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We drove almost to San Antonio (just past Seguin), 96 miles. We found a neighborhood that was under construction (only finished roads so far) and stopped in what will be a cul-de-sac. I grabbed my "eclipsmart" binoculars and my 8" solar filter. It was partly cloudy at first, but we got several nice views of the partial before the total. The clouds completely cleared before the ring of fire and we had about 4 mins of total eclipse. Then we watched a few mins of the partial.

It was a great trip. There was quite a bit of traffic on I10 westbound (there always seems to be) and hardly any traffic east bound on the way back.

I didn't take my camera, and didn't try anything but a quick snapshot through the solar filter with my phone. It worked OK when it was still partial, but not at all once it was just a ring of fire (the phone over exposed the frame). I'll get the appropriate filter and take my camera for the eclipse in April next year.