Sounds like a great life, mate! We immigrated to Vancouver Is from Arkansas when I was 15.... dad stayed, I moved back to the US of A, eh?!! That was last century...
Was gonna head to Durango state for the eclipse..but my plans fizzled.... not just due to the current weather being a tad iffy... its a 2300 mile drive and I haven't dialed in my new motorized tracking mounts.