Eclipse 2024

We had so much fun seeing the eclipse in 2017 (see this post), that I decided we'd see the next one in Arkansas if at all possible. Seven years went by much quicker than expected. You'd think with seven years to plan, we wouldn't have been trying to figure out where to view it from at the last minute! We settled on seeing it in Hardy, Arkansas, where they would have 4 minutes of totality.  We watched from the vacation home of Dale and Mary Beth Berry, friends from Knoxville.  

We stopped at a Sonic on our way to Hardy to try their new "Black-out" slush.  It looked an asphalt slushy, but it sure tasted good!

Hanging out and waiting for the magic on the banks of the Spring River

Ann and David had special T-shirts

Finally totality

A few magical moments of dusk in the middle of the day

On the way back to Tennessee, we decided to stop at Reelfoot Lake, where we'd never been.  Got a great campsite that had already been paid for by someone who viewed the eclipse and left.  

                                                    

We'll see if we make it to 2044!