solar eclipse

Don't come anywhere near me!
I guaranty you it will be cloudy and most likely raining.
You would not believe my track record with all astronomical events.

A set of binoculars on a tripod and a white paper plate works well too, project the image of the Sun onto the plate and you might see any large sunspots, and of course, the moon disc as it creeps across.

It should be obvious, but I'll say it anyway, don't look through the binos to aim them, hold the plate behind the eyepiece and aim that way.

Eclipse website with path and directions The website has individual State information.

Will be in Island Park Idaho driving to Rexburg the day of Eclipse. Made reservations months ago....Thanks for the reminder to get protective lenses.

I am going to Payette Id. my son lives there and luck has it free rent and board. looking forward to it. they make a telescope called coronado and it is for looking at the sun. quite spendy but worth it. fascinating to look at the sunspots

Even cheaper than any of the above is just put a nail,hole in a heavy piece of paper and let the sun image display on another piece of paper behind the pin hole. An added benefit is that the image will be even larger than what a direct viewing would be.

old guy wrote:
on August 21 there will be an eclipse of the sun. it will cover a lot of the USA starting in the Pacific Northwest and ending up on the south east coast. i caution you about looking at the sun during the eclipse. I suggest buying welder's glass to look through. that may be the cheapest thing, unless someone else has a better idea.

even cheaper are solar viewing glasses. Orion telescopes has a 5 pack for something like $10. I've used them before and they are IMHO far safer to use than a blank welders glass. One slip and you could have eye damage. Now welding goggles or welding helmet, that would be better.

And if your planning to come to oregon along the total eclipse path and don't have reservations, well, your likely out of luck. Even out of the path and then driving to a full eclipse area may end up being a massive traffic jam. Central oregon around John Day is expecting 30,000 + visitors coming down a narrow two lane highway. Campground reservations sold out in about an hour.

We were able to get a county fairgrounds campsite spot about 9 months ago, and even then few were available and we just got lucky.