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The Great American Eclipse: August 21, 2017
« on: January 05, 2017, 08:37:41 PM »
The path of totality will cross the United States from Oregon to South Carolina.

Kansas City and St Louis are on the edges of the path, but Nashville is right in the middle.

And if you're making travel plans, at least four minor league baseball teams will be playing home games in the path of totalilty:

The Salem- Keizer Volcanoes (Oregon) will be having events all weekend, leading up to a special 9:30 am game time on Eclipse Day.

In South Carolina, the Greenville Drive, Columbia Fireflies, and Charleston River Dogs all have events in the works. They're not on their schedules yet, but I e-mailed the teams to ask, and they ALL got back to me right away with confirmations.

The Nashville Sounds will also be playing at home that day, but nothing's been announced on their website yet, and I haven't contacted them.

More info on the eclipse here:
http://www.eclipse2017.org/eclipse2017_main.htm
https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/
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The ground is deep with fallen leaves and nuts of White and Red Oak, and of Beech, that line and fill the footprints and the ruts which all along the wooded pathway reach. First claim, of course, to chipmunk and to squirrel for bleak mid-Winter sustenance belongs, as all around old leaves descend and twirl about, through feathered autumn songs.
"Oakwise", Nut Gathering at Alban Eve