All of this has made for a cause for celebration in Torreón and anticipation is at an all-time high. “Everything is about the eclipse right now,” Hernandez explained. “Everywhere you go, there are street banners.”
Traveling any distance
Kaitlyn Arnold, 35, is one of many traveling great distances to see the eclipse in Torreón. Hoping for a good deal, she waited a while to buy tickets, but when it became clear that prices were only going up, she decided she wasn’t going to be priced out of this moment; instead, she’d have to get creative.
Arnold will fly from her home in San Francisco to San Diego, where she’ll take a trolley across the border to Tijuana. Once there, Arnold will hop on a flight to Durango, just southwest of Torreón, where she found an AirBnb for $10 a night. Finally, on the day of the eclipse, she hopes to hitchhike her way from Durango to Torreón.
“I wanted to go to Mexico partially because if it doesn’t work out and it’s not visible—maybe there…
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