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Post by High Sierra Fan on May 5, 2017 16:01:51 GMT -8
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Post by absarokanaut on May 5, 2017 18:35:55 GMT -8
I just bought a few pairs of glasses today at Eagle Vision here in Jackson. Weather permitting I plan on being at just over 11,000' on a moderate dayhike starting about an hour from town here.
They are saying this will be the most crowded Teton and Fremont Counties have ever been. People reserved rooms 5 years in advance.
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Post by fifeplayer on May 6, 2017 8:03:20 GMT -8
I'll be headed somewhere I hope,since I requested vacation that week, but specific plans for where will be weather dependent. Gonna find the clearest spot in the country on the eclipse path
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 10:48:44 GMT -8
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Post by tigger on May 6, 2017 11:09:33 GMT -8
I'm going to be on the North face of Mt. Jefferson in Oregon. We're going to take off on Friday afternoon and hike out so that we can find a sweet spot and are there on Monday when the eclipse passes directly overhead.
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Post by ErnieW on May 6, 2017 11:17:13 GMT -8
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Post by davesenesac on May 6, 2017 13:35:44 GMT -8
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Post by starwalker on May 6, 2017 15:59:42 GMT -8
I live close enough to the path that I can decide where to drive to early that morning. And I am going. If the forecast looks bad for Missouri, then I'll head another direction if I have to car camp.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on May 6, 2017 17:19:09 GMT -8
I live close enough to the path that I can decide where to drive to early that morning. And I am going. If the forecast looks bad for Missouri, then I'll head another direction if I have to car camp. Yes it being atmospheric condition dependent does make location trickier. Probably means being mobile would be a potential advantage. Though classic cloudless dry locales would be a reasonable first bet. |
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Post by High Sierra Fan on May 6, 2017 17:21:58 GMT -8
I just bought a few pairs of glasses today at Eagle Vision here in Jackson. Weather permitting I plan on being at just over 11,000' on a moderate dayhike starting about an hour from town here. They are saying this will be the most crowded Teton and Fremont Counties have ever been. People reserved rooms 5 years in advance. Given how spectacular having the background of the Tetins would be I don't fiubt the crowd forecasts. I expect Alaska Basin would be a tad roomier: but then were it overcast, grrrrr |
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Post by tallgrass on May 6, 2017 19:37:27 GMT -8
Being near Missouri. I plan on just driving down towards Columbia and be in the path of complete totality. I'll just sit on the side of the road somewhere. I don't care. Plan on having a nice little family road trip. WE ARE going to see it.
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Post by absarokanaut on May 7, 2017 7:15:30 GMT -8
Alaska Basin is indeed a awesome place. Table Mt. would IMO be "better." If you settle on the Basin Chuck and i will share our favorite sites. I'm guessing you should pay a hippie friend to stake a claim a few days in advance.
So what direction is the best direction to be looking? Eastbound?
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Post by Campfires&Concierges on May 7, 2017 15:11:44 GMT -8
Yep, people have been planning for a while on this one, I expect spots in the path to be inundated. Closest to me is Southern Illinois, but I'm going to be in Switzerland at the time and will miss the whole thing. I can't complain about that, but I am a little bummed to miss it. I think I read that another one is only a few years away.
Speaking of...anyone remember the movie Delores Claiborne? Great movie based on a Stephen King novel, based around a solar eclipse.
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Post by starwalker on May 7, 2017 18:48:12 GMT -8
April 8, 2024 for the next North American total solar eclipse. I'll be 73 by then, who knows where I'll be. It will move from southwest Texas to New England.
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Post by BigLoad on May 7, 2017 20:30:40 GMT -8
April 8, 2024 for the next North American total solar eclipse. I'll be 73 by then, who knows where I'll be. Moving from southwest Texas to New England? |
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