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- Update: Jean and Jefe have been scouring the Eclipse2017 websites. There is a lot of conflicting info out there. Are they really expecting 100K people in the area? The Eclipse glasses have been ordered. The best map source so far has been good old Google Earth. Set on the tightest telephoto we have found several suspects in boondocking for the 19th-21st. The key here was, 2-track, steep up and down, rocky, washed out, off camber, overgrown (in places), hard to get to, and narrow jeep trails north of Hwy. 26 in central OR. Hint: our potential choices are directly on the eclipse centerline path.
My only concern is heat. We are 3 season campers and summer is not one of them.
I think I'll put the Nikon camera on the roll up table and just let it run for a few minutes, facing east toward the camper to let the shadow just roll over us. I hope to disconnect the auto light feature.
jefe - This site has detailed info on probable weather conditions at specific locations:
WeatherSpark
But you know, you just never know. Good luck!! - Have a waterfront site booked at a NFS campground on the west side of the Smokies. The name of the park makes me wonder if the chances for cloud cover is any worse then elsewhere.
- Not true boondocking, but many farmers along/near the path of totality in Nebraska are renting spaces in their fields. We'll be spending a couple of nights in a hay field just outside Beatrice in SE Nebraska. No hook-ups, but they said they'll have porta-potties for tenters.
We hadn't booked anything, hoping to just find a spot in the boonies. The more I thought about it, the more I worried that we'd end up stuck somewhere. Fortunately saw a post in another forum here about this hay field. Two night minimum at $30 a night but worth every penny to us to know we have a safe place to leave the RV and the cats in case we have to use the Jeep to go in search of clear skies. - Good or Bad, we'll still be home, here in NW MO. It'll probably be hot but we're right in the middle of the path. Then we'll head out west,about 9-5,for 6-7 weeks.
- Good luck, jefe! If anyone can find an empty spot in the path of totality, it's you. We will be somewhere in Idaho. (The Sawtooth Range.) Not as clear as Oregon, but maybe a little less hot. (Although more humid . . . . )
- Simply immensum. Jeanie and I have elected to be W by NW of Madras or E by SE in the OR desert under the total path of the shadow. I'm wondering how many people are going to attempt to see this once in a lifetime event? We'll try to be in a spot with 2 tracks, lots of sand and dry gulches that MoHos would have a hard time navigating.
See some of you there.
jefe AstroRig57 wrote:
Matt_Colie wrote:
As we are well out of the path of totality, I have elected to take our coach and bivouac at a location that will provide a quick escape to the east or west to find better weather at the right moment.
Matt
That might be a good plan. My biggest concern about heading to Corvallis, OR is the threat of cloudy skies but, with two sisters and their families and both of my kids living up that way, it just seems logical to combine a trip to see family with the event.
You should be fine. Oregon's summer weather almost completely clear and sunny. It almost makes up for the almost completely cloudy and rainy winters:)- We will be at our mountain/lake house which is located in the southwestern corner of NC in the Nantahala National Forest. We are just about the darkest place east of the Mississippi and within the path of totality. We will take the pontoon boat out on the lake to insure an unobstructed view.lizzie
- If anyone would like to volunteer and be right in the path, here's an opportunity for Aug. 18-22. It might be filled already though.
"Non profit Community Center in Powell Butte, Oregon, is seeking a reliable, volunteer Camp Host, August 18 through 22, 2017.
For more information and an application, please email events@pb-center.com Deadline for application is June 10, 2017.
Thanks!
Yes, only Friday thru Tuesday. We are hoping to open 20 self-contained RV spaces in the gravel parking lot of our community center for the eclipse weekend. Central Oregon is expecting ~ 600K people for this event and every spare piece of land is being used for dry camping sites. If we find a camp host, we will be able to do this, otherwise not. The host's space will, of course, be gratis. Since this is a fundraiser for our non profit Center, we are unable to compensate.
There are no hookups, no dumping, no water, no electricity, etc. That's why we are not permitting tents and are requiring self-contained units only, and due to the volatile nature of our area for summer fires, we are not permitting open fires, fireworks, firearms, etc. Vehicles must park on the gravel, not out in the field. The area is rural, quiet, without much traffic or noise and there is a fire station on the south and one neighbor on the north. Contrary to some of the larger venues in Central Oregon who are having festivals, etc., we will not be having any activities at our site. Perhaps an ideal site for families or us older folks who like peace and quiet and don't want to be in the middle of a huge crowd. If you have an interest, email events@pb-center.com and I can email you an application form."
