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- I am in Boise and the local news station had the supervisor of the area BLM on
he said they are expecting up to 500,000 visitors/watchers for the eclipse.
They are really worried about fires from vehicles driving off road ON BLM land in the tall grass from the wet spring.
Jesseannie - I get it.....enjoy it.
But I have to ask. What do people do when they make plans or reservations, maybe travel hundreds of miles or more to see an eclipse that lasts an entire 3 minutes in totality, and it happens to be cloudy?
I guess I don't get it lol. - Dan, if you put an 'a' in place of the 'i' in retired and drop the second 'e' you have our current station in life. Say it with a Southern accent. The "words you cannot use' program on here automatically bleeped out my little self flagellation.
Still looking forward to the Total Eclipse. We will now arrive 3 days in advance and leave a day later to let the traffic subside.
jefe - jefe, I am trying to figure out what the six asterisks stand for. Both "retired" and "seniors" have seven letters, so that can't be right.
- Len,
That's right. If anyone decides to go for this out of this world experience, one needs to go all in, and be prepared, no matter the discomfort level. In fact, the higher the discomfort level, the lower your chances are of meeting people along the way. On the other hand, one needs to be smart about not being in the queue of qars trying to get to said experience. One of our prime directives, now that we are ******, is to swim upstream when everyone else is swimming downstream and visa versa. Why is that you ask? Because we can.
When we lived in L.A., someone pulling a trailer on one of the travel forums asked how to get through L.A. and avoid the traffic. The answer was to drive it at night or on a Sunday morning very early.
No air conditioner on the roof; only 200Watts of solar.
jefe - "Once in a lifetime" usually means that you are willing to put up with a little discomfort for the experience. ;)
LS - Jeff,
If it's hot, couldn't you just sit outside under an umbrella with a 12V Endless Breeze box fan aimed right at ya during eclipse time?
We love our E.B. box fan. I even have a long extension cord for it so we can use it under the awning or at a picnic table.
Does your TC have A/C you can retreat to before and after the event? - Naio,
You are correct. Low 80's average daytime highs during the 3rd week of August. This may be more pleasant than originally thought. In picking a spot to view the eclipse, east central OR fits the bill as the place most likely to not have cloud cover. Oh, and it's the most direct from our place.
Bro Jim just purchased a 2016 Ford F-250 4 door, diesel/6 speed auto, mid trim level and may accompany us on the quest for the eclipse. So, bro John, bro jefe, and bro Jim all have a 4WD diesel pickup. - I dunno about Idaho, but Oregon is not normally hot in late august. Low 80s in the afternoon, and 50 or below at night. Could get frost, in eastern Oregon. And in the Sawtooths, I would think!
- Definitely don't spend time on photos during the event -- you can look at someone else's photos on the web, but they say that totality is an experience that you have to focus on.
So many of the events in my own life have been seen through the viewfinder -- birthdays and trips to Disneyland and so forth. I missed a lot. Not this time, I hope.
It is going to be hot. We have resigned ourselves to that. It's August 21. Just this once, we will be uncomfortable. Then it's back to the higher elevations!
