The forecast completely changed from last night. When I got up at 0500 it was actually sprinkling here and the spot I had picked out in Oregon was listed as mostly cloudy. I went back and forth on it, but then said what the heck and me and the dog headed out.
It was cloudy and sprinkles for the whole trip, but when I got to my spot in the far Southeast of Oregon, while still cloudy, a few holes were opening up in the sky. I chased one of the holes down a 4x4 road and when I saw the sun peek out, took a chance and set up the tripod. Turns out I was able to see almost the whole thing, including the full 2.5 minutes of the ring.
I just now got back home, so this evening will plug the camera in to the confuser and see what I got. It looked good in the viewfinder, but my interneting told me that the $20 cardboard Celestron filter I got isn't the best for this. More so, I'm concerned about it being in focus, as with the glare, I couldn't really tell through the liveview viewfinder if I had good focus or not. I took a bajillion images with slight variation of the focus and a ton of different shutter speeds, f-stops, and ISOs, so hopefully at least one turned out.
Regardless, I'm glad I took the chance and drove into the zone. Even if no images turned out, I got a good view through the glasses, and this is likely the last one that I will see in my lifetime.
