I took my pee bottles with me. Thankfully I had saved a few because where we were was out in the open prairie. I think the Ogalla Casey's received them
Plans for the solar eclipse
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Yep, how little sun it takes to make such a bright difference. One son couldn't get out of work and thought about driving from a place with 96% to another with 98% as a long lunch. At that level, I don't think it matters much; totality would be worth it though.
I agree. It was amazing how much just 1% of the sun still lights up our sky. But when it went to totality, it was as if someone turned off a switch and the degree of darkness was incredible. Definitely was worth whatever you had to do to see it. I had to call DISH network customer service today and the rep I spoke to was in Ohio and she drove 10 hours to Kentucky to see it. She said she would not have missed out on that for anything. I second that. Thanks to all who have shared their photos!
I actually packed an emergency can for the little lady, that thankfully was not implemented. We watched from the edge of a cornfield so it was all good from my standpoint . . . the world is my urinal.
You kind of freaked me out with this. I had eclipse glasses, which worked fine, but once we were a few minutes from totality, I tried sneaking as many glances at what remained of the sun that I could, and then I held on as long as I could afterwards with the "diamond ring." That finale was maybe the best part about the whole experience with the way that it shined.
I had little retina streaks of crescent shapes in my vision whenever I blinked or in low light the day or two after, and it was hard to read the GPS driving around later that night. It was hard to focus on the words and numbers on the phone screen in the dark in the car. I was kind of worried how permanent that might be, even if it only annoyed, did not affect my ability to focus on something once I looked at it, and there were no blurring or white spots.
Anyways, gave it a few days, and the crescents faded. All good now.
Out on the back road = pee on ground/grass/behind a tree, not in a bottle. I can't think of anytime I have ever peed in a bottle. These are usually from truck drivers that don't want to stop.
I peed in a coffee cup the other day while stuck in the traffic jam. It's not the easiest thing to do.
No, no bike, I had a strict schedule and didn't want to be strapping camera, tripod, laptop & a camp chair to the bike as well as some clothes. If I had a more open schedule I would like to have ridden.
Yes, I dumped it out and properly disposed of the cup.
Glad to hear you recovered. I think what you experienced are common symptoms for looking at the sun too long.You kind of freaked me out with this. I had eclipse glasses, which worked fine, but once we were a few minutes from totality, I tried sneaking as many glances at what remained of the sun that I could, and then I held on as long as I could afterwards with the "diamond ring." That finale was maybe the best part about the whole experience with the way that it shined.
I had little retina streaks of crescent shapes in my vision whenever I blinked or in low light the day or two after, and it was hard to read the GPS driving around later that night. It was hard to focus on the words and numbers on the phone screen in the dark in the car. I was kind of worried how permanent that might be, even if it only annoyed, did not affect my ability to focus on something once I looked at it, and there were no blurring or white spots.
Anyways, gave it a few days, and the crescents faded. All good now.
