Special SunChips For Solar Eclipse Are Coming But Act Fast

Special SunChips are being released just for the upcoming Solar Eclipse on April 8, but you'll have to act fast to get them.

The special edition cosmic chips will have two flavors in one bag.

The special SunChips have two flavors designed to mirror bright sunny skies and the cheesy moon.

If you can get your hands on them, the chips will come in a limited edition 2024 bag that even comes with the endorsement of astronaut Kellie Gerardi.

"As a researcher and astronaut with a love for all things space, I can't wait to celebrate this exciting event with SunChips.  Total solar eclipses are rare and special events, and I hope people can take a moment out of their busy daily life to pause and enjoy the incredible sight," said Gerardi.

Here's where you'll have to act fast.  During the 4 minutes and 27 seconds of the total solar eclipse on April 8, SunChips will give aways bags of the special edition snack while supplies last.

When the eclipse starts at 2:33 pm in the southwestern U.S., you can go visit SunChipsSolarEclipse.com to try to snag a bag.  If you log onto the website now, it will tell you to come back at 1:33 pm CT on 4/8/24 to enter for a chance to win a bag and an eclipse swag kit.  They'll even send you a reminder if you enter your email address.

Websites like GreatAmericanEclipse.com and NationalEclipse.com sell glasses specifically designed for protecting eyes while viewing the eclipse.  They block nearly all visible, infrared and ultraviolet light.

MyEyeDr, a network of eye care providers offering glasses, contacts and other services, is giving out free solar eclipse glasses at 438 locations across the country, while supplies last.

The solar eclipse glasses are also available at many stores including Walmart, Amazon and Lowe's.

As of 11:59 PM tonight, it's officially springtime in Augusta and Aiken.  Winter is over but don't let the fact that it's officially spring fool ya.  It can still get cold and we can have a freeze in March and sometime early April.

Meteorologists start spring on March 1st, but that kind of back fired this year as a big snowstorm hit the mid-west, and to them, it wasn't spring.  We've had some pretty warm days lately and we've seen the pollen falling like snow here. We have a few days forecasted coming up where it will get down into the 30s and one day only into the 50s for highs.

Since it's officially springtime in Augusta and Aiken, it's time to start planting flowers, getting the grass ready, and getting outdoors.  Time to hit the playgrounds, the golf course, and tons of other outdoor activities.  It's time to get out and enjoy some of the great events we have every spring.

Now that we've gone through the time change, and it's now springtime in Augusta and Aiken, just know that the sun will not set before 6:00p until around October 18th.

So now that it's officially springtime in Augusta and Aiken we have so many things planned to get outside and have some fun with.  Take advantage of the fun things we have to do here in the CSRA.  Even if you don't get out to one of these great events below, we have so many fun things like the North Augusta Greeneway for walking, the canal, the River Walk and so much more.

So grab the family, gather up some of the best friends you can find and let's go explore what we have to offer right here at home.

The 4th annual Spring Wing Festival is Saturday.  Live music, cold, beer, a corn hole tournament, bounce houses for the kids and so much more.  Come enjoy the day and find out who's going to be crowned the Augusta Wing Off Champion and take home the cash prize of $1000.00.

https://kicks99.com/event/spring-wing-fest-2024/

This was so much fun last year being apart of the very Aiken Brunch Festival.  The streets of downtown Aiken were filled with food vendors, and live music everywhere you went.  Looking forward to this fun day.  It's one of the first festivals in Aiken in the spring.  So grab ya pup, your better half, let's eat and have some fun in downtown Aiken.

This is one of the events that we love to call the official kick-off of Spring.  This year's date is April 27th from 1p to 5p at SRP Park in North Augusta.  Around 30 local and regional breweries are on site for you to sample of the best beers around.  I've found several great new beers over the past few years at the Augusta Beer Fest.  This past year was Twisted Tea!

https://www.augustacraftbeerfest.com/

With The Masters being a little later this year, we get to have home baseball at SRP park before the tournament.  Opening night of 2024 season is Friday, April 5th with the first 2000 fans getting a free golf towel.