Ok, so I wasn’t even planning to be super impressed by the whole path of totality eclipse business. Honestly I wasn’t. There was so much hype and hubub leading up to this once in a lifetime event here in Oregon since we were in the “Path of Totality”. But I thought, yeah I’ll get some glasses, and see what the hype is all about, it will be sort of cool to see. But then, watching it, experiencing it, and wow….it was by far one of the coolest things I have ever seen!!!
We had a good get together at the farm, lots of laughs over silly glasses, a few jokes about flying up to the heavens and mostly a very cool time watching the moon totally cover the sun. At the farm we had around one and half minutes of he moon totally covering the sun. Or “eating the sun” as Hoot put it! 
As the moon started the cover the temperature dropped quite a bit. The darkness started to set in. When totality hit it truly did get dark or at least a dark twilight all around. 
Even the horizons looked like sunset or sunrise. But probably the most cool was being able to take off the glasses an look straight at the moon covering the sun with the “diamond ring” circling it. 
Even Auggie was cheering and pointing! 
*Sidenote for all that noticed…that is not actually WD-40 Auggie is sucking on!
It was incredible! I was a skeptic, but after getting to have the experience first hand, it was absolutely totally worth it! Now I say this also with the filter that I did not have a horrendous drive home, my 2 minute commute from the farm looked more like 4 minutes with all the traffic. While some others spent hours and hours and hours…and hours sitting in traffic. Even on back roads, following the event.
All in all….I now get what all the hype is about! Hope you all got to enjoy a little eclipse action as well! And if you ever find yourself in the “Path of Totality” it’s well worth grabbing some silly glasses and having a party!
**Thank you Karen Kirsch and Amelia Safley for letting me borrow some photos…we were too busy staring and forgot to take any!
NuttyGrass 
Agreed! Your post captures my sentiments too. The other thought I had was how easy it is to take for granted the awesomeness of life, of the sun – of God. You really noticed when it went away, but take if for granted the rest of the time. WOW. And, it made me appreciate anew the power of “a blink of an eye.”
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Yes completely agree!!!
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For a couple of brief moments, nothing else mattered. Way, way cool!
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Yes Rob, well put!
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