Chicago area family has made eclipses a tradition since 1972
CHICAGO – 1972 marked another solar eclipse, made famous by a line from singer Carly Simon's song 'You're So Vain.'For a northwest suburban dad, that year also marked the first time John Messerschmidt became an eclipse chaser, something he's making a family tradition.'We didn't have a lear jet,' said Messerschmidt, who was 14 then. 'We did have a station wagon.'His family traveled to Cap Chat, Quebec, in Canada, in July of 1972.
Messerschmidt and his wife traveled to Curacao in the Caribbean and France in 1998 and 1999.'When you are in the path of totality, it's indescribable,' said Christine Messerschmidt. 'I highly recommend anyone that can get to a path of totality get to the path of totality, because when it's dark and the birds start chirping, it's really magical, and I was bitten by the bug.'The next opportunity took 18 years.
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