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mama_sylvia
Aug 03, 2017Explorer
I am about 150 miles from the path of totality and almost ready. I have a dry-camping reservation almost on the midline (longest experience of totality). I bought a motorhome (well, I've been wanting to buy another one anyway, it's a wonderful way to travel for someone with disabilities, this just moved my search into high gear) and I'm desperately hoping the mechanics will vet it as okay to use. (It was super cheap because of a lot of cosmetic issues, but I drove it 50 miles home with minimal problems and it has an appointment with the mechanics this week.) I bought Super 500mm/1000mm f/8 Mirror Telephoto Lens to shoot it with. Took some test shots of the moon last night and while focusing was a bit tricky, I got some lovely shots. (Those of you who just want to watch - more power to you. I want to shoot it.) I bought some solar film and I just bought the stuff I need to make a screw-on solar filter for my camera - under $20, not counting the solar film. Instructions are at http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-and-effective-filters-solar/ if anyone else wants them. We also have protective glasses. Poor rural Wyoming is expecting an onslaught of visitors (hundreds of thousands is the usual range) so I plan to negotiate with the landowner to drive the MH up the previous weekend and leave it there. DH and I will still have to fight the traffic on Sunday, but a Prius is much easier to maneuver in traffic than a motorhome! With a bathroom, a place to sleep and cook, air conditioning to climb into once the eclipse is over (I checked the generator and AC before I bought the motorhome!), and a camera to shoot it with, I think I will be all set. Just praying the weather will cooperate. I'm really excited, it is so close and won't happen again in my lifetime.
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