Planning only gets you so far when chasing a full solar eclipse, but the Texas clouds dispersed Monday (April 8) for Saanich father and son Steve and Connor Hickton.

Under generally overcast skies in south Texas, the duo packed up and left their San Antonio hotel at 4 a.m., embarking on what would be a three-hour drive to evade cloud cover.

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The pair of astronomy enthusiasts set up in an elementary school parking lot and waited.

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