Me, Rose and Jack went to see the total solar eclipse. The original plan was to go to south Texas, but the sky coverage prediction map showed that overcast skies were likely. It showed that the best chance of clear skies was in SE Missouri. So we left on Saturday from Los Alamos NM and arrived in Springfield MO on Sunday. The sky cover map then showed mostly clear skies for northern Arkansas. On Monday morning we decided to drive to a small town called Ash Flat in northern Arkansas that was located near the center of totality. This little town was perfect. We located the city park on the way into town, and it was the best place for viewing totality. It wasn’t crowded and there was plenty of room to set up for relaxed viewing. We met interesting people from Arkansas and elsewhere. Totality was amazing. Some high haze cleared completely by noon, so that we had perfect viewing conditions. Totality lasted for about 4 minutes total. I was glad I got to see it since I had never experienced a total eclipse before.

We also enjoyed our time in Springfield, especially when we visited the giant new Buckee’s. Lot’s of fun.