Jeremy really, really, really wanted to go watch the eclipse in the path of totality. He and Matt booked flights down to Texas and planned on spending a short eighteen hours down there simply watching the sun disappear. We were really worried about the weather while he was there. It was supposed to be cloud cover all day which makes for awful eclipse viewing. They started driving to hopefully out drive the clouds. They found a spot to sit and watch and hope. I kept getting pictures from him with a lot of clouds in them. About five minutes before the full eclipse he said the clouds parted just enough to see the sun and they were able to watch the entire eclipse. He said having 100% coverage was wild. It was dark. It was nighttime. It was cool. The night bugs came out and started talking to each other. He said it was one of the coolest things he had ever seen. I was so glad it was worth it because he only had three hours of sleep on either side of that day to make that happen.
After the eclipse they found a fabulous BBQ place to feast while they waited for their flight.
Our experience in Colorado was very different. We were only going to have about 66% coverage. The older grades were stepping out during class to check it out, but the younger kids weren't allowed. So Ryan and I checked out Daxton to watch the eclipse with us for about thirty minutes. The sun totally looked like a crescent moon. It was pretty sweet. Now if we are only in Colorado in the year 2044 we can see a full eclipse here and we won't have to travel to Texas!
If my camera was as powerful as a NASA camera, this is what we would have seen. So amazing. 
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