Stan,
That's an interesting observation. I think it just suggests that there are
plenty of large state universities in Midwest. :-)
It looks like we are more keen on going to Nebraska, which is a bit more
rural. The downside is that all hotels within 2-hour drive from the
totality path are booked. There are still some available around really
large cities, e.g. in St.Louis area.
I am also hoping that we might meet Darren (albeit briefly) if we go to
Nebraska.
Darren, I've sent you a message off the list.
Cheers,
Igor
Stanley Halpin Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:30:52 -0700 wrote:
I note that all of your suggestions are in close proximity to large state
universities. How many freshmen (with helicopter parents) are going to be
converging on those locations for their own purposes at that time? Just a
thought...
stan
On Wed, 2 Aug 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
After cleaning up the volcanoes and feeding the dragons, I finally had a
thought about what we should do for the solar eclipse.
Since Texas is not in the totality path, we are entertaining an option of
taking a 2-day trip to drive to the totality path, so that my daughter can
see such an event. (Driving there on Aug.20, staying overnight at some
inexpensive hotel [I actually started worrying if they will be all booked at
this point], and then driving back shortly after the totality.)
It turns out that several areas along the path are within about 12-hour
driving distance from us: from Southern Illinois (or even Kentucky) to
several destinations in Missouri, to Nebraska.
It would be a big disappointment to drive that far and to be covered by
clouds. After looking at this information:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/16/how-to-avoid-clouds-that-could-spoil-the-great-american-eclipse/?utm_term=.6527b0f3aec1&tid=a_inl
, we are thinking that Carbondale, IL, Jefferson City, MO, or rural Nebraska
south-west of Lincoln (in the vicinity of I-80) could be the best options.
I was wondering if anybody in Midwest is considering going to the eclipse
totality path, and if so, - where?
Darren, if I am correct, you are close to that part of Nebraska, right?
We are considering somewhere in the vicinity of the intersection of I-80 and
Hwy-81.
Any recommendations on what would be a good place to observe the eclipse?
(An advantage of Nebraska is that it might be possible to drive somewhat east
or west to go outside a local cloud in case that would happen.)
Do you know of any fun observation points/events set up in that area?
(I am aware of https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/event-locations , but couldn't
find anything happening in that part of Nebraska.)
Igor
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