The chance to witness a rare celestial event gripped residents across the Capital Region on Monday afternoon, as onlookers gathered at parks and on rooftops to gaze up at a solar eclipse.
One hundred horses and a lone donkey clattered from the corral. Behind them, cottonwood trees burned egg-yolk yellow and the mountains blurred to silhouettes. Hooves drummed and dust scattered. I had been promised a spectacle and this was it.