For those going to see Eclipse

rbtglove wrote:
Trying to determine if it would be a significant difference to travel to our cabin near Knoxville TN which will be very near the full eclipse area or to stay in Dayton OH which is in about the 90% area. Any expert advice as to a simple explanation of the advantage of driving south would be appreciated.

Might get a tiny bit gloomy in Dayton but if you're not paying attention, at 90% you won't notice it.

I'm going to drive over 6 hours one way to get there... And I don't even consider myself crazy!

And we'll turn it into a one week trip with three days at Crater Lake.

Trying to determine if it would be a significant difference to travel to our cabin near Knoxville TN which will be very near the full eclipse area or to stay in Dayton OH which is in about the 90% area. Any expert advice as to a simple explanation of the advantage of driving south would be appreciated.

I spoke with the people that run the little town Andrews NC, they told me that they have people coming in from all around the world. They have been sold out of anywhere to stay for almost a year! People have asked to set up tents in parking lots, open pastures, everywhere. Churches have told them that they could set up outside, its crazy over there already. Luckily I have a cabin in Robbinsville NC. Robbinsville and all surrounding areas have been sold out as well. Nothing is available there, I mean all campgrounds and hotel/motel/cabins everything are full.

953 miles according to google map. Staying at the campground for 2 weeks at what is billed as a beautiful forest service campground with a lake. The eclipse might be what prompted the trip, and is the highlight, but even if it's cloudy the trip will be worth while.

All I could afford wrote:
Pencil me In as one of those who will drive 700 miles from northern NJ to southern SC for the show. My 3 kids school talked so much about it that they got interested. We will stop for 1 day in NC to visit family as well. Then back to work Wednesday

Your children will thank you for it! Our's is in a sandbox somewhere over that-a-way but he saw one when he was 3 and still remembers it. (Well, mostly because he got to play on the resort owner's golf cart. :D)

Audio record them! Much better than photos.

LS

Pencil me In as one of those who will drive 700 miles from northern NJ to southern SC for the show. My 3 kids school talked so much about it that they got interested. We will stop for 1 day in NC to visit family as well. Then back to work wednessday

profdant139 wrote:
Corky said, "One would have to be nuts." So would Two!

Actually, people (read: certain relatives) are calling us nuts to drive a thousand miles for two minutes of darkness and possible clouds. Maybe we are!

I figure that this will be a "Y2K" event. It's a Monday workday and most people have no clue what it is. They will watch on TV or listen to it on the radio. Locals within a few minutes drive will show, but few will drive more than a couple of hours to watch a 2:30 minute event. I can take several days because I'm retired! :D

Ls

Corky said, "One would have to be nuts." So would Two!

Actually, people (read: certain relatives) are calling us nuts to drive a thousand miles for two minutes of darkness and possible clouds. Maybe we are!

msmith1199 wrote:

fanrgs wrote:
A group of astronomers in Denver have filled 17, 55-passenger buses for a one-day trip to Wyoming to view the eclipse!

I was going to head to Casper from California to watch it, but then I saw they are also expecting a few hundred thousand people.

I saw on the local news last night Casper hotels are charging $1100 per night and are 98% booked. One would have to be nuts.