Dr. Sky, a Phoenix AZ astronomer
and radio commentator, lead us on a mission for the future. It was on this day in January of 2016 that we
decided that we had to see a full eclipse of the sun. So over the next 18 months, Morey started
planning. We needed to get a camping
reservation under the eclipse track. Not
to go into all of the trials and tribulations, let’s just say that we were
SUCCESSFUL!
Camped at Mike Harris National
Forest Campground, just miles from Victor, Idaho. Got a great campsite – lots of room for our
Eclipse Party. Our guests arrived: my
sister Kathy and her husband Mel, our best friends Ray & Ann, our RV
friends Gail & Dan, the PA Edelman’s which we brought with us.
We moved to an open area which
was the road coming into the campground, set up our chairs, got out our cameras
and waited.
At 10:16am the moon began its
path in front of the sun. We watched as
the sun become eclipsed, first what looked like the Apple trademark, then a
half sun, then a crescent sun, and then
TOTALLY AWESOME………..A full
eclipse at 11:36:25.4am.
Weird stuff happens……..wavy lines
moved across the light dirt road, shadows from the trees become crescents, the
temperature dropped 20 degrees. And at
full eclipse, a number of stars including Venus appear in the sky. again, Totally Awesome.
As the eclipse ended, we headed
back to our campsite to party and celebrate.
In addition to the eclipse, Today was also both Ray & Ann’s, and
Morey and Ruthie’s, 46rd wedding anniversary. Also Liz’s birthday. Very Special !!!
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