We went out to John and Julie's to view the Eclipse this morning. John's brother Dan and his wife Kim are visiting there, so along with Verlon, Carolyn, Sadie and Jack, we had a good viewing party. We got out about 11:15am so with the beginning being at 11:36, we spent a little time watching what was happening out in Oregon and had our Pizza lunch. Then we moved outdoors as we put on our glasses and began to see the moon working into the path of the sun. The kids did great in keeping their paper plate, glasses mask in place by lying on the blanket and looking up. Jack had a good time just playing without being too concerned with the eclipse
It was a truly great experience but we were far enough away from the center point of the path that we were never able to see the "sunsets" that are referred to nor did it get dark enough to see any stars. I'm sure the street lights didn't come on in downtown Seward as we anticipated. With my viewing glassed off during totality and my regular glasses on, I was able to see something very similar to this picture during the 1 minute 36 seconds of totality. While the view may have been better near the center line, the fact that we were less than a mile from home and among family more than offset what we may have missed. 
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