August 2017 was the first time I got to see a full solar eclipse in person. Quite the magical moment when the temperature dropped and the animals got restless. We left at 3:30 in the morning for Wyoming after a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Here a few photos throughout are journey.

We made sure to buy several solar binoculars, glasses, filters and lens months ahead of time. We even had some extras to give/borrow to friends and fellow watchers around us. Here is the first shot I took once the eclipse began.

This next picture is when the eclipse was close to totality.

Here the eclipse it at full totality. The temperature dropped a good twenty degrees by totality. The horses on the property got restless and the dogs barked and cowered.
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Here is the last photo on tail end of the eclipse

Traffic on the way back to Colorado was story in it's self. What should take 4 hours normally took 12 hours. That was with going on many service road detours. If we didn't utilize GPS it would have taken much longer. We had a great trip and got to see the Lumineers a few days later. Quite an August if I say so myself.