At a beautiful lake/reservoir outside of Baker, OR. traffic was light on the way down — the media predictions of epic freeway traffic jams were so much bull. In fact, the only way I could tell it wasn’t “any” morning on I-84 was the occasional car with a gas can strapped on top! There are probably 20 people at the boat launch area where I am and some tents across the lake. Definitely not too crowded although I think the little chipmunks probably wonder what is going on. One boater, a joker, keeps playing “Here comes the sun” over and over.
Funny listening to people’s comments on the progress of the obscuration — some are totally clued in, know the physics and geometry to perfection, others haven’t a clue. But everyone here seems to be having a good time. Sunny, of course, about 65 degrees here on the lake at 4,000 ft, slight breeze off the lake. I don’t have eclipse glasses (partial eclipses are boring), so I listen to the others for progress reports. Won’t need the glasses during the 70 second totality here.