This is true. My dad took me, my brother, and my friend to Sunnyside to watch the total solar eclipse in late 1970s. We skipped school that day and my dad, unbelievably, went for it. If we had stayed just outside seattle, we would never have seen it. It was fantastic. So when the last one happened a few years ago, I took my family to my brother's place in Boise and then we went to a place where there would not be crowds of people and had another fantastic time watching the eclipse. Planning on going to TX or thereabouts in 2024 for the next one.
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