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- Blazing, it's not hundreds of others -- it's many thousands, perhaps millions. But here is a tip -- first, go to one of the many websites that have interactive maps showing the exact path of totality. Then find a place to boondock that is not far from the center of the path.
If you are in North Idaho, the path passes just south of Stanley. (I know Stanley is not really in the north, but it's one of the closest areas to you.) There is a lot of boondocking in the Sawtooth NRA. - After reading this article a couple days ago, we thought this would be a once in a lifetime event-------So do hundreds of other couples!! It's pretty hard to find parking space for the trailer or motels for over 100 miles from totality. We're still working on it, but maybe we will watch on TV. Darn...
pnichols wrote:
Biggyniner wrote:
I snatched a reservation at Haystack Reservoir as soon as they opened for reservations!
Excellent ... enjoy your sun-watching and camping there!
I always wonder what camping at that reservoir would be like whenever I see it on the map. We've camped in the Madras, Prineville, and Bend areas in years past and have always enjoyed it.
Will you be having hookups or use a generator for daytime air conditioninig at the reservoir?
Probably running the genset as there are no hookups. i also have a 100lb Newfoundland dog that doesn't do good in the heat, so i may leave her at my Parents in Portland...Biggyniner wrote:
I snatched a reservation at Haystack Reservoir as soon as they opened for reservations!
Excellent ... enjoy your sun-watching and camping there!
I always wonder what camping at that reservoir would be like whenever I see it on the map. We've camped in the Madras, Prineville, and Bend areas in years past and have always enjoyed it.
Will you be having hookups or use a generator for daytime air conditioninig at the reservoir?- It's going to be close enough that I'm going to wait until the days leading up to see what's going on with the weather. I decided that there is no reason to book a site if cloud cover isn't going to cooperate.
- I snatched a reservation at Haystack Reservoir as soon as they opened for reservations!
pnichols wrote:
You're reading the maps correctly. That's mostly BLM land. Wide open if you have the rig to get in there. For that matter, a whole lot of the path in Idaho is public land.
I'm at a loss as to why one needs a mountain top to view an eclipse of the sun??
Looking at the P of T map for it, I see plenty of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere high desert places in OR to camp and view the eclipse. If we were eclipse chasers, I don't think we'd let high desert August weather stop us. We sometimes rockhound in those conditions and it is possilbe to get by for short periods, especially in an RV.
Perhaps I'm looking at the P of T maps wrong ... it could be that most of those extensive high desert map areas are private land.- I live in the path of totality, I'm not planning on going up a mountain.
pnichols wrote:
I'm at a loss as to why one needs a mountain top to view an eclipse of the sun??
Duh, to be closer to the Sun, of course. ;)
Actually, I think it's to see the shadow approach and/or retreat.
LS- I'm at a loss as to why one needs a mountain top to view an eclipse of the sun??
Looking at the P of T map for it, I see plenty of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere high desert places in OR to camp and view the eclipse. If we were eclipse chasers, I don't think we'd let high desert August weather stop us. We sometimes rockhound in those conditions and it is possilbe to get by for short periods, especially in an RV.
Perhaps I'm looking at the P of T maps wrong ... it could be that most of those extensive high desert map areas are private land.
