Grey, cold and light rain all day long.
Rebel and Buddy don't waste their time on hay in the morning... they go straight out to the pasture.
Little Wonder and Sidney were happy when chores were finished so we could go back in the house.
On the way, I pulled out more bamboo from the garden across from the kitchen. It has always been there and I would love to get rid of it. It covers a pretty large area and there are tulips and other flowers that grow underneath it.
Gary had Yoga and went out to lunch with his crew.
It was so nasty, the horses were tucked in early and I mixed a little warm bran into their grain/beet pulp.
French toast and fruit for dinner. Needed a break.
So what about this countdown?
Brockport is in the perfect spot for viewing the eclipse and planning has been going on for over a year. They are expecting 200,000 to 400,000 people in our county and the college has registered over 1,300 cars to come on campus for the day. There will be food trucks, music and porta johns. The cost is $80 per car and includes viewing glasses and a couple other things. It is expected that traffic is going to be outrageous and parking is going to be a problem. Local families are hosting all kinds of friends and relatives and we are going to share two of our bedrooms (Skoog Farm B&B) for three days. We have all been advised to do our grocery shopping well in advance and most of the schools will be closed. It will be very interesting to see how this pans out. Of course the local hotels are ripping people off like crazy. I never realized how much interest there is in an eclipse.
Night all.
We won't see it down here, but the news is that the best viewing places will be SO crowded.!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll see the partial just like before. I don't think I'd trave into chaos like that. Geeze.
ReplyDeleteI hope it all goes well.
Right now we are being pounded by wet heavy snow and high winds.
I wondered how many cars registered for viewing at the campus in your town. That’s a lot of extra traffic. Food vendors will do well feeding everyone. Nice you are hosting people to experience this once in our lifetime event. Home is the safest place to be with moon pies and a bag of sun chips. Kathy
ReplyDeleteWe are well out of range for seeing the eclipse. I'll have to experience it through you. It's a gloomy and very windy day here.
ReplyDeleteMy father went to a city less that 2 hours away to watch the last one and it took him almost 11 hours to get back home.
ReplyDeleteGary's tulips are starting to bloom here :-).