Eclipse

May 19, 2012
So the a big eclipse was happening on the 20th of May and the sweet spot for our area was Kanarraville, UT.  Which happens to be right where my brother John and his family live.  The eclipse is called the ring of fire, because the moon is not big enough at this point to cover the whole sun.  So you see the outer edge all around the sun.
So we loaded up and headed out.  Our plan was to go to Beaver and stay in the KOA and then Sunday drive up to Beaver Canyon and see Puffer Lake.  Paul was excited to share Beaver with us because he grew up coming to Beaver to camp and fish with his family while he was growing up.
On the way down several miles outside of Scipio Paul just happened to see one of the tires of the trailer shred and go flying off the road.  Great huh?  So we pull over and he opens the door and we can immediately smell burnt rubber.  So we set about changing the tire, the problem was we couldn't get the spare to drop because this bar thing that lets it down was bent and we couldn't use it bent.  This nice older man in a tow truck stopped to help us.  He and Paul bent the pole back with the hydrolic thing on this tow truck so that Paul could drop the spare.  Changing a tire on the side of I15 is not too much fun.  Luckily the majority of the drivers moved over and gave us room if they could.  After that we were back on the road again.

The kids decided that this looked like a Beaver Lodge.  Is that what you call it?  Someone tell me if I'm wrong.

This is Puffer Lake.

Paul took Brett and Ellie down by the lake, there was really no way to get Trey down there.  They had fun squirting water and watching the fish jump out of the water.
Beautiful place, so quiet, calm and peaceful.

Once we drove back down from the canyon it was time to hook up the trailer and go to lunch.  Kan Kun Mexican Restuarant has been a tradition in the Marshall family since Paul can remember.  Good food and excellent guacamole dip!
After lunch we drove down to John and Alice's to meet up with family, eat good food, visit and of coarse watch  the eclipse.

This is a picture of the main field that people and news outlets were gathering in, however this is a very small portion of it.  There were probably a couple thousand people that were stopped all around the town to see the eclipse in the sweet spot.  The people in Kanaraville were probably very happy with this whole thing was over and they could have their town back.

Ellie with her awesome cousin, Tayson, taking a look at the eclipse.

John and Alice hosted a pretty descent group of people.  They cooked us wonderful food.

It's a coming!

And there you have it.  The eclipse was just finishing up as the sun went behind the mountains.  Perfect timing.
We stayed that night in our trailer at John's.  Monday morning we went into Cedar City to get a new tire for the trailer then drove home.  Was a great weekend.