NC couple travels to Pennsylvania to watch eclipse
DIDN'T HAVE THE DARK. NO, NOT
QUITE. BUT IT WAS STILL PRETTY
COOL HERE BECAUSE BRIAN WASN'T
THE ONLY ONE WRAL'S ALI
INGERSOLL TALKED WITH A COUPLE
WHO MADE THE TRIP TO
PENNSYLVANIA. ALI JOINS US NOW
LIVE IN THE WRAL IS THE EU
GARDENS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE
WATCHED IT. AND IT WAS STILL
PRETTY GOOD. YOU, ALI.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY PRETTY GOOD
VIEW HERE AT SUNNY AGAIN HERE.
WONDERFUL DAY IN OUR GARDENS.
THE WEATHER IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA WAS ACTUALLY
PRETTY SIMILAR. THEY GOT VERY
LUCKY PEOPLE LIKE THE COWS
LEAST WHO I TALKED TO. THEY
WERE AMONG THE MORE THAN
ESTIMATED 200,000 WHO TRAVELED
TO THAT PART OF THE PATH.
>> VICK AND JOHN COWS. LEE
SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN DURHAM
AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
THAT 9 HOURS IS NOT THAT DRIVE
AT ALL.
I SOMETIMES I THINK, DOT THAT'S
WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. TALKING
TO ME ON FACETIME AS THEY'RE
TAKING IN THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIND OUT
WE'RE
>> GOT TO BE THERE. ACCORDING
TO THIS MAP, PENNSYLVANIA WAS
THE CLOSEST PLACE FOR SOME
PEOPLE FROM OUR STATE, FOR
OTHERS AROUND THE TRIANGLE.
OHIO WAS THE SHORTEST RIVE THE
COWS. THESE ARE CELEBRATING THE
ECLIPSE WITH OTHERS NEARBY.
IT'S A FUN EVENT. WE'RE SEEING
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING
PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T THAT
MEETING NEW PEOPLE. THEY SHOWED
ME SOME OF THE PARTY VIA
FACETIME, THE TOWN'S OLD
PARKING PASSES FOR IT AND THE
CHAMBER REPORTS THAT PEOPLE
FROM OKLAHOMA TO NORTH
CAROLINA, MICHIGAN AND VIRGINIA
WERE AMONG THE MORE THAN 600
PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT TICKETS,
WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR
AN AREA WITH A POPULATION JUST
OVER. 5500 KELLY SAYS REMAINING
PRESENT AND HAVING SOMETHING
IN COMMON WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
WAS ONE OF THE MORE MEMORABLE
MOMENT OF THE DAY. WE'RE JUST
ENJOYING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
WHERE
>> TROUBLES IS THAT? LOOKING
AT THIS ON?
>> VICKI DESCRIBED IT AS BRASSY
WHEN THAT TOTAL ECLIPSE
HAPPENED. SHE SAID WAS A LITTLE
WEIRD, THOUGH. I TALKED WITH
HER ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO AND
SHE SAID THE BIG STORY NOW IS
TRAFFIC. THE MAIN CORRIDOR OUT
OF THEIR TINY TOWN BACKED UP
NOW FOR 27 MILES DOWN.
>> OH, WOW. THAT'S GOING TO
BE QUITE AN ORDEAL TO DEAL WITH
THAT WRAL'S ALI INGERSOLL IN