I began my interest in solar eclipses shortly before the 11 July 1991 eclipse which tracked across Hawaii before crossing Baja California and Central Mexico. At the time I was working at the Lunar & Planetary Laboratory (LPL) in Tucson following my graduation from the University of Arizona two months earlier. Some of my colleagues were involved in an eclipse observation trip to the totality in Hawaii, and just the day prior to totality I committed with a friend to drive down to Mexico to try to observe it via hand-built pin-hole projection. We got close to the path, however we diverted to a beach we knew a bit shy of the 100% line due to fatigue and didn't go any further on the actual day. No photos were taken, but the love of the event took hold.
More to follow... meanwhile, here's a picture from the 17 August 2017 eclipse, taken in Casper Wyoming with my portable telescope rig:
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