Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:35:26 -0800
Reply-To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From: David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Great American Eclipse, Monday April-8-2024, mid day in Texas
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I also got a 404. But I know Utopia, a nice little Hill Country village.
Couple of good state parks near, including Lost Maples State Natural Area
and Hill Country State Natural Area. The former is on a fantastic Hill
Country creek, The Sabinal River. Crystal water, good fishing, beautiful
timber, just a fabulous place.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 11:53 AM Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
> Got a 404 message when I clicked the link
>
> On Monday, February 13, 2023, 11:14:50 AM PST, Kris Seago <
> kseago@austincc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Take a look at
>
> https://eclipseutopia.com/
>
> I’ve been to a number of events at the Four Sisters Ranch. REALLY pretty.
> The music is typically well curated.
>
> My two cents worth.
>
> Kris S. Seago
>
> > On Feb 12, 2023, at 2:32 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> wrote:
> >
> > I tend to agree with you about FULL campgrounds. One strategy I am
> considering is to camp a few hours away from path of totality. That would
> give me time to get up early, drive to some lonely spot, park on the side
> of the road or in some vacant space for viewing. But definitely South
> Texas, somewhere.
> >
> > On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:10:48 PM PST, David McNeely <
> davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Another point is that unlike in some other localities, in Texas the
> eclipse
> > path is near and over the major cities and large towns. About 20M people
> > live within 50 miles of totality. All public campgrounds and parks will
> be
> > absolutely crammed with people. Anyone who wants to use a public camping
> > facility better take heed to get things set up well ahead of time.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 11:57 AM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Here is the list of all Texas towns showing eclipse times, durations of
> >> totality, start, finish, and so on.
> >>
> >> https://eclipse2024.org/communities/USA/states/Texas/
> >>
> >> With the list, a map, and various camping lists, one should be able to
> >> come up with a planned locality to visit. I have lots of relatives in
> the
> >> path of totality, and have already received offers of hosting in their
> >> homes. I will figure out by this summer what I plan to do, but camping
> is
> >> definitely a preference right now, and a meetup with Vanagon owners
> sounds
> >> good. "Off the grid" camping is not as easy in Texas as in most places,
> >> due to lack of BLM and FS lands. State parks, Corps of Engineers sites,
> >> Caddo National Grasslands near Bonham are possibilities. Private
> >> landholders are likely to open up for a fee, of course.
> >>
> >> mcneely
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:24 PM Tom Neal <tneal4242@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The Total Solar Eclipse in Madras Oregon was the fastest most
> interesting
> >>> 3 minutes of my life. Completely weird and completely worth it.
> Spooky.
> >>>
> >>> Vanagon camped at a nice lady’s farm she set up for about 50 people on
> >>> top of a rounded hill.
> >>>
> >>> Before and after, a white plate on the shade side of a bush will show
> >>> crescents made by the pin holes in the bush. We set up a telescope to
> >>> project the crescent onto people’s shirts and took lots pictures on
> their
> >>> cameras.
> >>>
> >>> Live in CA, but grew up in Austin so have friends who want to do it on
> >>> April 8, 2024. Enchanted Rock, Guadalupe Bend State Park, and Canyon
> of
> >>> the Eagles look right on the track. The closer to the track center,
> the
> >>> better.
> >>>
> >>> If someone comes up with a good campground, would be fun to hang out
> >>> Sunday to Tuesday.
> >>>
> >>> Tom
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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