Solar Eclipse

Today, we were experiencing a total solar eclipse, and Dallas was directly in the path of complete totality. They were expecting the roads to be crazy with people trying to watch the event, so we decided to keep Troy home from school. At around 12:30 pm, we headed outside for a glimpse through our new solar glasses as the moon began creeping in front of the sun. Totality happened a little over an hour later, so we stayed outside watching as the light around us took on an eerie glow, feeling the temperature drop a noticeable couple of degrees, feel the wind pick up, watching heat bands dance across the driveway, and watching the birds flying around in crazy patterns. My wife and I thought it was completely amazing. Troy took one glance, and then he spent the rest of the time looking for bugs in the flowerbed. I guess he’s too young to truly appreciate it. Maybe at the very least, he’ll remember that he experienced it. After all, it’ll be some twenty years before it happens again.