Seeing the eclipse is a little emotional

August 21st 2017
Today, we chased totality. What started out as a carefully planned trip to see an eclipse turned into a race and an adventure. At 6am, a new cloud cover report from the National Weather Service predicted 65% cloud cover in St Joseph (where we were) at the time of the eclipse. Two hours away, a small town called Marshall was boasting 39% cloud cover. I packed up our stuff, woke the family up, an ... read more

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Becky

WhirledPeas

I originally created this blog as a travel journal for my backpacking trip in Europe in May of 2006. Using the blog was such a positive experience--it became a log of my itinerary and allowed friends and family to follow me on my travels--that I decided to keep it going. My vacationing experience has evolved from traveling with friends to traveling with my husband to traveling with our children. I hope you enjoy reading about my travels, and please feel free to email me with any questions.... full info

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