This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with mother and daughter, Electra Yourke, 92, and Kate Yourke, 64. Business Insider has verified the cost of the trip. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Electra: This trip to Spain will be my ninth eclipse in 92 years. The first time I traveled to see one was to Costa Rica in 1991, when I was 57. I booked onto a tour that wasn’t expressly for seeing a total eclipse, but that’s why I was on it.
On the day of the eclipse, it had clouded over where we were. Everybody was like, “That’s too bad. We missed the eclipse. What’s for dinner?” I announced, “Get on the bus!”
As we drove…
