2017 Great American Eclipse

[Fraxinus]

I'm pretty excited for the eclipse on monday, though I unfortunately won't get to travel to see the full eclipse. It'll still be my first eclipse, even though it's just going to be a partial eclipse where I live. But that kind of makes me curious, any of you guys gonna be travelling to see the full eclipse? How far are you travelling to get to see it?

Eclipse countdown

A few additional references:
Times: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2017-august-21
Locations: http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/maps.htm

 

[YIGAhim]

I'm going to Molala (Is that how you spell it?) Oregon, and that's a 100% zone. It's like an hour or 2 from my house

 

[Alita the Pun]

I'm in florida which is good but unfortunately I'll be back in Maryland on Monday which isn't so good.

 

[Morbid Minish]

I'm not too far from the town in Kentucky where you'll be able to see the full eclipse. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to go there for it. But since I don't live to far anyways, we're in the 99% area, which is still pretty awesome!

 

[DekuNut]

My place is apparently right in line with the total eclipse, so I'm gonna be hanging in my lawn at 10am Monday morning and waiting. Gonna be great.

 

[Alita the Pun]

I keep thinking that this is a political thread xD just take out eclipse and it seems like a MD political thread.

 

[YIGAhim]

I have some special glasses for it too

 

[DekuNut]

I need to go to the store tomorrow and get some eclipse glasses. Unfortunately, Safeway doesn't have them, so I have to go clear across town to the third-closest grocery store to get some.

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

I'm going to Molala (Is that how you spell it?) Oregon, and that's a 100% zone. It's like an hour or 2 from my house

We ended up in Sunriver, 15 minutes south of Bend, Oregon. Should be beautiful from here although we might drive a bit to get the 100%.

 

[YIGAhim]

Most of my friends go to Sunriver once a year for vacation. Never been myself...

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

We're actually here for our anniversary. Sunriver is an old standard for me. When you come across the money and the means, you ought to check it out. It's like the most relaxing thing I do every year. So there are plenty of fires here in central Oregon right now so the smoke is thick, ash falling on us today, and that's not even mentioning the smoke that's been pouring through Oregon from Canada. The sun was neon red this evening, you could stare straight at it for about 20 minutes (not that I'd suggest it) as it was going down. I can only hope that the smoke actually makes the eclipse more awesome (crimsony and whatnot) instead of obscuring it.

 

[YIGAhim]

Yes, I hear Sun River is lovely. I guess I'd better check it out now.

 

[Castle]

Nothing like a solar eclipse to bring friends and family together... we should have an eclipse more often. Great for the economy too!

 

[YIGAhim]

If only it were that simple...

 

[Deleted member 84722]

I live in the path of totality, so I get to see a total eclipse. Then I am going to be sad as I am probably never going to see it again.