Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Eclipse Day: Animals! (1/2)

Featuring some Texas Longhorns, and some VERY confused Mexican Freetail Bats

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Eclipse Day: The Eclipse Itself (3/3)

The eclipse started okay. But the longer it went on, the thicker the clouds got. Sadly, just before totality, the clouds straight up hid the show, and didn't let up until hours and hours later.

But we had a nice dark four minutes of totality darkness. I'm okay with that. That was @#$(&ing magical.

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Eclipse Day: The Eclipse Itself (2/3)

The eclipse started okay. But the longer it went on, the thicker the clouds got. Sadly, just before totality, the clouds straight up hid the show, and didn't let up until hours and hours later.

But we had a nice dark four minutes of totality darkness. I'm okay with that. That was @#$(&ing magical.

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Eclipse Day: The Eclipse Itself (1/3)

The eclipse started okay. But the longer it went on, the thicker the clouds got. Sadly, just before totality, the clouds straight up hid the show, and didn't let up until hours and hours later.

But we had a nice dark four minutes of totality darkness. I'm okay with that. That was @#$(&ing magical.

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Eclipse Day: Around the Texas Hill Country (2/2)

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Eclipse Day: Around the Texas Hill Country (1/2)

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Eclipse Day: Fun Stuff

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We got washed out, but it was absolutely magical nonetheless.

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Mmmm, that's GOOD totality!

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Not looking good for totality here in Kerrville....

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@cubeyterra - maybe these, then?

Where I am now.
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Siempre en San Antonio: concha earrings. ❤

I love how KONO radio in San Antonio of setup. It's been on 860AM since the 50s, and has been a 50s/60s/70s oldies station since the late 70s.

In the 90s, they picked up the 101.1FM frequency and simulcast on both.

Now as the years went on, they kept with the oldies format, but the oldies became the 80s and 90s. And, as mom said, KONO isn't what it used to be. And I guess KONO heard them because they split into KONO-FM and KONO-AM. FM is still an oldies format. But the AM ONLY plays 50s/60s/70s. In stuffy mono. Just like they did in the 70s.

Nice little compromise there: the old fogeys get their muffled mono oldies, and those of us aging FAR more gracefully get our crystal clear stereophonic oldies. ;)

The best things in life are often the simplest.

@Holocluck - Yup! I was/am on the other side of the synagogue in Celerio! :)

@Holocluck - I've been next to the Second Life Synagogue since almost Day One. Minus a few years were I dissapeared....

We're planning to be in the Kerrville-ish area for the eclipse. Looks like they're expecing a TON of folks out there. We won't be going to Kerrville specifically...but pretty close: https://www.today.com/video/how-kerville-texas-is-preparing-for-rush-of-visitors-for-solar-eclipse-208139845711

@Mondobizarrro - There's actually a BETTER chain of burgers, but it's only in San Antonio: Burger Boy (not the famous Burger Boy chain in CA). I've often said Whtaburger is the best burger in the nation, but Burger Boy is the best burger in San Antonio.

https://burgerboysa.com/

One of the defining qualities of Whataburger that other chains don't understand is that their burgers tastes just as good cold as hot.