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 finished. We waited until it was all finished, then had a leisurely lunch, packed up, and spent nearly an hour on the BYU-Idaho campus and in the bookstore (because I started their pre-program, Pathway this week, and will be enrolling there next year as an online student, and wanted to at least have been on campus once before graduating), and then we went and joined the traffic line. It took 10 1/2 hours to get back to our motel in Salt Lake, including a half-hour food stop in Blackfoot.

But our Prius spent most of that time in electric mode, so it took almost no gas on that trip. :)

And the traffic was totality worth it!

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 time to plan. :)

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!

I think it looks great! =)

-- Ryan

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 has an AQ number significantly higher than #1. I can't recall the exact delta... either 1991, or (more likely) 5.

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.

Ryan,

Scorpions, ick, ick, ick. They give me the wim-wams. Love snakes, spiders are creepy, tarantulas are ok, scorpions are the worst. Personal opinion.

Yosemite MJD
(Friend was bitten by a scorpion. Worst experience, even compared to being struck by lightning)

Your friend has some pretty terrible luck if they can give a first-hand account of being bitten by a scorpion and struck by lightning!

-- Ryan

One time boxing on the Rock I scooped up a tiny salamander to move it so I could look for the box. Only it wasnt a salamander at all. It was a large (for GA) scorpion. It didnt bite me, so there's that.

And he lives on to tell the tale!

Waxing pedantic: Scorpions, like bees, don't defend themselves by biting; they sting.

Still, a scorpion sting is not going to be pleasant.

In case anyone wanted to know....

6th most deadly scorpion in the world:

Striped Bark Scorpions
Scientific Name: Centruroides vittatus

Habitat: C. vittatus is distributed throughout the South-Central U.S. states and throughout northern Mexico. Beginning in the northern Mexico Border States, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, C. vittatus’ range extends upward longitudinally through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, to reach as far north as Thayer County, Nebraska.

Descriptive Info: The striped bark scorpion is an extremely common scorpion found throughout the midsection of the U.S. and northern Mexico. It is the most frequently encountered scorpion in the U.S.

It's a medium-sized scorpion that is rarely longer than 2 3/4 in. The striped bark scorpion is a pale-yellow scorpion that can be identified by two dark stripes on its carapace, with a dark triangle above the ocular tubercle. Their color suits their environment well. It provides them with a natural camouflage from predators, as well as prey.

Yes, I stand corrected. Nasty no matter what!

So Ryan and I are camping outside of Las Vegas and it is the first time ever I have been desert camping, but he is an expect, did it several times in College, etc. So I am sitting on a rock at the campsite and I ask him if I should be worried about scorpions.....NO he says and at that very moment, A SCORPION JUMPS ON ME...it totally landed on my leg and I jumped up like a crazy person and I never trust anything Ryan says to this day.....(I did not get stung)

-Amanda from Seattle