"I had been planning for years to see the total eclipse; April 8, 2024. One year ago, I reserved a home in Fredericksburg, Texas, treating my son Garret, his wife, her father, and my 4 grandkids. We came in April 1st and left April 9th. I wanted a high elevation location to see the eclipse so I chose Cross Mountain on the outskirts of Fredericksburg. To pick up my weekly 3 cardio exercises I jogged from our house to Cross Mountain 3 times, April 3rd, 5th, and the day of the eclipse April 8th. I jogged, rather than hiked, 3 times because Cross Mountain is not much of a mountain by New Mexico standards. I was surprised that it was listed on the 3 websites that I log peaks. It is listed not because of size, but because it has a name. I had 6.3K, 5.6K and 5.3K runs. (3.9, 3.5, and 3.3 miles.) The elevation gain was about 250 feet. The day of eclipse was absolutely amazing! I had been praying that God would give a little glimpse of the eclipse because it appeared it would be totally cloudy. It felt like God opened the clouds just for me at the perfect time, and all of us on Cross Mountain were equally blessed. (See my YouTube video of the event.) I was with my son Garret, and 7-year-old ..." — Phil-Robinson • Apr 5, 2024