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Each year, on or about Super Mar10 (Skanda's birthday), I write (on Facebook ) a yearly update to Stork about Skanda's progress through his age. I will be blogging as well, from now on. You'll be able to read the previous issues  here .  Dear Stork -  I am sorry that I couldn’t mail you on the 10th. We are visiting (Praneetha's mom's sister - Anu Aunty and Sreedhar Uncle) and vacationing in New Zealand for Skanda’s annual retreat and it is night-day difference. The entire NZ vacation requires its own "book" to write about.  Last birthday, you heard us taking him to Disney. He had a blast there - different rides and water sports! We also booked a rocket launch watch in Kennedy Space - unfortunately they abandoned the laucnh at the very last minute - "green money govinda govinda". While that was a disappointment, our trip to the Keys made it up. In all we walked up to 20+ kms. 1 and 1 makes not 2 but 11. Skanda is “this close” to being an adult in ...

  Ever since we missed our chance to view the Totality back in 2017, albeit being so close (Cary, NC) to Eclipse path across the US, we made sure that the one in 2024 is viewed and ends up being spectacular. And what a show it ended up: 3 minutes and 48 seconds of awesomeness! It needed a lot of forethought and preparations - six months of planning. While 2024 eclipse was supposed to pass through places near to us, we still needed to ensure we are at the right place at the right time. Eclipse path NASA has an interactive Eclipse explorer site . We made extensive use of it in our planning. A super helpful site that showed a specific location's duration of eclipse and totality. There were enthusiasts who charted the path with their inputs. This was super helpful because of the Google Maps overlay . PlanIt This app was immensely useful for photography or even imagining from where we could watch the eclipse in the sky. Places considered Niagara, ON Who wouldn...