Posted on 08/15/2017 6:16:13 AM PDT by Heartlander
Camping on the KATY trail next to the Missouri River in Boone county. We leave tomorrow.
Yea, God kinda made it that way. The Heavens declare the Glory of God. The sky’s proclaim the work of his hands Psalm 19:1
We’re heading down from Maryland to South Carolina to go eclipse chasing
Just found out my brother and his family are going to Kentucky
Yup, SC is a madhouse over this eclipse thing. Me and the little lady moved down here just in time.
Heading to Geneva, NE next weekend. One more thing off my bucket list.
“....the solar eclipses we enjoy from earth’s surface are the best in the solar system.”.....
How do they know that to be fact and true? How many eclipses have been witnessed from other planets, solar systems, universes, etc.?
The “curious observers” better hope it won’t be an overcast sky when the eclipse rushes past.
And what about the fact that the Moon is turning at just the right speed so that it always presents the same face to the Earth? Coincidence?
Yes. It is tidally locked. Gravity.
Were it not for a very important doctor's appointment I have on that very day I would have driven down to Tennessee or North Carolina to see it.However,at this time of year that area (and South Carolina too) typically features nasty thunderstorms just about every day.It would be my luck to get there and find no hint of the sun thanks to storms.
Of course it would still get dark...or darker.
There's one coming to my neighborhood in 2024...at which time I'll be about 105!
Yep, I live in the path in NE Ga. and don't have great hope of clear skies.
There’s concern now about not just a storm, but a hurricane down South. Bet hoteliers and merchants are chewing their fingernails down to the quick....
(in my best holding a pipe in my hand while wearing a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows and eyeglasses sliding down the bridge of my nose pontificating voice) “It’s all based upon Pi, the distance between the Earth, Moon and Sun, blah, blah, blah, blah”
I have seen the Halley’s Comet in 1986. The next time around is 2062.
This coming Total Eclipse of America last came around in 1918.
Therefore, the two events that define generations will have come during my lifetime.
NEXT!!
Heading a few miles north to catch totallity.
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PSA
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People from all over the world have traveled to take in this 3 minutes of existence in a very congested area. Me & Mrs 21 are packing a nice lunch with plenty of munchies and water and are not forgetting our personal weapons and I am throwing the bug out bag in the trunk as well.
I know we WILL have an enjoyable experience.
: ) THANK YOU FOR THE SMILE!
Bet we don't have that problem in Wyoming. The influx to Jackson Hole is going to be significant according to the gubermint sources. But Idaho Falls, Idaho is a place to leave.
bfl
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