Well it seemed like it! 

It is windy and pretty cold but we are fortunate that our dining room window provides a panoramic view to the east with a perfect view of the super wolf blood moon as it climbs above the horizon.  It is enormous and the light low on the horizon floods the landscape throwing stark shadows that create eerie images in this night light.  It is beautiful.  Stars are washed out against the moon lit sky, for now.  We are in and out all evening as we venture out to soak in the view and retreat to our dining room perch to warm and watch the eclipse unfold.  

It starts as a flat on the bottom of the sphere, cool but not too impressive yet. The shadow progresses.  Ever more stars pop into view as the sky continues to darken.  As the last twinkle of moon is about to disappear the inky black sky is carpeted with millions of stars.  It is so “busy” that it is hard to pick out familiar constellations.  (Not the big dipper though.  Hi, Mom!).  We even get a bit of a look at the milky way.  At full eclipse it seems like I could pluck that yellow-orange orb right out of the inky black sky.

Seminole Canyon turned out to be a great place to experience the eclipse.  It is a class III night sky because of Del Rio and Laughlin AFB that at thirty miles away still throw a bit of a light halo; but not enough to spoil it.  It is definitely hard to find a class I night sky in the US.