Canarsie

That is not a good idea, as that event will likely be overshadowed by something else...

AZ_MISMAN

We chose Alvarado for it's location. We have a hotel for the nights of 4/7 & 4/8, so we should be able to just step outside without having to deal with a bunch of traffic. Now... the *day before and after* traffic, that may be a different story.

aau

Is there a good place at/near Love Field to view the eclipse? I'm flying out of DAL at 4:48PM and intend to use only DART to move around on eclipse day. Looking on Google Maps it seems there is some sort of public park right next to the airport?

hobo13

Haha, I see what you did there.

Well, I'm probably arriving around 9am, without a lot to do until the main event. Seems others are in the same boat. That was kind of my point.

aztimm

I'd try to stay close to an airport so you don't have to do too much driving.

The US 290 between Austin and Houston can be a chore on a good day...I can't imagine driving it after the eclipse. Especially since Houston is outside of the zone, I'd imagine we'll get quite a few people driving over to experience it (and probably quite a few driving I-45 between DFW and Houston).

Our house backs up to a large county park, and I'm planning to just stay home. One of my dogs seems to know to go to bed at a certain time, I'm curious if she will want to when this is going on. The deer and other animals tend to come out at dusk, so maybe I'll get to see some of that too.

swag

Bachman Lake Park borders the airport, but there's no access. The only exit from Love Field is out the opposite side to Mockingbird Ln, which makes it about a 4 mile walk. I guess take the airport shuttle to the DART station, then you can ride from there to Bachman or another park.

djp98374

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamieca...h=1bc14bbf43d7

small adjustments have come out thst can adjust the edges by about 1,000 ft or so in being inside vs outside totality.

thus can affect fringe locations with viewing parties.

for example montreal olympic stadium which appeared to be just inside is now just outside.

hobo13

If the current forecast holds, and it's admittedly still early, I doubt I'll be coming to Texas after all.

HkCaGu

I bought UA LAX-IAH. Now looking at BOS <$200 fare diff. Plenty of rooms and cars.

djp98374

If you book a flight on say Saturday to a place like dc that is far enough outside totality to not have a car shortage/ high rates like Louisville, cincinati, pittsburg, Detroit, etc, but it gives you a day+ to drive into totality area with a better idea.

aztimm

Probably for the best. Houston is outside of the area for the eclipse; I'm sure you'll get a dusk-type effect, but definitely not a total eclipse. The roads between Houston and areas with the total eclipse will be bumper-to-bumper. Heck, US-290 between Houston and Austin is like that most weekends anyway.

HkCaGu

I bought IAH but wasn't staying there. SAT and AUS were already double the price when I bought in late Dec. Cars were scarce at SAT and AUS but were widely available at IAH.

Now I changed to BOS for $160 and can't change back to Texas without paying a lot more.

aau

Most of Texas and northeast into the Mississippi valley is looking like a bust in terms of weather for Monday. Even Great Lakes is looking dicey. I might change plans to somewhere in OH and drive around but probably will cancel altogether.

STS-134

I have flights to DFW. Was planning to watch from near DFW. If the forecast shows a mostly cloud-free area within driving distance (southern IL/IN), then I'll drive to wherever it's clear. I also bought a fully refundable flight to BOS on the afternoon of 4/7; this is the contingency plan in case the weather does not cooperate all the way past Indiana. Would probably watch from VT or ME which are showing clear forecasts right now but of course that could change. That area costs about a full minute of totality so it's not something I want to do unless it's absolutely necessary (but it's better to see a 3 minute, 20 second eclipse than to miss a 4 minute, 20 second eclipse!). There also aren't very many roads along the path of totality for escaping clouds so if I go up there I'd better be darn sure that it's going to be clear.

Woofbite

I don't know about that. It took me nine hours to drive the 102 miles from Glendo to Cheyenne Wyoming on I-25 after the last one. Rest stops were backed up for miles and with no bushes or trees in sight, poor old ladies were squatting behind car doors for bathrooms. Men had it a little easier.