Eclipse spectators across three countries gather to witness a rare coast-to-coast total solar eclipse, with hopes for clear skies despite cloudy forecasts.
Sarah Beauregard, owner of the Range Vintage Trailer Resort near Ennis, Texas, poses, Sunday, April 7, 2024, with a T-shirt made for the eclipse-watching event at the resort, which is in the path of totality. She said that spots there sold out over a year ago. MESQUITE, Texas — Eclipse spectators staked out their spots across three countries Sunday, fervently hoping for clear skies despite forecasts calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanishing route.
“I have arrived in the path of totality!” Ian Kluft announced Sunday afternoon after pulling into Mesquite from Portland, Oregon, a 2,000-mile drive. Near Ennis, Texas, to the south, the Range Vintage Trailer Resort was also packed, selling out of spots more than a year ago. “We are the complete opposite of tornado chasers, always seeking clear skies,” Zeiler said in an email over the weekend. This time, though, he was staying put in Fredericksburg, Texas, with his family, 10 of them altogether, and holding onto “a considerable ray of hope.”
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