On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. It was absolutely wonderful! We went to KY to watch it

The dead center of the path went right over my hometown - actually my sister's house was under the line. You couldn't find a hotel within 100 miles that wasn't triple priced for the whole weekend.

We saw the eclipse in Franklin KY; stayed 3 days with friends there and had a 3 day Eclipse Party (all Democrats too)! I met our hosts in Sunday School class here in Texas, where we found out we grew up 20 miles apart in KY and had to come to Ft Worth to meet.

Six of us stayed in her parents' empty house; others stayed with them in their place but we all ate together for lunch and dinner for 3 days. There were probably a dozen out of towners altogether.

We also got to attend the Simpson County Democrats fundraiser, with guest speakers Alison Grimes and Andy Beshear!

I even met a cousin I did not know I had!!

There is another one coming up that will pass over DFW link:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2024/apr-8-total/where-when/