Total Eclipse

August 21 was the total eclipse.

Eclipse Playlist

In honor of the eclipse:

Ain't No Sunshine
Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
Black and Gold by Sam Sparro
Back in Black by AC/DC
Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Blue Moon
Can't Fight the Moonlight by LeAnn Rimes
C Moon by Wings
Dancing in the Dark by Artie Shaw
Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John
Fly Me to the Moon
Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles
I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James
I'm Beginning to See the Light by Frank Sinatra
I See the Light from Tangled
I Wear My Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
I Wished Upon The Moon
Let the Sunshine In from Hair
Love in the Dark by Adele
Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
Me and My Shadow
Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) by Billy Joel
Moonage Daydream by David Bowie
Moonlight by Sting
Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller
Moon River
Moon Shadow by Cat Stevens
Moondance
Old Devil Moon from Finian's Rainbow
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Shadow Days by John Mayer
She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby
Sunshine by The Isley Brothers
Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
Theme from Dark Shadows
To the Moon and Back by Savage Garden
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

Road Trip Literature

• Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
• Anywhere But Here by Mona Simpson
• Flaming Iguanas by Erika Lopez
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wallis
• Going Bovine by Libba Bray
• Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Just One Day by Gayle Forman
• The Last Days of California by Mary Miller
• On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
• On The Road by Jack Kerouac
• Paper Towns by John Green
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
• Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
• The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Oregon

On Thursday, we drove to Baker City in Oregon. We stayed at MT View RV Park.

On Friday, we drove to Waldport in Oregon.  We stayed at McKinley's Marina and RV Park.  We went to Grand Central Pizza for dinner.

On Saturday,  we went to the Newport Farmer's Market.  We went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.  We saw eels, fish, sea lions, otters, turkey vultures, sharks, stingrays, and puffins.  We went to the Historic Newport Bayfront and ate lunch at Mo's Annex.

On Sunday,  we drove and went and saw Driftwood Beach, Ona Beach, and Seal Rock Beach.  We drove to Yachats and had dinner at Luna Sea Fish House.

On Monday, we hiked up to Heceta Head Lighthouse. We went to Myrtlewood Gifts.  We drove to Coos Bay and walked around.  We went to the Umpqua River Lighthouse.  We drove to Florence and ate lunch at Mo's.  We stopped in Yachats and saw the black rock.

On Tuesday,  we went to the Aquarium Village, where they have shops shaped like Pirate ships.  We went to the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.  We went to Fred Meyer and ate lunch at Taco Bell.  Dad and I played tetherball and horseshoes at our campground.

On Wednesday, we went to an antique store and the Waldport Farmer's Market.  We walked around South Beach.  We drove up to Depoe Bay and saw some grey whales.  We drove up to Lincoln City and went to the Outlet mall.  We ate lunch at Mo's.  We went to the lookout at Cape Foulweather and saw another grey whale.

On Thursday,  we walked around Nye Beach.  We drove up to Otter Rock and saw Devil's Punchbowl.  We went back up to Cape Foulweather, but didn't see any whales this time.  We ate lunch at the South Beach Fish Market in Newport.

On Friday, we drove back to Baker City. We stayed at MT View RV Park. We ate dinner at El Erradero.

On Saturday, we drove home.