Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 2:00 pm — Six months ago … August 21, 2017 … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear, journeyed on the back roads of eastern Oregon to view an historical solar eclipse ..
- First total eclipse to sweep across the entire country since 1918!
- First on the mainland since 1979 … eclipse2017.org
Below are excerpts from Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure …
Sunday, August 20, 2017, 12:41 pm — Russ flew in from Minneapolis (my home town!) and helped me plot the perfect location for total eclipse viewing …
Today’s pre-Eclipse Day travel reports … check …
Monday, August 21, 2017, 6:43 am — Eclipse Day!! … Wahooooo! … Glad I’m not driving … I can stick my head out of the window any time I feel like it! … Wahooooo! … Taking 207 south from Umatilla to Spray …
10:06 am — Right here! … far from the madding crowd … an unpaved road south of Spray, Oregon … directly in the path of totality …
10:28 am — This is it! … getting dark …
… darker …
10:32 am — I salute you, Old King Sol, with my Eclipse gum …
- See the Augie’s complete journey at Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure!
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 