- scout, age 10
for several months leading up to the solar eclipse, i had been hearing a bit of talk.
unlike my firstborn who follows NASA daily and what's going on in the universe,
i only knew that on august 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse would be visible within a
band across the united states - from the pacific to the atlantic. from here in san diego,
we would be able to see about 60% of it. that's really the gist of what i knew.
finn had mentioned it a few times, as well as some of my coworkers {engineers of course},
and the most excitement actually came from a retired gentlemen who is in my body pump
class on saturday mornings. he's a huge space enthusiast and loves to hear what finn is into
or what he is reading. at some point i will get the two of them together - they'll enjoy each
other's company. so this gentlemen told me how he was driving to oregon so he would have
an opportunity to be directly in the path to see the TOTAL solar eclipse. he was so excited
and even asked if our family was interested in joining him. oh how i would have loved to.
oregon is at the top of my places to visit, but c's work projects are at critical stages and
it's not the best time to travel. {we have a trip to tucson in october we are excited about}.
since the last eclipses was visable across the total united states was in 1918, i thought we
should take advantage of this rare occasion. i took the morning off from work and took my two,
as well as the garrett boys, who had spent the last 3 nights with us, and we drove to kate sessions
park since it sits higher than our street at home. though there was some cloud coverage, the sun
broke through and we were able to get a good view of it around 10:15am. we only had four
pairs of glasses so i waited until scout offered his so i could see how "cool" this eclipse
was. and yes, it was pretty cool.
