1 Drove to LA then Flagstaff, then Santa Fe, then Dallas.
2 Had sorry excuse for pizza in Flagstaff, Az, and Lewisville, Tx.
3 Stayed with youngest of my mean older sisters. She has a BMW 440 now.
4 Got snowed on in Santa Fe, and it was mildly sketchy to get back to I-40
5 Best mileage was over 47 mph in the Golf even at 75 mph, had rockin' tailwinds that day.
6 Lots of red dust near Amarillo on the 287 with that tailwind, down to 1/4 mile visibility at times.
7 Somehow became tech support for sister and her new computer for 1/2 a day
8 Inadvertently helped bro-in-law get fake grass approved for the dog run area in the backyard (sis didn't want it)
9 Both of them were amazed at the eclipse. "Wow! Didn't think it'd be this cool, thanks for this."
10 Partial eclipse as seen via pin-hole camera effect through straw hat:
11 Just a second before totality ends...high clouds put a damper on image quality:
12 Way back was Dallas, Santa Fe, Williams, Death Valley.
13 Didn't buy a boatload of fireworks in NM. Was temped though.
14 Walked out at Badwater to Lake Manly...it was really quite stunning to see water there.
15 Hiked up some random alluvial fans to some canyons and ate lunch with rocks and silence.
16 8.5 hrs from DV to SF and found the semi-domesticated feral cat happy to see us.