I'm not usually a very impulsive person. But I gave in to an impulse this week, and with agreement from my adventurous family, we had a very nice and unusual experience.
Solar eclipses don't occur all that often. I remember a couple of times in my youth, seeing a partial eclipse. And I vaguely recall being in a total eclipse once but don't recall any details. So when the news reports this week started talking about an eclipse that would be total in southern Utah, I was intrigued. And when they mentioned that the center line of the totality would pass right through Kanarraville, I was even more interested, for reasons that will be described shortly.
On Friday I made a quick trip up to the Planetarium in SLC to purchase the appropriate "solar viewers" that allowed us to look at the sun safely. Not having a vehicle large enough for all of us, we rented a minivan at the cost of $140 (impulsive trips sometimes aren't cheap). I arranged to miss some Sunday afternoon meetings without much problem. And so, after attending our other morning meetings, we all packed up some fried chicken and other necessities that had been purchased the day before, and started the 3 1/2 hour drive down south. It was fun to be together with our children and their little families. It was nice to have Jenna along to continue to build that relationship.
