Our Eclipse Experience

  Hey Y'all!

So, we met up with Chris' uncle the day before, and had a lovely time with he & his SO. However the traffic and parking downtown Owensboro (KY) on Sunday, convinced us all that we didn't want to mess with it for the eclipse viewing party. The plan was a viewing party at a swanky hotel downtown, which wasn't much my vibe- but I'd have been happy to do it for Chris & his uncle to get together again.

Instead we stayed at our campground and had a very chill day. We walked the grounds again, sat at our site and nature watched, got some work done on our computers, cooked breakfast, etc. We watched the eclipse with several others who were also there for the eclipse, and the campground owners. While we didn't really get any pictures worth sharing, the eclipse was one of the neatest experiences of my life, and I'm glad we took the trip. It was amazing to witness!



The slow fade to darkness, and immediate drop in temperature were creepy- but awesome to experience. And then after just a minute, that felt like seconds, it was getting light (and warmer) again. The back to brightness seemed to take far less time then the beginning of the eclipse to darkness. 

We were lucky and the clouds stayed away all day, as did the potential for rain.

Truly an amazing experience. Hopefully we're somewhere in 20yrs where we can catch the next one!


Thanks,
The Outlands


Today's YouTube Video:
Oakridge Campground (Link to come later, still editing that one!)

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