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In reply to the discussion: The Great American Eclipse**Where will YOU be? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)41. Hotels in some prime spots were booked up months ago.
I got lucky about Kearney, as some friends told me they'd made plans to go there, and I was able to get a room there in January.
If you have any idea at all where you might go, check immediately to see if hotels still have rooms. And in many places the room rates have skyrocketed. Hotel operators are not fools.
I had originally thought I'd go to Oregon, as I have a son in Portland, and by last fall the hotels in prime viewing areas were almost completely booked up, and what rooms still available were like $600. I'd almost decided I'd have to miss it, when the friends mentioned Kearney.
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I have never been to Kearney, NE. A couple of years ago I was in Lincoln, visiting a friend, and
PoindexterOglethorpe
Mar 2017
#44
It will occur 3 days after my 67th birthday. St. Joseph, MO, is about 77 miles from where I live.
tblue37
Mar 2017
#36
Remember seeing one when a kid on my Granddad's farm. Back then, you looked through photo negatives
Hoyt
Mar 2017
#51
Pin hole was kind of ancient, as am I, and didn't work very well. The dark negatives were a lot
Hoyt
Mar 2017
#61