We got up at early-o-clock to see the lunar eclipse (and then the sunrise). It was cold but, as always, neat. Then we went inside and partook of our heater.

In a bid to avoid getting stuck, we moved from one BLM area to another BLM area. Tonight was supposed to be a lunar eclipse, but there was so much cloud that the whole thing was a wash.

No excuse not to miss this one if you’re in the USA! Here’s the NASA information.

27/28 August 2007 Normally, the only total eclipses I see are those that occur when a cat passes between me and my reading lamp. Unlike Mother Nature, these can typically be hurried along with a little shove. However, when I heard that there’d be a total eclipse of the moon early on Tuesday morning, I [...]