Twice in a lifetime
I drove the four hours (took almost six) from home up to North Stratford, in between Lancaster and Colebrook. The folks there were so friendly and I watched with dozens of locals and a few fellow flatlanders. Totality is amazing and TV does not do it justice, just takes your breath away - the darkness above and on the ground; 360 degrees of dusk on the horizon; the silvery corona. WOW!
Side note, I went to South Carolina in 2017 and saw that one too. Equally incredible, both of them. I hope to get the chance to see another, and hope everyone gets the chance to see totality some day if they haven't yet.
And yes...I drove the four hours (took seven) back home. It was so bad trying to leave there, I turned around and ended up going north and east, above the Whites, US-2 to 16 back to Mass. Back and neck pain today? WORTH IT!
Cheers,
JR
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Jay R. (Westwood, MA)
"Faithfully losing the ice-out contest since 1975"
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