A ride to totality, anyone thinking about it?

[kdtrull]

August 21.  Total solar eclipse.  Anyone  Interested?

[Chitza]

I am making definite plans to be in the best spot accessible to me. No plans about where or how to get there. Waiting for weather to make that determination.

[Red457]

I am definitely interested. I'm off work that day and I've been think about heading to Tennessee to see it. I believe telico plains will be in the totality area


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[norton73]

Lynn and I are teaching a whitewater safety class at the Ocoee River that weekend. We have taken Monday off from work to watch the eclipse, but probably won't have motorcycles with us.

[Gam]

I plan on being up there..somewhere.  Tellico Plains is filling up fast, Wayne at Cherohola MC Resort said he has reservations from people from all over the country.

[Red457]

Has anyone planned a destination for the trip yet?


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[Chitza]

BrianA found this cool interactive site:

https://tse2017.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d4cf0c22a2df4b6683acc4cd621aca7a

I'm open to starting a discussion and loose plans, but I'm waiting on weather to make a final decision about destination. I don't want to ride that far and miss it because of cloud coverage.

[Red457]

Yeah I'm the same way. I'm open to go as far as Missouri (maybe Nebraska) to the South Carolina coast to view it.


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[kdtrull]

I'm planning to do this as a day-ride.  Likewise, my trip will depend entirely on the weather for the 21st.

From what I've been reading, any area that has lodging also has the possibility of being a gaggle.  I intend to leave out early on the 21st and take a leisure ride just northeast or northwest (most likely) of Nashville to the most rural area I can find.  Watch the eclipse then stroll home.  I'll have a precise location nailed down between now and then.

[Yankee Dog]

NASA put out a really great map tracking the eclipse.  Their advice is not to choose a destination until you know what the weather will be like.  A clear sky is more important than the place. 

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/interactive_map/index.html

[Al Goodwin]

I work the Sunday before.....Melony and I will be riding up that Sunday night after I get off work.

[kdtrull]

Haven't thought about getting started at night or late afternoon Sunday....Not a bad idea, depending on how far we have to go.

Whatever I do, I have (really need) to be back Monday night at a reasonable time.  I burned through over 6 weeks of vacation time last Spring/Summer.  I seriously need to build some time back up.  "Have to" may be overstating the situation some...but I sure would like to only burn one more day.

If the weather pushes the viewing area outside of a day-ride perimeter, I will have to consider not seeing it.  Hopefully, we will be in August drought mode.

I've only ever seen an annular eclipse out in MO a couple decades ago....sure hope to see this full one.  Gonna' try to lock in the time off tomorrow.

[jrobinson]

A little article about the eclipse from Revzilla. 

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/ride-to-darkness-four-motorcycle-trips-to-the-total-eclipse?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7/22/2017%20-%20CT&utm_term=Common%20Tread%20%7C%20Combined

[Gam]

I'm now fully equipped.  8)

[kylepeterson]

our very own Alabamian, interviewing the most obsessed man, about the biggest event this year :
http://youtu.be/qc7MfcKF1-s

the ios app:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/solar-eclipse-timer/id1203105865?mt=8

and android app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foxwoodastronomy.solareclipsetimer

remember to record your friends watching it, and let the pros record the eclipse  itself!