss seeing totality in the sky because of a giant dark cloud, but it moved just in time so we were able to clearly see the moon cover the sun and witness the 360 degree sunset of totality. We noticed a big difference in darkness and temperature for 2 minutes then got to see the diamond as the moon uncovered the sun. It was a very neat experience to share with my girls and I'm so glad we made an effort to see it.
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