best location in the united states right here in southern illinois. shep. we have people who want to be on camera shepard: put them on. her grandmother and granddaughter. where are you coming from? carter ville. give us one word to describe this pending eclipse? awesome. there it is again shep, awesome. wonderful, we re having a great time. how long of a drive? we live here. have you ever seen the town this busy aside from maybe a football game? no. this is the first i ve ever seen it this busy. thank you guys. where are you coming from? chychrun. we have a lot of people here from chychrun. that s about a five or 6 hour drive. that s a pretty big commitment. how long did it take you to get here? because of the traffic did you leave this morning. we left at 3:30. that s commitment. why here? why today? we just wanted to experience this for the first time. your mom?
the level is very exciting, shep, the band is playing michael jackson. the crowd is firing up. a lot of clouds covered the sun. i don t think that has much to do with the eclipse. the sun is about a quarter covered. not a lot of change in temperature. the stadium fits 15,000 people, looks like capacity any minute here. guys what do you think about the eclipse? give me one word to describe 2? awesome. it s the word of the day, shepherd, we can t get past it. somebody give us another word? amazing. epic. we came from chychrun. a lot of people from chychrun. are you staying in a hotel? we stayed at a hotel in st. louis last night and made the rest of the drive this morning. it took us about two and-a-half hours. that s a pretty committed trip from chychrun to st. louis and st. louis to carbondale this morning. wanted to make sure the kids