I'm curious if any of you have plans to witness the eclipse. After witnessing the 2017 total eclipse at Panther's Den Wilderness in the Shawnee National Forest (south of Carbondale, IL) I was committed to do it all again when the 2024 eclipse happens. We talked about returning to Panther's Den but decided to make a long weekend of it and invited my siblings to join us. Panther's Den would have been a no-go for my siblings as it was hiking in and tenting in a small clearing. We have reservations at Spring Mill SP in southern Indiana for a long weekend. Staying through Tuesday morning. The eclipse starts at about 2pm with totality from 3:04p to 3:08p and partial extending to about 4:20p.
A DNR website with info for Indiana.
https://www.in.gov/dnr/places-to-go/events/2024-solar-eclipse/eclipse-viewing-times/
In 2017 we made the mistake of trying to travel from southern Illinois immediately after totality in 2017 and paid dearly; along with a large number of other folks which turned out to add about four hours to our 7ish hour drive back to Milwaukee. My son and daughter-in-law had to work the next morning.
If you haven't made reservations yet I hope you can find a spot. Spring Mill is booked solid.