I went to see the solar eclipse totality and dragged most of my kids and grandkids along. It was amazing. I loved it. I'm thinking of getting a tat for it, my first one! I dunno, how does old skin react to tattooing?
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At Six Flags -- five sons, three daughter-in-laws, and ten grandchildren. No Jerome or David/Bekkah/Noah/Elliot
We went to the St. Louis Zoo, Six Flags, and then saw the eclipse. All together I drove over 2200 miles, personally driving about 1/3 of that. I was exhausted, and so full. I still feel full to bursting!
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Zary (6), Eili (3), Jareth (5), Mac (3)
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Luke at the campfire
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nearing totality
So, this is the deal. When it went total and we took the glasses off, it was twilight-dark and there was a hole in the sky.
There. Was. A. Hole. In. The. Sky.
In a deep purple-blue sky, there was a hole of nothingness where the sun should be, and there was a bright ring of white fire around the hole of nothingness. I felt a moment of vertigo, like I would fall into it.
I am still amazed. I can still see it. I'll never forget it.
Pictures only give you a vague idea of what it might be like. There was a hole in the sky.
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