The 2024 Eclipse

I really enjoyed the 2017 Eclipse, so I decided to drive up to Marcy Field in the Adirondacks to take in the 2024 eclipse.  The next eclipse in the continental US is in 2044, so…

There were so many people along the path of totality:

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Setting up one of the two telescopes I used:

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Like last time, amazing:

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The best view was actually with the naked eye in the context of the surrounding landscape.  Just amazing!

I had never been to the Adirondacks, so I decided to do a hike/trail run nearby:

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Heading up in elevation, the trail quickly became snow-covered:

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Lots of melting snow:

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The drive back was ridiculously long, as what seemed like the entire population of the Eastern US drained out of the Adirondacks and adjoining areas.

Sandbridge Passover 2023

Historically, we’ve either spent Passover at home or in the RV.  This year, we rented a beach house in Sandbridge, Virginia, along with a few hundred other Jewish families.

Drone view of the town:

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Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge is south of town:

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Much roller skating was done over the two weeks we were here:

I also did some running on the beach, south to the pier:

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Flying too:

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Here’s a video of some of the flying:

We drove into Virginia Beach and visited a Japanese “sister city” park:

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Parents:

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So long, Sandbridge.  We had a great time, and we’re planning to come back next year:

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The kids drove back with Trish.  I drove back by way of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge:

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I drove on to Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park:

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The visitor center was very well done.  Harriet Tubman was an amazing woman!

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I continued to Philadelphia, where I did a drive-by on two closed NPS sites, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial and Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site:

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Summer 2022, Day 35: Red Fleet Flow and Moonshine Arch

Morning Kayaking on Flaming Gorge Reservoir:

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Drone views:

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I packed up and headed south to visit the Flaming Gorge Visitor Center, which we last visited in 2017:

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I continued south to ride the Red Fleet Flow trail network:

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One of the “ships” of the Red Fleet:

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I continued south to run to Moonshine Arch:

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I continued on to this dispersed camping location near the McCoy Flats trail network:

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See the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2022, Day 28: Popo Agie Falls and Johnny Behind the Rocks

Sunrise redux:

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This morning, I packed up and drove down into Sinks Canyon, then ran the Popo Agie Falls trail:

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On the way back down:

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My erratic friend:

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I then drove down into Lander to take on water.  Folks who live out of town come here to take water to their homes:

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I continued southeast to ride the fabulously named Johnny Behind the Rocks trail system:

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I rode out to Johnny Falls:

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Red Ridge trail:

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I continued southwest to South Pass, stopping at the Red Canyon overlook:

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South of Eden, Wyoming, I turned off into a dirt road that goes through Sixmile Draw into the Red DesertBoar’s Tusk was visible in the distance:

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I found a dispersed camping location on the edge of the Killpecker Dunes.  Towards sunset, I walked out onto the dunes:

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See the trip map for today’s drive.