I write from Kerrville Texas on the morning of April 8th, three hours+ before the total eclipse that I spent three days driving to experience. Now, I continue writing two days later from Santa Fe New Mexico, finally putting this post together.
Just to assuage curiosity, let me start with one of my only eclipse glimpses when the clouds parted slightly and briefly. (Better images are available elsewhere.)
For some background, here are some links I found useful. One is about the Kerrville Eclipse Festival… https://www.kerrvilletexascvb.com/events/2024/kerrville-eclipse-festival
Even better, here’s an overview of the April 8th 2024 event: https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com
On the morning of April 5th, I left La Honda, with Mary Lynn’s approval, for the three day drive to Texas. Here are some pix from the road…
Finally arriving in Kerrville the night before, I found it to be kind of a charming town next to the Guadalupe River. Here’s their famous Schreiner Mansion…
Near there, I wondered into a public art gallery and a rather dense antique consignment store…
Next, I went to a local art gallery and enjoyed meeting the proprietor, Mike, and an artist named Luis. Interesting assortment…
On the day of the eclipse, I rode my bike down to the Folk Fairgrounds where the Eclipse Festival was taking place. (BTW, speaking of looking at the sun, the Texas wildflowers might have been as spectacular?)
Judging the cloud cover might be less further north, I rode along the Guadalupe River for a while, then jumped to a highway looking for a gap in the clouds. This batch starts with the partial eclipse, before totality, seen through the special eclipse glasses; then some of the struggles with clouds and finally my brief glimpses of the total eclipse…
Next up, here are four of my video clips (all quite short). First, along the road, then using the glasses, then the darkness of totality, and finally the brief glimpse through a break in the clouds…!
Well y’all, I’ll finish this post with a time lapse of my ride along the river path. One of the best parts of lil’ ol’ Kerrville…
Oh, yeah, here are some of those better pictures of the solar eclipse phenomenon…
