We drove to Madisonville to see it, tried to make it to Paducah but the traffic was absolutely crazy. The totality was incredible. We were in City park and as soon as the totality hit, all the bugs woke up and started making their night noises, then a few minutes after it was over they went silent once again. It was pretty eerie seeing the brightness drop and feeling the sunbeam heat leave your skin. It reminded me of something like Independence Day where the aliens cast the huge shadows over the cities they destroy.
We drove from Lexington and it should have been 4 hours each way TOPs. It took 5 hours to get to Madisonville because of traffic and accidents. We then went to Patti's 1800 Settlement for dinner and left at 4:45 central time. I walked in my door at 12:30! Unreal traffic, never seen anything like it.