Total Eclipse

[Frump]

Well, the eclipse was a bust for me. We got hit with big rain storms in Marne Saturday night, but heard there was going to be big crowds and we couldn't reserve a spot there, so we decided to stay in Marne and dry out Sunday night, and ride out early Monday morning. Then we then got pounded on by the mother of thunderstorms for about 6 hours Sunday night. By the time we got dried out and packed Monday morning and after looking at radar, we decided to go to Tarkio, MO for 1 minute of totality time. Part of the group made it to Tarkio, Kevin and I got stuck at train crossing in Shenandoah, IA after waiting 20 minutes for train to move out of the way, so we got to watch the eclipse from near the train tracks there. We should have stopped 10 miles north earlier where we saw a few other people setup, cause we got mostly clouded out in Shenandoah. The guys in Tarkio had more clouds and saw nothing. My wife in Sioux City got some good shots, WTF? Ran into Jayd, Shooter and Shooter's daughter in Council Bluffs, they had some really good photos but heard Shooter spent most of his time during the eclipse doing bike repairs. Carol was already heading home so I missed her. I'll try to get my photos from Marne and the eclipse posted soon.