Yep, that’s me. I’m one of those people now. Some had already pegged me as one, but I refused to accept it. I just might have developed a problem.

There’s no real way to describe the feeling. It really is euphoric for whatever reason. I can’t explain it, but I’ve now experienced it twice and I want more.

Yeah, I have it bad.

No, I don’t need an intervention, but I HAVE already started planning for the next big one. I’m not really a “world traveler,” but I might just have to be.

After the 2017 event, I wrote my future self some notes. Here we go again:

• You’ve done this before (twice) take some time and enjoy it, too.
• Plan, plan, plan.
• Try getting creative this time:
• Bracket the corona
• Higher f-stop – lower shutter (get those bursts)
• 360 sunset
• Use that Lens Ball. You brought it, right?
• Wide-angle static ambient sequence (use the second solar filter for this)
• Eat something to Pete’s sake!
• Also, don’t forget, your good friend may have given you a t-shirt (or a hat, or a jacket or something) years and years prior to the event that you packed, but forgot about. Find it and wear it!