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A ride to totality, anyone thinking about it?

Started by kdtrull, July 13, 2017, 11:12:32 PM

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kdtrull

August 21.  Total solar eclipse.  Anyone  Interested?

Chitza

I am making definite plans to be in the best spot accessible to me. No plans about where or how to get there. Waiting for weather to make that determination.
Loud pipes make me hungry for Valium biscuits and scotch gravy. - kdtrull

Yeah....ham it up, crackers.   ;D -kdtrull
The politically correct term is "Saltine American". -KevinB

Red457

I am definitely interested. I'm off work that day and I've been think about heading to Tennessee to see it. I believe telico plains will be in the totality area


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norton73

Lynn and I are teaching a whitewater safety class at the Ocoee River that weekend. We have taken Monday off from work to watch the eclipse, but probably won't have motorcycles with us.
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Gam

I plan on being up there..somewhere.  Tellico Plains is filling up fast, Wayne at Cherohola MC Resort said he has reservations from people from all over the country.

Red457

Has anyone planned a destination for the trip yet?


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Chitza

BrianA found this cool interactive site:

https://tse2017.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d4cf0c22a2df4b6683acc4cd621aca7a

I'm open to starting a discussion and loose plans, but I'm waiting on weather to make a final decision about destination. I don't want to ride that far and miss it because of cloud coverage.

Loud pipes make me hungry for Valium biscuits and scotch gravy. - kdtrull

Yeah....ham it up, crackers.   ;D -kdtrull
The politically correct term is "Saltine American". -KevinB

Red457

Yeah I'm the same way. I'm open to go as far as Missouri (maybe Nebraska) to the South Carolina coast to view it.


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kdtrull

I'm planning to do this as a day-ride.  Likewise, my trip will depend entirely on the weather for the 21st.

From what I've been reading, any area that has lodging also has the possibility of being a gaggle.  I intend to leave out early on the 21st and take a leisure ride just northeast or northwest (most likely) of Nashville to the most rural area I can find.  Watch the eclipse then stroll home.  I'll have a precise location nailed down between now and then.

Yankee Dog

NASA put out a really great map tracking the eclipse.  Their advice is not to choose a destination until you know what the weather will be like.  A clear sky is more important than the place. 

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/interactive_map/index.html

Al Goodwin

I work the Sunday before.....Melony and I will be riding up that Sunday night after I get off work.

kdtrull

Haven't thought about getting started at night or late afternoon Sunday....Not a bad idea, depending on how far we have to go.

Whatever I do, I have (really need) to be back Monday night at a reasonable time.  I burned through over 6 weeks of vacation time last Spring/Summer.  I seriously need to build some time back up.  "Have to" may be overstating the situation some...but I sure would like to only burn one more day.

If the weather pushes the viewing area outside of a day-ride perimeter, I will have to consider not seeing it.  Hopefully, we will be in August drought mode.

I've only ever seen an annular eclipse out in MO a couple decades ago....sure hope to see this full one.  Gonna' try to lock in the time off tomorrow.


Gam


kylepeterson

our very own Alabamian, interviewing the most obsessed man, about the biggest event this year :
http://youtu.be/qc7MfcKF1-s

the ios app:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/solar-eclipse-timer/id1203105865?mt=8

and android app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxwoodastronomy.solareclipsetimer

remember to record your friends watching it, and let the pros record the eclipse  itself!