Back in 1999 I saw the one that traversed Europe. I was working in Germany at the time. We lucked out and the clouds dissipated about 5 minutes before the diamond ring. It was one of the most awe inspiring and fantastic natural phenomena I have seen. Traffic afterwards was a nightmare.
So we can't miss another. My wife decided we should go to eastern Wyoming, high plains, low precipitation. We will meet friends from CO in Cheyenne. Drive up to a ranch that has a field set aside for 300. It is off the interstates, so hopefully the secondary roads will not be a problem. We are going to relax afterwards, and visit. Once traffic has thinned, we can drive back to Cheyenne for the night.
I read an article today that said WyDOT and the HyPo's think the State's population could double over the event, Casper's population could triple. My house is less than 15 miles from centerline of the totality, so if traffic is crazy I don't really need to go anywhere to watch it, unless I feel a need to partake a dose of Bedlam.
The wife said that estimates were that 600k would be going from the Froint Range to WY and NE.
We plan on treating the day like our Indy 500 days. Get up and hit the road really early. Get in place. Hang out. Watch the show. Hang out. Drive back to the accommodation. The big difference will be instead of a 3 hour race, it will be more like the Kentucky Derby in duration.
Casper has an astronomers convention. Prices were sky high 6 months ago.
I recommend that you try and see as much as you can. We are at about 130 seconds at the ranch. I might see what a walk will get us in added time. There are apps for that.
What is the closest "town" to the ranch where you will be? Be aware that 25 will be buried in green license plates heading south for several hours after the eclipse, perhaps until well after dark-thirty. It wouldn't hurt to have a back-up plan involving hunkering down for an impromptu camp-out.
Casper's C of C has been aware of and working towards this event for more than 2 years, out here in BFE we're not quite that organized.
I personally doubt that we'll see quite as many visitors as the experts are planning for, but the civil authorities job is to be ready for the worst case scenario, so I commend them this time for being prepared.
One word of caution for visitors who are normally dependent on techno devices - if your GPS tells you to turn off the highway onto a 2 track because that's the highway you want - don't believe the machine. If you don't know how to navigate off of a paper map, ask directions from a human. Leave your devices in the trunk.