Total Eclipse of the Sun will jam CG's!

[rockhillmanor]

Where will you be on August 21?

They are expecting eclipse crazy people from all over the world to travel to the US where the best spot to view the eclipse is!

That will mean resorts and CG's are going to fill up fast.

The best spots do center around many of the more popular summer destinations for us RV'ers.


""Eclipse-chasers from around the world will head to viewing spots August 21, joining millions of Americans to witness this incredible natural phenomenon""

""Plenty of hotel rooms and camping sites have sold out, but we still found a few with availability. ""



https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/best-places-to-view/
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/where-to-see-total-solar-eclipse-2017/index.html

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[TNGW1500SE]

toedtoes wrote:

TNGW1500SE wrote:
We've had a plan for a year and a half. We're going to be right on the line on top of a mountain. We got our campsite months ago. We had an alarm set in our phone that went off 6 months and two weeks before the eclipse so we could get a site. You couldn't reserve a site any more than 6 months in advance there and two weeks was the max stay so we were the first to reserve there. Then we canceled the first week. Tricky wasn't it?

Clarify this please? 🙂

If you made a reservation for two weeks exactly 6 months and two weeks before the eclipse and cancelled the first week, aren't you still going to be there one week before the eclipse?

Or did you make reservations for two weeks exactly 6 months and one week before the eclipse and cancelled the first week? (That would put the second week at the time of the eclipse)

Or did you make reservations for two weeks exactly 6 months and two weeks before the eclipse, cancel the first week and add an additional week after the second week? (that would put the added week at the time of the eclipse)

Just trying to figure out that worked.


I saw a total eclipse when I was in junior high - didn't have to travel at all. However, even if I hadn't, I wouldn't travel for it. I remember they taught us all how to use the pin prick in a sheet of paper to "see it". I found that to be extremely anti-climatic. I preferred to see it through the glass (but my older sister was given that).

Max stay at this GC is 2 weeks so we reserved a site 6 months and two weeks in advance. That reserved the site for 14 days with the last day being the day after the eclipse. Then we canceled the first week. It cost us 10 bucks to cancel the first week.

[Space_nerd]

I had my reservations a little more than a year in advance near St. Louis. The experience inside the path of totality is said to be amazing. For two to four minutes you can look at the suns corona without a filter (with your own eyes). The stars become visible in the middle of day and it is like twilight all the way around the horizon. Plus you get to watch before and after just like everyone not in the path of totality with filtered glasses or the pinhole method. For many this a once in a lifetime chance. For some it is an addiction that they will travel the world to see. The next total solar eclipse in the United States is in 2024. The path of totality will cross from Mexico near Arizona and Texas toward the Great Lakes.

[nineoaks2004]

I reckon we will just stay home and enjoy on TV. I only worry about things I can change and that keeps me busy.

[Hammerhead]

I would drive a few hundred miles south to see it if my wife had enough vacation time.

[Sprink-Fitter]

goducks10 wrote:
It goes right thru my city. Staying home.

We will have to take your word for it, we don't know where you live.

[rockhillmanor]

My interest in a solar eclipse went into the toilet when as a little kid I found out you could not just look at it. :R

Then they gave me a little box to look in backwards that simply showed a small gray shadow of a circle slowly being covered. What a bummer for a kid. 😞

[ParkCountry]

ktmrfs wrote:

ParkCountry wrote:
We are in Idaho Falls where the eclipse can be observed in it's totality and plan to just stay put. Local officials are already warning of an Armageddon of sorts descending upon us. Estimates of how many people are coming for this event run up to 500,000. This figure is mainly based on our proximity to I-15 and the number of people living within easy reach of it and traveling here. Folks are being warned to make sure all our vehicles' fuel tanks are topped off, and don't even think of going to the grocery store because they will be jam-packed, so you need to make sure your fridge, freezer, and cupboards are well stocked. All hotels/motels and campgrounds were booked up years ago on the weekend leading up to Aug. 21 for exorbitant rates.

I have a brother that lives in Pocatello and works in Idaho falls. He thinks trying to drive to work on MOnday will be an exercise in futility.

Oh, it gets better! There are currently complete repaving projects on I-15 in both directions between Pocatello and Idaho Falls, not just slapping new asphalt on top of old stuff, I mean completely digging up the old and starting from scratch. Last time I was on it 2 weeks ago, there were 2 stretches of at least 5 miles apiece where traffic was reduced to one lane in each direction. But, we had a bad winter and it really accelerated the deterioration of the roadway. My only hope is that they will have progressed North of Idaho Falls by Aug. 21, continuing up to the Montana line since the lion's share of Yellowstone and Grand Teton traffic gets off of I-15 at Exits 118 and 119. ISU has already canceled the opening day of classes on Aug. 21.

[goducks10]

It goes right thru my city. Staying home.

[coolmom42]

All hotels are booked, for sure. Even Econolodge in the little town of Grand Rivers, KY is getting $300/night. I have a cousin and a friend who both live in the centerline, about 1.5 hr driving from me. Haven't decided which one I'm going to visit; both have invited me. But either way I plan to leave at daylight, since the roads will be jammed in those areas.

One county north of Nashville has already closed schools that day, in anticipation of crazy traffic.

[Beaker]

A few nearby streetlights won't make very much difference when you're looking directly at the SUN during most of the eclipse

Tried on my solar glasses the other day. Stuck my nose right up to a 100 watt bulb and couldn't see a thing.
Surprizing how small the sun really is when you see it.

[Rover_Bill]

TNGW1500SE wrote:
You're going to want to be someplace without lights. When it gets dark, you don't want streetlights coming on.

This may be true for a LUNAR eclipse that's viewed at night. The Aug. 21 eclipse is a SOLAR eclipse that occurs in daytime near noon (10AM to 3PM). To view a SOLAR eclipse safely you'll need special VERY DARK eclipse viewing glasses or an indirect setup with a telescope. A few nearby streetlights won't make very much difference when you're looking directly at the SUN during most of the eclipse.

[ktmrfs]

ParkCountry wrote:
We are in Idaho Falls where the eclipse can be observed in it's totality and plan to just stay put. Local officials are already warning of an Armageddon of sorts descending upon us. Estimates of how many people are coming for this event run up to 500,000. This figure is mainly based on our proximity to I-15 and the number of people living within easy reach of it and traveling here. Folks are being warned to make sure all our vehicles' fuel tanks are topped off, and don't even think of going to the grocery store because they will be jam-packed, so you need to make sure your fridge, freezer, and cupboards are well stocked. All hotels/motels and campgrounds were booked up years ago on the weekend leading up to Aug. 21 for exorbitant rates.

I have a brother that lives in Pocatello and works in Idaho falls. He thinks trying to drive to work on MOnday will be an exercise in futility.

[ParkCountry]

We are in Idaho Falls where the eclipse can be observed in it's totality and plan to just stay put. Local officials are already warning of an Armageddon of sorts descending upon us. Estimates of how many people are coming for this event run up to 500,000. This figure is mainly based on our proximity to I-15 and the number of people living within easy reach of it and traveling here. Folks are being warned to make sure all our vehicles' fuel tanks are topped off, and don't even think of going to the grocery store because they will be jam-packed, so you need to make sure your fridge, freezer, and cupboards are well stocked. All hotels/motels and campgrounds were booked up years ago on the weekend leading up to Aug. 21 for exorbitant rates.

[Dave_in_TN]

While we live quite close to the path of totality in middle TN, we are about 20-30 miles outside of it. As total solar eclipses are not all that common, it's important to me that not only my wife and I see totality, but more so my kids as I saw one when I was a kid 40 or so years ago. So, we have a campsite booked within the path, and I bought our glasses a year or so ago and they are all ready to go. When I booked our campsite, I think I got about the last one in the campground. It is completely booked, on a Monday. It is a big deal to a great many people.

[okhmbldr]

The next eclipse of this type in the U.S. will be 2045.....I don't think I'll be around for that one.
I'll be in Scottsbluff, NE with a cousin for a few days. (Everything is booked in their area).
I've bought my glasses, and the van is ready for the trip.