Cars were backed up on this rural road in Northfield Falls, Vermont, (near a covered bridge) on Monday, April 8, 2024. Video courtesy of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Traffic was as much a site as the eclipse. I was reminded of going to Mac's party in norther Vermont when I was eighteen (I'm 68). I managed to get home to the middle of New Hampshire in about 2 hours from St. Johnsbury VT by leaving as soon as totality ended and staying off the interstate and cutting over to NH secondary roads as soon as possible. Seeing a total eclipse was definitely worth the traffic hassle. It would have been nice if idiots had not parked half on the road on both sides. The local police could have made a fortune for the towns by ticketing the hundreds of cars parked on the road and made it safer for non idiots to drive down the road.
Traffic was as much a site as the eclipse. I was reminded of going to Mac's party in norther Vermont when I was eighteen (I'm 68). I managed to get home to the middle of New Hampshire in about 2 hours from St. Johnsbury VT by leaving as soon as totality ended and staying off the interstate and cutting over to NH secondary roads as soon as possible. Seeing a total eclipse was definitely worth the traffic hassle. It would have been nice if idiots had not parked half on the road on both sides. The local police could have made a fortune for the towns by ticketing the hundreds of cars parked on the road and made it safer for non idiots to drive down the road.