August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse - any tips
Getting questions from readers of forestcamping.com about the 8/21/17 solar eclipse. The swath where you'll see a total eclipse passes thru at least a dozen national forests and one grassland. Shoul...
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donn0128 wrote:
Come to central or eastern Oregon. SE Oregon has some really wide open spaces that should offer great vistas.
This is good advice but if folks have not already made reservations in state or national parks, or private campgrounds or RV parks, they will find that most campgrounds along the path of totality are sold out.
Camping sites in Oregon State Parks, along the path of totality, were sold out within an hour of becoming available. In like manner, most (if not all) private campgrounds and RV Parks are also sold out with some having waiting lists available to fill possible cancellations.
We're avid amateur astronomers and started working on this months ago. Still, and for the time being, we've settled for a site in an RV park at the fairgrounds in Corvallis, OR where we have family. We'd rather be on the coast and are on the waiting list for an RV resort in Lincoln City. (started at #42 on the waiting list and as of yesterday, 2/7, had moved to #37.)
