You don’t remember 2017?! That one slashed across the entire US, from West to East. And the talk was all over about the next one in 2024.
I couldn’t make it to the path of totality back in 2017. And wouldn’t you know it, we were socked in with clouds (in sunny California!) that day and couldn’t even see the partial!
I was in Grand Island, Nebraska for the 2017 one, right smack dab in the middle of totality. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.
I looked up and there was a big black hole where the sun should have been.
It lasted 2 min, 38 secs as I recall..