I was very lucky. My trip to the eclipse involved about 10 steps to my driveway. I thought I knew what it was going to be like, but I was wrong. It was spectacular; way beyond my expectations
Our eclipse trip was even shorter; stepped out onto the west balcony of our high-rise. Watched the entire city go dark but the horizon had kind of a sunset glow during totality.
It only got slightly dark during the partial phase; even a sliver of sunlight has tremendous energy. But we could feel it cooling off by several degrees.
Awesome. Thoughts of the Divine the whole time.