I am so glad you had good weather! We had a great sky, just VERY muggy. But at least we had plenty of shade to wait it. There were wisps of clouds, but in didn't matter. 20 minutes later, a storm cloud rolled over. Phew! About ONE minute before tot...

Feeling bit envious of those who experienced totality. We had 92% coverage, which was still very cool (and I am amazed at how bright the sun still is with that much coverage!!) I am in the path of totality for the 2024 eclipse though!

There are 2 kinds of people in the world: Those who are bitten by the eclipse bug before seeing totality, and those who are bitten by the eclipse bug after seeing totality. ;o) I've definitely joined the latter!! TN eclipse was spectacular!

I KNEW I should have tagged along. I'd've been quiet as a mouse in the back seat. You'd never have known I was there, I swear! I learned some stuff about viewing, though, that I can hopefully use in 2024. I wrote an email to the folks who are reope...

We too had an amazing eclipse experience and enjoyed our AtlasQuest souvenir glasses! We were just north of Columbia, SC and had beautiful blue skies. Husband skipped out of work and we had a great family outing! We stayed on the back roads out of C...

Well, after Monday, I want to be an umbraphile. My husband and I drove over 800 miles to get to South Carolina to see the eclipse. I woke at 4:30am on the 21st to check the latest weather, found out that our site was increasing it's chances of rain,...

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Off you go, Ryan. Send pictures! ;-) Yosemite (In my armchair, ready)

I'm too busy. You do it and tell me all about it. =)

2/3 of that trail is hiking alongside highways. I think my brother would opt out, too.

We were staying in Salt Lake for a family reunion, and went up to Rexburg, ID to see the eclipse. It took the usual 3 1/2 hours on Sunday afternoon to get to Rexburg. Just like Ryan's blog post warned, people started leaving as soon as totality finishe...

Now looking for friends in Texas who will be in the path of totality in 2024...who won't mind three people willing to sleep on couches and floors for two nights... Romana

You can camp out in my backyard. ;) I think though, that i'm going to try to find some place closer to the center of totality, because it looks like it will be closer to four minutes there, as opposed to one minute at my house. Still have plenty of...

I just checked the path and I don't even need to leave town ... 100%! There's a school track just around the block where I suspect many will camp out.

Yes, I've done it again! I created another website! Because... well, I'm not sure exactly how many I have now, but I definitely know I needed another one. *nodding* =) So, this evening.... I launched the latest and great website: Backcountry-Water.com...

Needed this Monday when I was teaching different treatment methods. ;)

Nice job Ryan! 👍

Happy Cake Day. Thanks for all you do for our favorite obses...hobby!

Thanks! -- Ryan

What BEBO said. You’re one of the good ones. I’d venture to say you are the most responsive webmasters out there. Thanks and happy 🎈cake day! 🎉🎊

You’re one of the good ones. I’d venture to say you are the most responsive webmasters out there. Let us not go overboard with such effusively positive comments. They are likely to go to his head, and then we will end up with nightly "Next Big Updates...

Besides, rumor has it that the REAL brains behind this site . . . Rumors like that tend to come out a LOT more often, whenever the turtle hits the trail. Hmmmmm . . . .

Thank you Ryan. ☺️ S~N~K

Or Happy Bastille Day, whichever you prefer to celebrate. Either way, Marie Antoinette misquote aside, I hope you have cake!

Hip hip hurray!!

Thanks! =) -- Ryan

He seems to be getting older as the day goes by...... Ryan, Have a great one! (You need to arrange for an eclipse on your bday. And an LB event. Make it so!) Yosemite MJD

Throwing in my sentiments as well. Hope you had a wonderful day and cool weather to celebrate. How young are you now? smile.

How young are you now? I don't know.... it seems to keep changing faster than I can keep track of it! =) -- Ryan

Does anyone else think Ryan would be a shoo-in for the GOOBERnatorial race? He just needs to watch out for that rogue bull-moose party candidate.