Eclipse

We journeyed to Nebraska for the big eclipse! We were ready for the apocalypse.  We had days of food and gas strapped to the roof of our car because we were sure we'd be stuck in traffic for hours and the Nebraska infrastructure would not be able to handle the hordes of people. We were pleasantly surprised that they all went to Wyoming, and we sailed there and back with no traffic. We decided to camp in the Pawnee National Grasslands because it was on the way, and it turned out to be a big wind farm. We feel asleep to the lull of turbines turning-- super fun for me.

The next morning we drove north and watched the eclipse from Scottsbluff National Monument, where we learned a little about the Oregon Trail while we were waiting. It was a super festive atmosphere.  Everyone cheered as the eclipse approached totality and it did seem that for a moment we were all united as a human race.  The eclipse pictures were a nice break from all the political posts that fill my Facebook feed.  As soon as a tiny wedge of sun peeked out from behind the moon, we ran for the car and pealed out of there to beat the traffic home, in true Anderson style.  It was only a 24 hour trip, but super cool-- definitely made me think we should make sure we travel to the next one in 10 years!

Pawnee National Grasslands

Heading west on the Oregon trail

Approaching totality