Eclipse

We had been hearing about the eclipse for a few months, and especially the last couple of months. As it grew closer, I realized that, hey, this is going to be kind of a cool experience and the boys, at least Jake, will probably want to check it out. Of course by this point trying to find the solar eclipse glasses was an impossible feat unless you wanted to cough up $50 per pair on ebay. Nope! So I started checking out pinterest for the best ways to make a pinhole viewer.
With just a couple days until the eclipse, I was scrolling through facebook and see a post from a couple of teachers that had bought the glasses for their students and then were told that it was too much of a risk. Bummer for them but lucky day for me. They said they would be in the Wendy's parking lot at 11 am to sell them off. I looked at the clock. 10:45. Jake and I jump in the car and got there just as they were setting up. Lucky Day!

I totally geeked out over the eclipse far more than I had anticipated. The boys and I spent the morning outside, checking the sun with our cool new glasses every so often to watch it change. Where we are at we got about 95% totality, so no middle of the day nighttime for us, but it was still so cool in so many ways.

About 15 minutes before totality, we saw that the shadows coming through the trees were all making crescent shapes, almost like a large pinhole viewer.
The other thing I just couldn't believe, and was in awe of was the drop in temperature. It dropped enough that you could feel a distinct difference, probably 15 degrees or so. Also looking around as everything went to a grayish, sunset like brightness was just crazy.
After that experience, and especially seeing and hearing about people's experience in the path of totality, I think I may just turn into an eclipse chaser for the next one in a few years that's supposed to cross over Texas.