[jyl]

The total solar eclipse will be visible in Oregon. Mostly in Portland, and fully at a friend's house just an hour south, where we've been invited to watch.

Thing is, we had planned a trip to California to see the kids at the summer camp where they are working, and to see friends.

Wife wants to cxl trip and stay here to see the eclipse. I am resisting.

My interest in seeing the eclipse is about 3 on a scale of 1 to 10. Slightly above a bearded lady, well below a clean XKE. Yes, I get that it is a sight that we won't see again until I'm dead, but so what - there are a lot of things I won't see in my lifetime and it is just a "sight" that can be captured in photographs, rather than an experience like visiting a new country, a dinner with old friends, or a hundred mile ride over remote gravel trails.

In my opinion.

What say you?