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We are on the 19th day of this trip. We woke up to a beautiful sunrise outside of Lincoln NM. I made us some coffee, and then we headed out. We went into the historic town of Lincoln, where Billy the Kid made his escape, but alas, it was a
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Well, it is time to start the journey home. It is hard to believe that the trip is already half over. So far, everything, other than viewing the actual eclipse, has exceeded our expectations, and even that is ok. The eclipse was just an excuse to see how well the
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The 2024 Eclipse is in the bag, and our trip continues. We took our chances with the weather and stayed in place here at the Hill Country Arts Foundation, and, while the opportunity to see the sun in all of its glory was heavily impacted by the clouds, the experience
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Sunday, Kai, Catherine, and I took a day trip from the Hill Country Arts Foundation out to Fredericksburg Tx about a 30-minute drive away. Once there, we spent about three hours walking up and down the main street and poking our heads into different shops and galleries. It was
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Day 13 finds us in Ingram, TX. A coworker of mine, Joyce, lives in the area (and in Texas, that means within a 90-minute drive), and we had been talking about having her drive out and meet us and bring us some BBQ from her favorite place near where
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Day 14 finds us heading from the Black Gap Wildlife Management area toward Ingram and the Hill Country Arts Foundation where we will be spending the next several days viewing the eclipse from. We did not set an alarm so we managed to sleep in quite late, and it was
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After driving through Big Bend National Park in the dark the evening before, it was wonderful to go through the park in the daylight. This park is massive. We decided to drive along the scenic road that is 30 miles out to the Rio Grande and 30 miles back to
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Day 12 sees us leaving the BLM campground that we stayed at and driving about 23 miles to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We had tickets for the 8:30 entrance, so we were out of the campsite before I even had a chance to make our coffee. Fortunately, we are
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Day 11 found us actually traveling only a short distance. We woke up in the morning at the Texas Safety rest area, where we had stopped the night before because the campground we had booked was on the other side of the park, and there wasn't a road
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Day 10 was a big big day of driving. We had a nice, slow, and lazy breakfast with Mom, Sue, and Peter (Sophie is a sleeper) and did some visiting before saying good buys and hitting the road for destinations to the east. We decided that we wanted to do
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Sunday, and what a nice way to spend the day - we spent most of the day just hanging out and bullshitting with Mom, Sue, Peter, and Sophie. It was nice to catch up and share our stories without pressure to be anywhere or do anything special. Peter is doing well.
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Yesterday was an absolutely brilliant day - we woke up in our campsite on the north side of the Colorado River to a glorious sunrise. We made ourselves some coffee and then headed out. With the ultimate destination being Jack and Jays' place in Flagstaff. On the way out, we