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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?


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!


Zary (6), Eili (3), Jareth (5), Mac (3)


Luke at the campfire


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.