Just got back to my hotel; thanks to 4x4 and Ebola for offering viewing sites, but I got to Idaho Falls early enough to get a primo viewing site at the city soccer fields. I couldn't believe it, but the parking lot wasn't anywhere close to full. Considering the traffic on the trip back to Pocatello, I'm surprised cars weren't parked vertically.
The word that keeps going through my mind is "eerie." Leading up to totality, the slow dimming and cooling was just odd, but when totality hit it was just eerie. Sunset all around... Venus showing herself (didn't see Mars or Mercury)... A black, shimmering hole in a deep, deep blue sky... I can't believe that really happens!
Stupidly, I glanced at the sun 1 minute before total so I had a spot in my vision, but it didn't last long. Also took some zoom (400 mm) pictures for the entire 3 hours. Most with a filter, but totality (and diamond ring) without. They aren't professional quality, but they're the kind I can hang on my wall because they're my own.
Wow.
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