Solar Eclipse

So the kids and I drove down to watch the total solar eclipse just outside Baker City Oregon. The boys got up at 2:00 am, me 3:00 am. Jack set my alarm for me. Jacob had coffee ready for me when I got downstairs. We stopped to get breakfast at McDonald and then hit the road. All the way down the kids slept and there was no traffic. We made it to the rest stopon the 335 mile marker around 7:00 am. The place was packed! There had to of been 500 hundred people already there. The rest stop itself had no parking. The restrooms lines were 20 people the whole time we were there. I hadn't even bothered to go look for a parking spot at the rest stop so I just parked on the other side of the road; it was a great stop.
So the time between getting there and the eclipse the kids and  I hung out in the car. We had snacks, stretched and mostly played cards. The guy parked next to us was from Canada. We met a lady who had spent the night in her car at the rest stop from Seattle. It was amazing to hear where people were from and how far they had come.
When the eclipse first started happening we would check on it in between hands of cards. As the total eclipse was getting closer it started to get darker. It was amazing how much light the sun gave off with just a little silver of it still uncovered.
Well when it actually it happened it was amazing! The moon just sort of dropped into place. The sun's coronas bloomed out; they looked like flower petals. The kids were jumping around they were so excited. All of them kept saying "this is amazing!" and "this is the best ever!" We were all very excited. It was a once in a lifetime kinda thing. After it was done Jack said it was the best 2 minutes of his life so far.
We didn't wait for the entire sun to be uncovered only about a fourth of it before we hit the road. We stopped in Baker City for lunch and ice cream. On the way home the traffic was ridiculously bad on the freeway so we took different highways home. Amelia and Jack slept most of the way home so missed our daring adventure driving these super backgrounds along farm field and wind turbines.
The whole day was quite the adventure that I don't think I will ever forget. I hope the kids never forget the amazing sun coronas of the eclipse or the feeling of being witness to God's mighty universe.