Who's Going to Watch the Eclipse?
Aug 16, 2017, 11:16 pm
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You probably haven't checked out the DO thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/commu...-planning.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/commu...-planning.html
Aug 16, 2017, 11:22 pm
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We will be at an event held at Oregon State University in Corvallis. It is a two day celebration of all things eclipse with a giant watch party. We are staying in the dorms and going to eclipse fun activities. The whole thing is sponsored by NASA. It should be fun.
Any bets on how long it will take us to make our way home to Portland? For bonus points I have to pick my mom up at PDX around 9:30 pm. Good times on I-5. Wish us luck.
Any bets on how long it will take us to make our way home to Portland? For bonus points I have to pick my mom up at PDX around 9:30 pm. Good times on I-5. Wish us luck.
Aug 17, 2017, 7:57 am
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Yes, my partner (who loves road trips) and I just decided yesterday we'd drive from New York City. Because of work schedules we have to leave Sunday afternoon and be home by early Tuesday afternoon. I was amazed to find a hotel for a decent price in Hickory, North Carolina, for Sunday, as well as more-reasonable-than-usual car-rental prices right out of midtown Manhattan. All cancelable until Saturday night if the weather looks bad.
Hoping I-81 won't be jammed Sunday afternoon, and we'll get an early start Monday to get to somewhere near Spartanburg, probably.
Seth
Hoping I-81 won't be jammed Sunday afternoon, and we'll get an early start Monday to get to somewhere near Spartanburg, probably.
Seth
Aug 17, 2017, 8:37 am
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We're staying at a hotel in Columbia Sunday night, my big concern is the northbound traffic on I-95 right after the eclipse as we make our way back to Virginia!
Aug 17, 2017, 9:03 am
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Going to drive down to John Day in Eastern Oregon to catch the eclipse with the cremains of a friend who desperately want to see it with me... but couldn't make it.
After that I'm going to take him to Northern Nevada to visit 70,000 of my closest friends and family at a reunion.
After that I'm going to take him to Northern Nevada to visit 70,000 of my closest friends and family at a reunion.
I cannot wait!!!!!!
Aug 17, 2017, 9:26 am
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Suggest you make it a very early start, it's expected that interstates heading into the path of totality will be extremely packed on Monday morning.
We're staying at a hotel in Columbia Sunday night, my big concern is the northbound traffic on I-95 right after the eclipse as we make our way back to Virginia!
We're staying at a hotel in Columbia Sunday night, my big concern is the northbound traffic on I-95 right after the eclipse as we make our way back to Virginia!
Seth
Aug 17, 2017, 10:10 am
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We're headed to St. Joseph, MO. 2 minutes and 20-ish seconds of totality.
Driving up Sunday. Acquiring all necessary provisions for human survival (meat, beer, and charcoal) in Kansas City.
Driving up Sunday. Acquiring all necessary provisions for human survival (meat, beer, and charcoal) in Kansas City.
Aug 17, 2017, 10:19 am
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We're driving from Boston and have settled more or less on the Knoxville area at this point, seeing as there is a greater risk of storms on the coast. We now have a couple of cancellable hotel reservations, and have been watching availability via the scrollable map on Hotels.com over the past 24 hours for something better. It looks like rooms are popping up as we approach cancellation deadlines for those willing to pounce, and some of those rooms (at least in SPG and Marriott) are being released as standard room awards. Saw 20k points in lieu of a $550 cash rate at a Courtyard off I-40 show up this morning, though I couldn't jump on it because we really need two beds...
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Aug 17, 2017, 11:47 am
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We've driving from Boston and have settled more or less on the Knoxville area at this point, seeing as there is a greater risk of storms on the coast. We now have a couple of cancellable hotel reservations, and have been watching availability via the scrollable map on Hotels.com over the past 24 hours for something better. It looks like rooms are popping up as we approach cancellation deadlines for those willing to pounce, and some of those rooms (at least in SPG and Marriott) are being released as standard room awards. Saw 20k points in lieu of a $550 cash rate at a Courtyard off I-40 show up this morning, though I couldn't jump on it because we really need two beds...
You can outright BUY BW Rewards points for 0.01c/point.
so 36000 points = 360 USD.
You save so much money even without having the points already.
Aug 17, 2017, 5:38 pm
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Any suggestions on last-minute bookings? Willing to fly anywhere domestically, Kansas City looks reasonably affordable but wondering if there are any others. I already have my eclipse glasses 
Word on the street here is that Oregon is going to be nuts.
Word on the street here is that Oregon is going to be nuts.
Aug 17, 2017, 9:55 pm
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I'm also driving up Sunday from KC to St. Joseph. Reading that traffic will be pretty bad... What time are you leaving KC on Sunday?
Aug 18, 2017, 4:25 am
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Heading to Charleston SC with my son to see it
I know there is a risk of cloud, but it's a beautiful town
Part of a 10 day trip...
MAN>DUB>JFK>EWR>ORD>CHS>IAD>EWR>JFK>DUB>MAN
Combination of Aer Lingus & United ^
I know there is a risk of cloud, but it's a beautiful town
Part of a 10 day trip...
MAN>DUB>JFK>EWR>ORD>CHS>IAD>EWR>JFK>DUB>MAN
Combination of Aer Lingus & United ^
Aug 18, 2017, 7:52 am
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