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    Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:24am
Originally posted by Martinmyer

I would like to see the solar eclipse when I can already use my second hand rpod next month. I'm thinking of going in some rv or camping parks so we can clearly see the sky during this amazing phenomenon. 


At least out here in Oregon if you have not made reservations already it is way to late to get a spot now. They are expecting huge crowds everywhere in the path of totality (?) and recently hundreds of camping spots (I use that spots term loosely) were sucked up with hours of being posted online. I fully expect gridlock on the major highways across the mountain passes on the day after. That is going to be one weekend we will be just day trippers without the pod and headed to Cascade Locks for the annual PCT days event.
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I would like to see the solar eclipse when I can already use my second hand rpod next month. I'm thinking of going in some rv or camping parks so we can clearly see the sky during this amazing phenomenon. 
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Good Evening All,  I just bought a used 2014 R-Pod 171.  Love it!  I need to search for the leak that is inflating the flooring, and the door lock needs replacing, but it generally seems sound and everyone tells me it's cute.  It is R-Escape Pod.

The Eclipse: I was teaching physics when we had the excellent good fortune to have a beautiful day in Syracuse, NY to view the solar eclipse several years ago.  I made a GIANT telephoto pinhole projector for my students to view with.  The pinhole was in a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil at the end of roughly 12 feet of heavy cardboard carpet tube.  The other end was inserted into a well fitted hole in a cardboard box.  White paper made up the screen we projected onto.  Students viewed through the corner of the box that I removed.  It was hard to hold the tube steady ... If I do it again, I'll lean it on a car or tall stepladder.  BUT the image of the eclipse was wonderful!!!
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Pete,

Funny thing...my first total solar eclipse was La Paz, 1991.

I live in AZ and saw the 2012 annular...

This will be my second total, near cascade, Idaho...

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I ordered some of the eclipse viewing "glasses" from the web site, sufficient for us, my siblings and their families, plus a couple of extras. If we can't see the total eclipse, we can at least see the partial one. I plan to surprise them with the viewing glasses on the trip.
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Thanks for the link! We might miss out as our plans have us in Canada. But, who knows!! We full-time and our plans often change, spur of the moment!
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StephenH, your plans sound great! Not a bad alternative to the eclipse!
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I would really like to be there to see it but I will have to view a partial. I will be on another once-in-a-lifetime adventure for me and my siblings. We will be on an Alaska cruise during the eclipse. Perhaps as a consolation prize, we will see aurora borealis instead.
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We're lucky. Our son and daughter-in-law own 39 acres of land in Wyoming along its path. The whole family is going to camp out there and enjoy it together. Hotels in Casper, Wy have been sold out for months.
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We will be at Glendo State Park in Wyoming on the centerline...can't wait.  This will be only my second total solar eclipse, first was in Mexico in 1991; saw the annular eclipse at Lake Powell in 2012 and several partials. If you are planning to see this eclipse you'd better start making reservations now...if you can get them!
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