I’ve been incommunicado much of the spring break up season (that phrase refers to the thawing of soil and not overwrought soap opera shit). Conditions have been alternating between too cold to ride my motorcycle, too muddy to enjoy camping, wet enough that a lot of the roads are out of commission, and absolutely miserable for hauling firewood across the spongy lawn to my house. It’s not good conditions about which to blog. What can I say, shit happens (as does mud).
Spring breakup is God’s annual plan to temporarily put me in “time out” (likely for my own damn good). However, there’s a break in my exile!
I’m going off line a bit. I shall travel to a place I don’t want to be at a time that’s inconvenient. Why? To gaze at celestial events! In 2017 the eclipse blew my mind. I promised myself that I’d never miss any eclipse I could reasonably see… ever!
This time the eclipse is in a geographic region in the east. It’s not home on the range. This means:
- Discouraging words are oft heard.
- The skies ARE cloudy all day.
- Deer and antelope? Forgetaboutit!
Regardless, I’ll either see the firmament of nature or a cloudy sky over a group of disappointed easterners… which I’m informed by the media will immediately; riot then die. I don’t know why, that’s just what the press says. I’ve no idea why media (and those consuming it) think people will drop like flies if the lights go out for six minutes, but that’s the gist of things. Well fuck that! People aren’t that awful and I can handle exposure to crowds for a few days. Also, anyone who has a chance to see an eclipse but chooses not to because some dweeb on TV said it was scary deserves what happens as they spend their long depressing pointless life; probably hiding in a basement wearing a mask.
Just for fun, I’m linking to my 2017 eclipse observations. Is this the blog equivalent of a clip show? Yes, but it’s spring break up so it’s ok.
Happy reading:
- Eclipse Advice
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 01
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 02
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 03
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 04
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 05: It’s All About The Meatloaf
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 06
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 07
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 08
- Eclipse 2017 After Action Report: Part 09: Carly Simon Is Pissing Me Off
There was a partial eclipse here in Teutonia in 2013 or 14…..I went for a smoke break, ripped a page out of my notebook, poked a hole in it, and used it to project the image of the sun onto the notebook and took a picture. As to rioting….plenty of reasons (excuses) piling up for that these days. Believe on The Lord Jesus Christ for salvation from your sins, there is no other way. We do not know when we take our final breath.
Stefan v.
Reporting from ECLIPOCALYPSE CENTRAL (small central Texas town, population – 1500 if you include the chickens and goats)
T-minus 4 hours, someodd minutes
Local campground has 1 small group of campers
City has rented 30 port-a-potties placed at various locations around town. Port-a-potty to Visitor ratio currently at 8:1 (estimate)
Thank you…
That is all
Saw it here in Ohio. It was certainly interesting to see. Need to post a picture on my blog later.
Caight the last one in working at a fab shop, everyone out in the parking lot with welding helmets on including the office ladies until it started getting brighter. Neat.
This time was normal, meaning it might have gotten darker for a bit but the rain didn’t turn to frogs or that living slime-stuff that fell in the PNW a while back.
Waiting on the mew Madrid to rip us a new one. Should be around Independence Day if the timing is like last time, maybe add a month or two for the extra time between eclipse crossings, but should be an exciting summer.
Oh, don’t forget roadblock season starts April 15th with a big Palestinian protest, I guess BLM is going to sit it out this year and wait for looting opportunities.
I drove from east central Ohio to see the eclipse that I missed in 2017, and visit family.
I was wondering if you would have some callback to the 2017 events.
Late comment. We’ve been off line for a while. My wife and I took the camper west to Bluffton, IN near my childhood home to enjoy the eclipse. We’ve been planning this trip for 6 months so I was convinced it would be storming and we wouldn’t see a thing, but God smiled on us and the weather was beautiful.
Never seen a full eclipse before and I have to say, it was worth the trip. Absolutely amazing during the totality. Couldn’t get the camera to take pictures worth a crap, even with an eclipse filter, but seeing it in person was the goal anyway. Amazing.
Since then we’ve been dragging the camper for four days and we’re now in the campground at Grand Canyon National Park. Another thing I’ve never seen but always wanted to. Pictures absolutely do not do it justice. Absolutely stunning.
On approach, I realized how close we are to LA from here. 440 miles. Could drive that in a day easily. We made it to within a one day of a coast to coast trip, not to mention the extra day or so to get from north to south. All told, when we get home, it will be over 5000 miles traveled.
Anyway, off to more sightseeing. Probably won’t have the computer up again until we get home.
Back home again. Awesome trip. 5,267 miles total in a 13 year old truck towing a 19 year old camper. Slightly surprised we made it with no major malfunctions.
I’m almost tempted to re-establish the old blog just to talk about the trip, but I guess I’ll content myself by talking about it in other people’s comment sections.
I’d love to hear about your trip. I sent you a private e-mail. I hope it gets to you.