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

:B:B

[fj12ryder]

Just one acronym: Y2K.

[mama_sylvia]

I just locked in a dry camping spot for $35/night in Wyoming. If I actually manage to buy a motor home before the eclipse (like I am trying to), the price will go up to a whopping $65 for the one night before. I can live with that.

Expected visitors are going to overwhelm the little Wyoming towns. Glendo, right on the centerline of the path of totality, has a whopping 204 residents, and no grocery store or restaurant that I saw when we visited a couple of weeks ago. We live about 2-1/2 hours away but we are going up the night before even if we have to sleep in the car and pack food and drinks in our cooler. There is just too big a risk that traffic will be at a standstill. I-25 is only 2 lanes each way through all of Wyoming. Half a million visitors will bring it to a miserable crawl. I will also be bringing anti-mosquito bracelets!

[ol_Bombero-JC]

TNGW1500SE wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

Sprink-Fitter wrote:
I guess I would've never guessed people actually travel to go see an eclipse.

Actually it's no wonder at all. If you consider what is really happening, it's well worth seeing. A full eclipse is not seen that often without doing some serious traveling.

I've always wondered at people who will travel to see some kind of sporting event. And pay big bucks for the privilege, i.e. Superbowl, Olympics, etc.

And they cheer for "their" players who are not even from the town they represent. Then they sit in the rain when they could stay home and watch it on TV. I enjoyed it when my son played high school football. The kids were all from our area and you knew them all. Once you get to the college or NFL level, the players are all bought and paid for and a bunch of them shouldn't be in college anyway. Society puts to much emphasis on how well someone can handle a ball.

.......or to (too) much emphasis on camping spot availability for a solar eclipse..:S

Just slip in to the campground during the eclipse - nobody will see you......dark or almost dark and/but they're all looking UP..:W

:C

[Beaker]

I'll have to find a shoe box and do the pin hole thing.

If you want to safely see the real actual eclipse size before the live event, take a look at the moon at nighttime anytime within the next few days.

Or spend $1 for a pair of solar glasses and look at the sun.

[afidel]

We'll be finishing up a 5,000 mile, 3 week trip on the 19th or 20th so no way we're going to drive the 5-600 miles we'd need to go to see totality. Luckily 2024 will pass through the Western suburbs of Cleveland so I'll just take off early from work assuming it's a clear day (about 40% chance in April).

[wnjj]

down home wrote:
It will be my last one I suppose.

Stick around until 2024 and you can see another one in Arkansas, Missouri or Illinois.

[down_home]

Saw this posted here the other day.
Talking with my Barber and another gentleman, while my hair was being cut, yesterday.
They were commenting about the campgrounds and being booked already like everyone else has said.
I haven't kept informed on the actual track but they were saying it will be right over Chattanooga, where his shop is, about 50 miles east of here.
Last one I saw was in the eighties, sorta broken clouds and rain.
I'll have to find a shoe box and do the pin hole thing.
As one posted here, I didn't know they were letting kids out of school for it. School here, won't start until third week of August I think so all the kids may get a chance to see it if someone informs the proper way.
It will be my last one I suppose.

[Rover_Bill]

RambleOnNW wrote:

Except 10 times smaller. Your image is magnified.

If you want to safely see the real actual eclipse size before the live event, take a look at the moon at nighttime anytime within the next few days. Even though the sun is many times large then the moon it is also many times farther away so during the eclipse the moon will just cover the sun. Both are about the same size as seen from earth.

If you're not satisfied with the "plain eyeball" size, try looking through 10X binoculars (with appropriate solar filters for the live eclipse). Telescopes are not recommended because even the cheapest ones magnify the image too much so you won't see the full eclipse image within the view lens.

[RambleOnNW]

DallasSteve wrote:
Spoiler alert: This is what it looks like.

Except 10 times smaller. Your image is magnified.

We will be content to see a 99% partial. We both saw the one in '79.

[toedtoes]

Ah Man! You need to put more space between the "Spoiler Alert" warning and the actual spoiler.

Anybody want my campground, it's not worth the trouble to go see it now...

Almost as bad a spoiler as when my sibling told me "ET died but it was great when the kid saw the flower growing and knew he was really still alive".

[DallasSteve]

Spoiler alert: This is what it looks like.

[irishtom29]

Tenskwatawa will be there, and his brother.

[camperkilgore]

It would be my luck to schedule a campsite in the totality path only to be clouded in, and then try to drive to an area which might be cloud free.... along with maybe a million others.

[seaeagle2]

When we started calling around for campsites in November, one place told my wife they'd been booked for 3 years. We got a site in Maupin for 40 a night, there are farmers in Madris charging 150 per person for dry camping, and other dry camping sites for 500 for a week. We live is Seattle area and Eastern Oregon is the best bet for us weather wise. For those surprised about people traveling for an eclipse, they are well predicted, and hard core people plot out their travel plans years in advance.