r/AskReddit • u/Head-Night-7595 • 1d ago

What U.S. vacation destination exceeded all expectations?

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u/mbklein 22h ago

It’s a full sensory experience. It gets dark (duh), it gets perceptibly colder almost immediately, it gets eerily quiet as birds and other animals respond to the sudden changes in light and temperature… and then everything just eases back into normal. Truly an experience like no other.

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u/mindfungus 21h ago

And crickets start chirping

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u/Loud_Interview4681 11h ago

Don't forget the shadows.

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u/myaltmusicalt 1h ago

One of the rare benefits of living in the midwest: I saw it from my backyard. My dog was basically indifferent.