Sep 7, 2016, 2:38 pm
Last edit by: slocouple
(West to east)
Madras, OR:
wcrhkd
Dayton, OR:
2ruse
BOI (Ontario, Oregon):
jrl767
PWMTrav+family (tentative)
HkCaGu
SLE / Salem, OR:
Eastbay1K
Smiley90
C W
AS3382 PDX-MCI in flight, ID-WY
violist
lili
There are still window seats available on this flight
(though in coach and for lots of money)
Island Park, ID:
SLOCouple (probably driving to or near Rexburg)
JAC / Jackson Hole, WY:
Austin787 (watching at the airport)
CPR / Casper, WY:
pseudoswede + 6
AIA / Alliance, NE:
mhnadel
headinclouds (Sidney)
LNK / Lincoln, NE (driving west for viewing):
jerry305 +1
TheLifeOfA_NKCM + 3 (Staying in Omaha then driving somewhere near LNK)
MCI/Kansas City: (driving north or east into MO for viewing)
Sweet Willie
jackal (possibly; if I come, I'll drive up to STJ on 8/21; may also be near St. Clair, MO or Carbondale, IL)
STJ (north of MCI, MO):
ClaudiSTR
FriendlySkies
Evansville, IN:
mvitale + 1 (then driving to Carbondale, IL-ish for viewing)
BNA(/Hopkinsville, KY): (Click for URL)
Zorak
tmiw
HPN-HRL
diburning +1
financialhippie + family
exerda +1
l'etoile (likely watching in Gallatin)
trek87
GSP / GreenvilleSpartanburg, SC:
SRQ Guy
CHS / Charleston, SC:
Mr. Vker
jrsinpdx
Brendan (I live there!
)
yunicorner (will probably watch in Columbia at the capitol)
Herb687
BeachMiles
Madras, OR:
wcrhkd
Dayton, OR:
2ruse
BOI (Ontario, Oregon):
jrl767
PWMTrav+family (tentative)
HkCaGu
SLE / Salem, OR:
Eastbay1K
Smiley90
C W
AS3382 PDX-MCI in flight, ID-WY
violist
lili
There are still window seats available on this flight
(though in coach and for lots of money)
Island Park, ID:
SLOCouple (probably driving to or near Rexburg)
JAC / Jackson Hole, WY:
Austin787 (watching at the airport)
CPR / Casper, WY:
pseudoswede + 6
AIA / Alliance, NE:
mhnadel
headinclouds (Sidney)
LNK / Lincoln, NE (driving west for viewing):
jerry305 +1
TheLifeOfA_NKCM + 3 (Staying in Omaha then driving somewhere near LNK)
MCI/Kansas City: (driving north or east into MO for viewing)
Sweet Willie
jackal (possibly; if I come, I'll drive up to STJ on 8/21; may also be near St. Clair, MO or Carbondale, IL)
STJ (north of MCI, MO):
ClaudiSTR
FriendlySkies
Evansville, IN:
mvitale + 1 (then driving to Carbondale, IL-ish for viewing)
BNA(/Hopkinsville, KY): (Click for URL)
Zorak
tmiw
HPN-HRL
diburning +1
financialhippie + family
exerda +1
l'etoile (likely watching in Gallatin)
trek87
GSP / GreenvilleSpartanburg, SC:
SRQ Guy
CHS / Charleston, SC:
Mr. Vker
jrsinpdx
Brendan (I live there!
)yunicorner (will probably watch in Columbia at the capitol)
Herb687
BeachMiles
How about a US total eclipse DO?; Aug. 21, 2017; let's start planning!
Jun 20, 2017 | 9:46 pm
#151
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Sweet! I just noticed this thread.
After my husband and son went to Australia a few years ago for an eclipse, they've been total ecliptomaniacs. We're in the Bay Area, so the easiest place for us to go is central Oregon - on the east side of the Cascades in hopes of avoiding any cloud cover. We'll be staying at Eagle Creek Resort near Madras from the 19th to the 23rd if anyone is nearby.
After my husband and son went to Australia a few years ago for an eclipse, they've been total ecliptomaniacs. We're in the Bay Area, so the easiest place for us to go is central Oregon - on the east side of the Cascades in hopes of avoiding any cloud cover. We'll be staying at Eagle Creek Resort near Madras from the 19th to the 23rd if anyone is nearby.
Jun 22, 2017 | 12:33 am
#153
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For the BNA-area folks, started a separate thread in the "US-South" forum about a possible get-together on the 20th:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...-together.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...-together.html
Jun 22, 2017 | 4:55 am
#154
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For the BNA-area folks, started a separate thread in the "US-South" forum about a possible get-together on the 20th:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...-together.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/south...-together.html
Jun 26, 2017 | 3:43 pm
#155
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Who wants to come to my hometown of Charleston SC for the eclipse? I live 7 miles from the Isle of Palms ocean beach!
Jun 27, 2017 | 2:53 pm
#158
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I currently have a hotel booked in Portland, OR, going to drive down to Salem in the early hours most likely. Hopefully traffic won't be too atrocious and I actually make it there in time... The entire state of Oregon is pretty much booked out of hotels with the exception of Portland. Would've preferred Madras to optimize weather chances but Salem will do. Plus I've never actually been to Portland. Will be driving down from Canada on the 19th!
Jun 27, 2017 | 3:02 pm
#159
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Location: CLE
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Why haven't I seen this before? Right now I'm planning to be on Lake Marion in SC with family from NC. If a hurricane is blowing through, then somewhere in MO.
Please check maps for the centerline and try to be as near as possible. If you are outside the line of totality then you will miss the entire show. You'll see a partial, but not the glory of a total eclipse. Astronomy magazine for August has great articles on the eclipse.
Please check maps for the centerline and try to be as near as possible. If you are outside the line of totality then you will miss the entire show. You'll see a partial, but not the glory of a total eclipse. Astronomy magazine for August has great articles on the eclipse.
Jun 29, 2017 | 4:45 pm
#162
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Jun 29, 2017 | 5:36 pm
#163
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schedule change and AS tried to have me leaving BOI at 8am on 8/21. fortunately, with a relatively painless call, I was able to get on a different late afternoon departure and cut my return trip down from 2 stops to 1. however, i was pretty jazzed to visit GEG airport briefly, which is no longer in the cards with my new routing.
Jun 29, 2017 | 8:31 pm
#164
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I got an AS schedule change too that has my BOI-PDX exodus flight an hour earlier that evening. I redeemed DL in Feb just before the DL/AS contract was terminated and that was the only 12.5K option I saw. The other connection point would be SEA, and DL does have an evening BOI-SEA (which would be my IRROP backup). I can imagine the BOI exodus crowd atmosphere (which I had experienced at CNS in 2012) will only be "eclipsed" by PDX (a much bigger exodus), but not at SEA.