You're going to LOVE IT!!! I was very fortunate in 2017 to live directly in the center of the path of totality in 2017. Only my sister came to see it; we set up lawn chairs in the back yard and had our eclipse glasses and a bottle of wine ready. It was very incredible to see! It wasn't pitch black, but more like a dark twilight with a glow at the horizon all the way around us. The stars came out, and yes, the chickens went to roost.
My husband was on the road with a livestock trailer full of our cattle headed to auction. He had to drive 2-lane roads through the thick of the visting viewers, jostling for parking space all along the sides of the country roads. So he had a bit different experience! In the image below, our house is the yellow bullseye:
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This year, we are still fortunate to be within 90% of totality, so I'm going to do it again! I wasn't aware until you posted this, so THANK YOU!!!