[Elecraft] OT: Looking for Oregon/Idaho Eclipse accommodation

[Paul Van Dyke]

Would the music during the event be considered "Dark Side of the Moon"

On May 7, 2017 9:13 PM, "Rick Tavan" <rick at tavan.com> wrote:

> It takes perseverance and luck to view a total solar on land. Murphy rules
> the weather on those days. My wife and I have been extremely lucky to have
> been on four successful eclipse viewing sea cruises. The extra mobility of
> a ship helps. For this August, we've booked with an alumni travel group
> that has accommodations in Idaho. (Sorry, Wayne, they booked full long
> ago.)
>
> There are lots of campgrounds, too, but inside the zone they may well be
> booked full already. It may be practical to stay far away from totality
> where reservations are still available and drive into the zone on the day
> of the event. If you've never viewed a total solar, make every effort to
> get there. The experience of totality is sublime! Very exciting.
>
> I don't know exactly where we'll be viewing this one. During the brief
> period of totality, I'll be preoccupied with photography. During
> partiality, however, I hope to exercise my new, not-yet-delivered KX2
> (ordered at IDXC Visalia). It would be fun to make a two-way KX2 QSO inside
> the zone, eclipse-chaser to eclipse-chaser!
>
> GL & 73,
>
> /Rick N6XI
>
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 3:39 PM, David Anderson via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> > Wayne
> >
> > I went from Scotland down to Cornwall for the total eclipse of the sun in
> > 1999, the only chance in my lifetime to see a total eclipse in the U.K.,
> we
> > were fortunate in not having to pay to stay in a hotel, as we travelled
> > down by overnight train from Scotland on a special old train run by the
> > steam preservation society, arriving at Penzance just before dawn, seeing
> > the sun rising before it went behind a band of cloud.
> >
> > Unfortunately the weather did not oblige and the sun was totally eclipsed
> > by that cloud as well as the moon. :-(  However it was still an
> impressive
> > sight, getting dark in the middle of the day, with an eerie silence and a
> > chill in the air, the birds went quiet and then started to make a noise
> > again as totality passed and the light started to rush across the sea to
> > us. It was also spectacular to see 100's of flashes from cameras going
> off
> > all along the headland, presumably people who didn't know how to work
> their
> > cameras properly.
> >
> > Once the total eclipse phase was over and we had packed up our camera and
> > telescope tripods, the clouds parted so we could see a partially eclipsed
> > sun. Oh well, maybe in another lifetime!
> >
> > One of my fellow workmates who was on that trip was determined to see a
> > total eclipse and has been all over the world to try to catch one, I
> think
> > it took him about 4 trips before he was lucky enough.
> >
> > Wayne, wishing you clear skies for your eclipse.
> >
> >
> > 73 from David GM4JJJ
> >
> > > On 7 May 2017, at 17:00, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > My wife, son and I are planning to drive to Oregon or Idaho to view the
> > solar eclipse on August 21st. Hotels in the rarified Zone of Totality are
> > either sold out or price-gouging. We booked one 50 miles outside the
> path,
> > just in case, but we'd love to find an AirBnB room or other option closer
> > in, if possible.
> > >
> > > Anyone have a hot tip for us?
> > >
> > > Tnx
> > > Wayne
> > > N6KR
> > >
> > >
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> Rick Tavan
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