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glwgmc
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Hi Karen,
I’m not sure you need be concerned about bing right under the path of the total eclipse. Even as far away as we are down here on the border with Ca and not far from the ocean it is forecast to be 90-95% so you may be able to broaden your search area.
Jerry
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yikes, I think we're already pushing it in terms of time. I just checked a couple of private parks near Redmond/Madras
(Lake Simtustus RV Park, and Redmond/Central OR KOA) and both are already fully booked for the eclipse. :(
Worst case, we could find some BLM land...
Karen
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #309958 is a reply to message #309867] |
Sat, 05 November 2016 13:21  |
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If you want to to go all the way to night, you need to be in the totality
path, but that is less that 2.5 minutes. But things will gradually dim for
hours in a huge area, and get weird shadows.
On Nov 3, 2016 06:17, "Gerald Work" wrote:
> Hi Karen,
>
> I’m not sure you need be concerned about bing right under the path of the
> total eclipse. Even as far away as we are down here on the border with Ca
> and not far from the ocean it is forecast to be 90-95% so you may be able
> to broaden your search area.
>
> Jerry
> Jerry Work
> The Dovetail Joint
> Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple
> building in historic Kerby, OR
>
> glwork@mac.com
> http://jerrywork.com
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> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:52:01 -0600
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> yikes, I think we're already pushing it in terms of time. I just checked
> a couple of private parks near Redmond/Madras
> (Lake Simtustus RV Park, and Redmond/Central OR KOA) and both are already
> fully booked for the eclipse. :(
>
> Worst case, we could find some BLM land...
>
> Karen
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #309959 is a reply to message #309958] |
Sat, 05 November 2016 13:41 |
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My kids were little for the last total eclipse in Oregon, but we loaded up
the 68 VW Kombi with camping gear and headed for Hermiston where my wife's
aunt and uncle lived. Their house set up on a slight plateau and commanded
an unobstructed view both to the west and east for many miles. We could see
the shadow approaching for 10 miles and receding for about the same. Had
all the trick glasses of the day, but the best view of the sun was inside
of a cardboard box that a refrigerator came in. I cut a 4" square opening
in one side and taped a piece of mylar foil over it. Then I punctured the
foil with a darning needle so that it would project an image inside the
box. I taped a piece of white paper to the inside of the box. Kids got in
the box, along with me. Wayyy cool. There were more weird people in Eastern
Oregon for that event than I have seen anywhere except Walmart. Druids,
hippies, witches and warlocks, stoners, you name it, they were there. I am
sure that the upcoming one will draw a similar crowd. Catch it if you can.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
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On Nov 5, 2016 11:22 AM, "Ronald Pottol" wrote:
> If you want to to go all the way to night, you need to be in the totality
> path, but that is less that 2.5 minutes. But things will gradually dim for
> hours in a huge area, and get weird shadows.
>
> On Nov 3, 2016 06:17, "Gerald Work" wrote:
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>> Hi Karen,
>>
>> I’m not sure you need be concerned about bing right under the path of the
>> total eclipse. Even as far away as we are down here on the border with
> Ca
>> and not far from the ocean it is forecast to be 90-95% so you may be able
>> to broaden your search area.
>>
>> Jerry
>> Jerry Work
>> The Dovetail Joint
>> Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic
> Temple
>> building in historic Kerby, OR
>>
>> glwork@mac.com
>> http://jerrywork.com
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>> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:52:01 -0600
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>> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too??
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>> yikes, I think we're already pushing it in terms of time. I just checked
>> a couple of private parks near Redmond/Madras
>> (Lake Simtustus RV Park, and Redmond/Central OR KOA) and both are already
>> fully booked for the eclipse. :(
>>
>> Worst case, we could find some BLM land...
>>
>> Karen
>> 1975 26’
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #309996 is a reply to message #309961] |
Sun, 06 November 2016 04:16 |
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Be sure to let us know your plan, we want to follow your lead 😀😀
On Saturday, November 5, 2016, KB wrote:
> glwgmc wrote on Thu, 03 November 2016 06:17
>> I'm not sure you need be concerned about bing right under the path of
> the total eclipse. Even as far away as we are down here on the border with
>> Ca and not far from the ocean it is forecast to be 90-95% so you may be
> able to broaden your search area.
>
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> If we just wanted to see part of the eclipse, we could stay home. If
> we're going to bother traveling, it'll be for the whole enchilada.
> Not a lot of these come along in one's life where you can reasonably get
> to see it, so we plan to make the effort.
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> Karen
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310003 is a reply to message #309996] |
Sun, 06 November 2016 10:25 |
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A good link to the craziness is oregonsolarfest.com. Many other links
there, also. Maybe the Cascaders should do a Central Oregon Rally? What do
you guys think?
Jim Hupy, President, GMC Cascaders
Salem, OR
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On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 2:16 AM, gene Fisher wrote:
> Be sure to let us know your plan, we want to follow your lead 😀😀
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> On Saturday, November 5, 2016, KB wrote:
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>> glwgmc wrote on Thu, 03 November 2016 06:17
>>> I'm not sure you need be concerned about bing right under the path of
>> the total eclipse. Even as far away as we are down here on the border
> with
>>> Ca and not far from the ocean it is forecast to be 90-95% so you may be
>> able to broaden your search area.
>>
>>
>> If we just wanted to see part of the eclipse, we could stay home. If
>> we're going to bother traveling, it'll be for the whole enchilada.
>> Not a lot of these come along in one's life where you can reasonably get
>> to see it, so we plan to make the effort.
>>
>> Karen
>> 1975 26'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310005 is a reply to message #309867] |
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glwgmc wrote on Thu, 03 November 2016 09:17Hi Karen,
I'm not sure you need be concerned about bing right under the path of the total eclipse. Even as far away as we are down here on the border with Ca and not far from the ocean it is forecast to be 90-95% so you may be able to broaden your search area.
Jerry
yikes, I think we're already pushing it in terms of time. I just checked a couple of private parks near Redmond/Madras
(Lake Simtustus RV Park, and Redmond/Central OR KOA) and both are already fully booked for the eclipse. 
Worst case, we could find some BLM land...
Karen
Karen and Jerry,
I am going to jump in here because:
A - I have missed being in the totality four times.
B - I am a celestial navigator and very much accustom to using the the sun as a tool.
Even if you are in the path of totality out in the west, that totality will only be a little over 2 minutes.
But, it should not be missed (if that can possibly be avoided).
The entire event from the first visible bite until the will last is several hours.
The light starts to get strange at a 50%. It is different than dusk or dawn because there is no sky reflection.
Things get really strange at about 90~95%. I have been there. It does not nearly go completely dark.
So, if you get within striking range of totality such that you can get in the path before it happens, a prime bivouac is not necessary.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html
Because I have missed the prime eclipse totality twice because of weather, our plan is to go to some easy bivouac that has good access east and study the weather for at least a day and then move along the path to a place with a very good chance of being clear.
We will also be carrying a cardboard box "sun scope". (Basically a pin-hole camera without film.)
Matt
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310017 is a reply to message #309996] |
Sun, 06 November 2016 20:50 |
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Mr ERFisher wrote on Sun, 06 November 2016 02:16Be sure to let us know your plan, we want to follow your lead 😀😀
The big problem is finding appropriate campsites that take reservations, especially for a group.
This is a huge event, and many places have been reserved a year or more in advance.
Many sites with online reservations are already booked. Other places are putting special rules into place, such as only accepting reservations by mail in January (kind of a lottery I guess).
We're planning to first try for the state parks in central OR when the reservations become available. If that doesn't work, we'll try other campgrounds further east until we find something, even if we end up in Wyoming. We have family members that want to join us, so may need the ability to have tents as well as RVs.
Worst case, we'll find a patch of BLM land and tough it out, but that's much less pleasant than a guaranteed spot with electricity, given both the crowds and heat (and the fact GMCs aren't very good off-road vehicles...).
Karen
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310028 is a reply to message #310019] |
Mon, 07 November 2016 04:30 |
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Well, the moment reservations open on the 17th (midnight pacific time I
believe), I'll be booking one of the state campsites in the Bend area,
unless we come up with a better idea.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 7:05 PM, KB wrote:
> James Hupy wrote on Sun, 06 November 2016 08:25
>> A good link to the craziness is oregonsolarfest.com. Many other links
>> there, also. Maybe the Cascaders should do a Central Oregon Rally? What
> do
>> you guys think?
>
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> Wow, looks like Madras is going to be an eclipse zoo at the fairgrounds.
> Probably gonna pack them in like sardines. At least they're thinking big.
>
> A rally would be great, but nailing down reservations is the big obstacle.
> Would have to decide asap how many, and then try to find a spot to fit.
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310124 is a reply to message #310003] |
Tue, 08 November 2016 18:19 |
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James Hupy wrote on Sun, 06 November 2016 08:25A good link to the craziness is oregonsolarfest.com. Many other links
there, also. Maybe the Cascaders should do a Central Oregon Rally? What do
you guys think?
Ok, here's a thought... OR state parks has just announced that some of the first-come-first-served parks will be added to the reservation for the eclipse "at a later date". I read that to mean after the 17th, but it's not clear. OR Parks also allows group reservations at all parks, even the first-come ones, up to 9 months in advance. We could try to get a group reservation at one of these parks by calling at 8am on August 17th, which is hopefully ahead of any new reservation systems they add, but just within the 9 month window. The two most likely parks in the path with electricity, water, and dump stations are:
Clyde Holiday (near John Day):
http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=8
Unity Lake (56 miles east of Clyde Holiday):
http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=7
Average August weather at John Day: High 88, low 48, precipitation 0.63"
We could try to do a combined 49ers/Cascaders rally if we could get a decent coach count asap (must be at least 20), and if both clubs are willing to front the fees.
I believe for group reservations, you have to pay the $8/site reservation fee immediately, followed soon by the full amount and names for each site.
They're typically $8/site reservation fee, plus around $30/night camping (and if needed, an $8/site cancellation fee). This would be about $158/coach for 5 nights camping, or a little more if we added group BBQs, etc. It would be difficult to collect fees from GMCers up front, and we don't even know if we can get a reservation.
Alternatively we could all try to get individual sites at a campground as soon as the reservations open.
Thoughts?
Karen
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310126 is a reply to message #310124] |
Tue, 08 November 2016 19:58 |
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Karen,
You might check, but a lot of times the group camp sites do not have power
as they are normally used by tent campers.
I will be taking an Oregon map with the eclipse route marked on it to the
49er meeting this weekend and get feedback from all that are there. Have
marked all of the Oregon States parks and rec areas on it also.
Another possibility is staying at La Pine State Park and cruising north for
the actual event. It is close to the Bend/redmond area.
Fay
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 4:19 PM, KB wrote:
> James Hupy wrote on Sun, 06 November 2016 08:25
>> A good link to the craziness is oregonsolarfest.com. Many other links
>> there, also. Maybe the Cascaders should do a Central Oregon Rally? What
> do
>> you guys think?
>
>
> Ok, here's a thought... OR state parks has just announced that some of
> the first-come-first-served parks will be added to the reservation for the
> eclipse "at a later date". I read that to mean after the 17th, but it's
> not clear. OR Parks also allows group reservations at all parks, even the
> first-come ones, up to 9 months in advance. We could try to get a group
> reservation at one of these parks by calling at 8am on August 17th, which is
> hopefully ahead of any new reservation systems they add, but just within
> the 9 month window. The two most likely parks in the path with electricity,
> water, and dump stations are:
>
> Clyde Holiday (near John Day):
> http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_
> parkPage&parkId=8
>
> Unity Lake (56 miles east of Clyde Holiday):
> http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_
> parkPage&parkId=7
>
> Average August weather at John Day: High 88, low 48, precipitation 0.63"
>
> We could try to do a combined 49ers/Cascaders rally if we could get a
> decent coach count asap (must be at least 20), and if both clubs are
> willing to
> front the fees.
> I believe for group reservations, you have to pay the $8/site reservation
> fee immediately, followed soon by the full amount and names for each site.
> They're typically $8/site reservation fee, plus around $30/night camping
> (and if needed, an $8/site cancellation fee). This would be about
> $158/coach
> for 5 nights camping, or a little more if we added group BBQs, etc. It
> would be difficult to collect fees from GMCers up front, and we don't even
> know if we can get a reservation.
>
> Alternatively we could all try to get individual sites at a campground as
> soon as the reservations open.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Karen
> 1975 26'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310138 is a reply to message #310126] |
Wed, 09 November 2016 01:07 |
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I suspect you want to make your reservations on line at midnight. I'm doing
that, I can always cancel.
On Nov 8, 2016 17:59, "Burt and Faye curtis"
wrote:
> Karen,
>
> You might check, but a lot of times the group camp sites do not have power
> as they are normally used by tent campers.
> I will be taking an Oregon map with the eclipse route marked on it to the
> 49er meeting this weekend and get feedback from all that are there. Have
> marked all of the Oregon States parks and rec areas on it also.
> Another possibility is staying at La Pine State Park and cruising north for
> the actual event. It is close to the Bend/redmond area.
>
> Fay
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 4:19 PM, KB wrote:
>
>> James Hupy wrote on Sun, 06 November 2016 08:25
>>> A good link to the craziness is oregonsolarfest.com. Many other links
>>> there, also. Maybe the Cascaders should do a Central Oregon Rally? What
>> do
>>> you guys think?
>>
>>
>> Ok, here's a thought... OR state parks has just announced that some of
>> the first-come-first-served parks will be added to the reservation for
> the
>> eclipse "at a later date". I read that to mean after the 17th, but it's
>> not clear. OR Parks also allows group reservations at all parks, even
> the
>> first-come ones, up to 9 months in advance. We could try to get a group
>> reservation at one of these parks by calling at 8am on August 17th,
> which is
>> hopefully ahead of any new reservation systems they add, but just within
>> the 9 month window. The two most likely parks in the path with
> electricity,
>> water, and dump stations are:
>>
>> Clyde Holiday (near John Day):
>> http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_
>> parkPage&parkId=8
>>
>> Unity Lake (56 miles east of Clyde Holiday):
>> http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_
>> parkPage&parkId=7
>>
>> Average August weather at John Day: High 88, low 48, precipitation 0.63"
>>
>> We could try to do a combined 49ers/Cascaders rally if we could get a
>> decent coach count asap (must be at least 20), and if both clubs are
>> willing to
>> front the fees.
>> I believe for group reservations, you have to pay the $8/site
> reservation
>> fee immediately, followed soon by the full amount and names for each
> site.
>> They're typically $8/site reservation fee, plus around $30/night camping
>> (and if needed, an $8/site cancellation fee). This would be about
>> $158/coach
>> for 5 nights camping, or a little more if we added group BBQs, etc. It
>> would be difficult to collect fees from GMCers up front, and we don't
> even
>> know if we can get a reservation.
>>
>> Alternatively we could all try to get individual sites at a campground as
>> soon as the reservations open.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Karen
>> 1975 26'
>>
>>
>>
>>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310150 is a reply to message #310126] |
Wed, 09 November 2016 09:46 |
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Burt and Faye curtis wrote on Tue, 08 November 2016 17:58Karen,
You might check, but a lot of times the group camp sites do not have power
as they are normally used by tent campers.
yes, most group sites are dry camping, BUT... OR parks allows group reservations of the *regular* campsites within 9 months of the date, as long as you reserve at least 20 sites. If you pick a campground that's first-come-first-served, you have a huge advantage since nobody but groups can reserve it in advance.
At this point, I still plan to try for our own reservations as soon as they're available online, but as Ron said, that can always be cancelled (with a minor fee penalty).
Karen
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Thu, 10 November 2016 12:34 |
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at this point, I think my brother and I , are going to shoot to reserve a delux cabin and a RV site at Prineville State Park. Planning on calling in at 12:01 am on the 17th. I may not have a use for the RV site, but hoping a friend will be able to join that weekend, but will not know for a while if he will be able to get that particular the time off.
So, as long as other GMCer's don't take my cabin rental, I would silently encourage if you are are planning on the midnight state park reservation in that area, to Join me there.(If I can get that reserved).
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310268 is a reply to message #310200] |
Sat, 12 November 2016 10:46 |
KB
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lqqkatjon wrote on Thu, 10 November 2016 10:34at this point, I think my brother and I , are going to shoot to reserve a delux cabin and a RV site at Prineville State Park. Planning on calling in at 12:01 am on the 17th. I may not have a use for the RV site, but hoping a friend will be able to join that weekend, but will not know for a while if he will be able to get that particular the time off.
So, as long as other GMCer's don't take my cabin rental, I would silently encourage if you are are planning on the midnight state park reservation in that area, to Join me there.(If I can get that reserved).
Is that the one on Prineville Reservoir? If so, it's about 10 miles outside the totality path. (the closer you get to center, the longer the totality)
Karen
1975 26'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310269 is a reply to message #310268] |
Sat, 12 November 2016 11:22 |
Bruce Hart
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It is getting to the point where you are going to have to find camping
outside of the eclipse path and caravan by cars to the totality point of
the eclipse.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:46 AM, KB wrote:
> lqqkatjon wrote on Thu, 10 November 2016 10:34
>> at this point, I think my brother and I , are going to shoot to
> reserve a delux cabin and a RV site at Prineville State Park. Planning on
>> calling in at 12:01 am on the 17th. I may not have a use for the RV
> site, but hoping a friend will be able to join that weekend, but will not
> know
>> for a while if he will be able to get that particular the time off.
>>
>> So, as long as other GMCer's don't take my cabin rental, I would
> silently encourage if you are are planning on the midnight state park
>> reservation in that area, to Join me there.(If I can get that reserved).
>
>
> Is that the one on Prineville Reservoir? If so, it's about 10 miles
> outside the totality path. (the closer you get to center, the longer the
> totality)
>
> Karen
> 1975 26'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310271 is a reply to message #310269] |
Sat, 12 November 2016 11:51 |
James Hupy
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Judy and I were talking over breakfast this morning, and I was recalling
some of the events that I observed during the last eclipse many years ago
when my kids were little. Picture if you will, a tie dyed rag-tag assembly
of hippie chicks at a place called Maryhill Museum on the Washington side
of the Columbia Gorge. There stands, not far from the Museum, a replica of
sorts, of Stonehenge. It seemed to be a gathering place for every weird
person of the time. Half clad barefooted females who all looked to not have
bathed in the last 6 months or so, Dread locked guys who reeked of pot
smoke and body odor, more VW busses than I have seen in one place before or
since then.
I had a brief mental picture of some of the ladies in the GMC community
presently dancing and waving their hands and arms in the air during the
eclipse and I darned near choked on my oatmeal and cranberries. Don't know
if it was a flashback or a flashfront, but it was funny enough to us that I
thought I should share it with the GMC community. Ohh what tricks our minds
can play on us. Love it. GMCs and memories. It just does not get any better
than this.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Bruce Hart wrote:
> It is getting to the point where you are going to have to find camping
> outside of the eclipse path and caravan by cars to the totality point of
> the eclipse.
>
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:46 AM, KB wrote:
>
>> lqqkatjon wrote on Thu, 10 November 2016 10:34
>>> at this point, I think my brother and I , are going to shoot to
>> reserve a delux cabin and a RV site at Prineville State Park. Planning
> on
>>> calling in at 12:01 am on the 17th. I may not have a use for the RV
>> site, but hoping a friend will be able to join that weekend, but will not
>> know
>>> for a while if he will be able to get that particular the time off.
>>>
>>> So, as long as other GMCer's don't take my cabin rental, I would
>> silently encourage if you are are planning on the midnight state park
>>> reservation in that area, to Join me there.(If I can get that
> reserved).
>>
>>
>> Is that the one on Prineville Reservoir? If so, it's about 10 miles
>> outside the totality path. (the closer you get to center, the longer the
>> totality)
>>
>> Karen
>> 1975 26'
>>
>>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help save the sun in the west too?? [message #310273 is a reply to message #310268] |
Sat, 12 November 2016 13:05 |
lqqkatjon
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Yes. The one right on the prineville reservoir. For me it is to experience the eclipse with my daughter. As well as to get a few days of boating/watersports in while visiting family. We may be joining oregon star party?? For the actual eclipse event.
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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