Barry,
All we need now is to have the weather gods smile down on us.
While this conjunction won't be as close as Jupiter and Saturn were a few years ago, it will be a heck of a lot brighter. This, potentially, will be an amazing sight.
Ever since I have been into Astronomy, these events are very exciting to me.
So all TRY to take a look. This may be best as a "naked eye" event!