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There's just one day to go until the biggest celestial event of the year will take place.
On April 8th, the upcoming total eclipse will be visible across 15 states in the U.S. Luckily for people in New England, parts of northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine will be in the path of the total solar eclipse.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the sun aligns with the moon, which in turn blocks out the sunlight for a few minutes. At the point of totality, only the sun's corona will be visible, but the skies will darken and resemble twilight hours.

Everyone in New England will see part of the eclipse, but the total solar eclipse will only be available to be seen by those lucky enough to be in the path of the 160-mile-wide once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Naturally, folks are getting prepared for this grand event here in the northeast. 

There are a variety of festivities planned leading up to the day of the event, so if you have the opportunity, you don't want to miss them.  And of course, don’t forget your eclipse glasses. 

Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024: Path, time and the best places to view - ABC News (go.com)

Vermont Eclipse Events (vermontvacation.com)

New Hampshire: Eclipse Events

​Maine Solar Eclipse - Visit Maine

The April total solar eclipse will create dangerous, crowded traffic (usatoday.com)

Burger King, Pizza Hut, Applebee's and Sonic serving up eclipse deals and specials (msn.com)


Today's Rambling's

When I first heard about the eclipse last year, I had thought about going Upta camp in the Northeast Kingdom. It will be directly in the path of the best viewing opportunity and what a great place to get away and see the wonder of it all.  Maybe the trip could be an overnight and I could get a little fishing in.

When I saw this video of the area where camp is located a couple of days ago, and what it looks like now after the Nor-easter from last week, things changed quickly. At the 50 second mark of this video link below, I can see the mountain where camp is located.

Its then that the reality of potentially having to cut and clear a bunch of trees out of the way just to get in to camp did not seem very appealing. As far as the fishing goes, walking the mountain streams and having snow falling off the trees and down my back, and walking on slippery stones just lost all its appeal.

It was then, reality came crashing down and those thoughts were immediately  over.