ness Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Ok, gotta share this one of a friend's kindergarten class. Johnsfolly, BilletHead, Mitch f and 2 others 5 John
BilletHead Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, ness said: Ok, gotta share this one of a friend's kindergarten class.      That is pretty cool and your old buddy Gavin is in the front row! BilletHead grizwilson, Johnsfolly, Mitch f and 3 others 6 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh   " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh      "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead   " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
vernon Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Well, our trip to Horton, Ks. was a lot of fun and a great day with a couple of great friends but the eclipse was a bit of a bust for us.  Caught a view glimpses of the first and last halves but the totality occurred during a thunderstorm!  Nonetheless, it was still pretty sensational if you ask me.  We were standing in the garage door of the cart barn to get out of the rain and it was pretty incredible how dark it became and how fast it happened. Car headlights in the distance and street lights were the only illumination in the immediate area and the view of the horizon was surreal.  A little disappointing that we couldn't see the actual sun but the overall experience is still something that I'm sure we'll never forget. Additionally, I am thrilled to report that my golf game apparently functions on a parallel cycle to that of a total eclipse (and most other similar celestial abnormalities) as, despite several rain delays and the aforementioned suspension of play due to darkness, I shot a four under 68 for my low round in quite a few years!  Not sure if the last time I shot four under was during a total eclipse but my fading memory certainly considers it a distinct possibility! To commemorate both rare and supernatural occurrences, the heavens absolutely opened up about ten minutes after we finished and the drive home was equally memorable due to some of the most torrential rainfall and lightning I've ever seen.  And it lasted the entire way home - transforming what is normally a leisurely one hour drive into a nearly two hour, white knuckle, amphibian event of olympic proportions! What a day! Man, if I just could have caught a fish somehow..............   magicwormman, Greasy B, big c and 1 other 4 "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."  George Carlin "The only money ever wasted is money never spent."  Me.
Greasy B Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Our eclipse party went very well, everyone gathered in the front yard just before totality and for about a half minute we could see the corona without glasses. It was wonderful but brief. Just after totality we went looking for the pin hole affect under shade trees. The first picture was taken in St Charles County the second my sister took near her home in Denver Colorado.  Johnsfolly and BilletHead 2 His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
Smithvillesteve Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 Any truth to the rumors that Bo caught 2 7 lbers during the darkness of the eclipse? Champ188, magicwormman and vernon 2 1
Champ188 Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 On the same cast, no less! 😂 cheesemaster and magicwormman 2
1farmer Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 49 minutes ago, Champ188 said: On the same cast, no less! 😂  On a grass jig? Champ188 1
dblades Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 I spent the totality pretty much in the middle of a soybean field, out in the boonies. Looking forward to the next one as I'll be a lot better prepared to get cool pics. Seen several partials but hadn't seen the corona before.
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