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My husband and I drove down from Metro Detroit to the St Louis area, Godfrey, IL to be exact, to visit his mother on Saturday. Monday morning we gave ourselves a couple of hours to get to our destination spot of Red Bud, IL. about 60 miles away. We got to within 2 miles of Red Bud, when were were stopped by backed up traffic. A right turn onto a country road and a couple of miles of driving brought us to a quiet spot along a field of soybeans with a nice wide grassy shoulder. We had bought plenty of water (temps in the 90s) and cheese, apples, and pretzels to eat. I also had packed a porta-potty, so we were good to go! Our position NW of Red Bud probably gave us about 2min and 20 secs of totality. It went by so quickly!
The farmer came by as we were packing up and advised us on how to avoid the traffic jam on the road we had come in on. As it was, the hour long trip back to Godfrey took about 2 hours. Every major intersection was backed up. All in all, we had a pretty ideal experience.
I took a couple of screen captures of the traffic across the US after the eclipse as shown on Google Maps. You don't have to be told where the eclipse path across the US was. It is obvious from the red traffic areas on the map. Pretty amazing!

“Our position NW of Red Bud probably gave us about 2min and 20 secs of totality. It went by so quickly!”

I had the odd experience of time flying by like you say but taking an eternity simultaneously. Lots of oxymoron there.