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Originally Posted by jyl
The total solar eclipse will be visible in Oregon. Mostly in Portland, and fully at a friend's house just an hour south, where we've been invited to watch.
Thing is, we had planned a trip to California to see the kids at the summer camp where they are working, and to see friends.
Wife wants to cxl trip and stay here to see the eclipse. I am resisting.
My interest in seeing the eclipse is about 3 on a scale of 1 to 10. Slightly above a bearded lady, well below a clean XKE. Yes, I get that it is a sight that we won't see again until I'm dead, but so what - there are a lot of things I won't see in my lifetime and it is just a "sight" that can be captured in photographs, rather than an experience like visiting a new country, a dinner with old friends, or a hundred mile ride over remote gravel trails.
In my opinion.
What say you?
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We will be going some place to view the total eclipse. Only partial here in NJ. Seems the best opportunity to view is in Nebraska. Best chance of clear weather. At this point leaning in that direction. One of our first thought was to go to Lincoln City, OR to view when it first hits the US. That isn't cost effective. We are also toying with the idea of going to a barrier island off McClellanville, SC to view as the last place the eclipse is visible in the US. This is iffy due to weather. Another idea is to go to the board of Kentucky and Tennessee and stand with one foot in each state as it passes over.
It is an event. Not only because of the darkness and it will not happen again in the US for nearly 100 years. But the temperature will drop twenty degrees in little over a minute and then come back up as the moon passes but also there supposedly will be a 360 degree sunset. Another reason to be in a very open and flat space.
Still leaning toward Nebraska at this point. Best chance of fair weather, open space.