Eclipse 2017
We recently returned from a 9-day road trip to view the solar eclipse. Our journey took us about 1,000 miles north, to eastern Oregon, our destination the mountains outside of the tiny community of Prairie City. We rolled through town on Aug. 19, passing impromptu open-air eclipse memorabilia sales and fields full of temporary RV encampments, and headed north on a county road that eventually turned to gravel and then dirt. We followed it into the Malheur National Forest and found an expansive and empty meadow just barely off the centerline of totality. We camped there for three nights and had it all to ourselves. It provided the perfect spot for viewing, and the weather cooperated, eclipse day dawning clear and bright.
We're back at work now, but our minds and spirits are still in that empty meadow, where the sun and moon are performing a celestial magic act.
Read MoreWe're back at work now, but our minds and spirits are still in that empty meadow, where the sun and moon are performing a celestial magic act.
