re: Eclipse travel?

I have tickets to fly to St. Louis and hopefully see it in southern Illinois with my brother. In 2017 my brother and I had to drive for 3 hours to see the eclipse near Colombia, Mo. We had to drive to get away from the clouds. It was well worth it, the eclipse was the single most impressive thing I've ever seen.

Originally I was going to fly to Mazatlán for it, then the plan was Texas along the Rio Grande or in Hill Country. St. Louis with my brother was just a lot easier to do. The weather makes it 50/50, we may abort if the forecast is pretty bad. Hotels and my air ticket are fully refundable.

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Thinking of staying 30-40 mins away and drive in places just out of the path are not marked up.

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From what I saw of Texas it's pretty hopeless to stay in the path, but driving a couple of hours makes it possible to get a reasonably priced hotel. A month ago San Antonio still had rooms. Have some apps loaded onto your phone so you can improvise as needed, depending on cloud cover. In 2017 I navigated while my brother drove. I had the eclipse path and cloud cover map as references and in the last 30 minutes we found a nice opening in the clouds.