I was all set to drive about 3 hours north to Wyoming with my parents. Then my Mom said she didn't want to go... So I almost didn't go. But at 10pm Dad and I drove up. No traffic at all. We were heading for Medicine Bow National Forest, but at 3am, 10 miles before the National Forest, we found a level spot beside the dirt road. Parked the camper and went to bed. I didn't know exactly what hour the eclipse would be, the times I had were in UTC. So I set my alarm for 9am.
We got up, had breakfast, and started checking if it was starting. We couldn't find glasses (didn't plan ahead :/) So I stacked 5 pairs of dark 100%UV sunglasses, and we just quickly glanced at the sun, very quickly. At 10:30 it was beginning!
About 100 yards away were the only other people we shared eclipse with. They were a family related to the ranch hand on the ranch we were parked on. Very nice family, and they gave us a pair of glasses :)
We had 0 clouds, it was completely clear. I was blown away by the totality. Amazing. Unbelievable. Surreal. I would have drove much further, and will to see another one in the future. It was awesome.
We videoed the whole thing, not perfect, but it captured dad and my reaction. I also had my camera and tripod and took photos of the Corona. If your interested, I attached my photos.
We decided to take a different way home. Continue across the National Forest and back roads to Laramie. 100 miles of dirt road. 20 were 4 wheel drive 2 track. Lucky it was dry. My 2 wheel drive truck only scraped a few times. When we did get back the a paved road. It was backed up for 40 miles. We decided to hang out and wait the traffic out. Made some hamburgers, took a nap, watched the new episode of game of thrones. 4 hours later the traffic let up.
We got home at midnight. I can't say enough how amazing it was, and to spend time with my Dad... I will remember this for the rest of my life.