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Emile

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17. All we have to drive is 50 miles to get to the total

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 03:22 PM

Mar 29

darkness zone in Terre Haute. Taking another couple with us that day and eat an early lunch at a local Italian restaurant in Clinton. Then drive south to almost Terre Haute and then off in the country to a remote Fish & Wildlife Area close to the Illinois state line. The eclipse starts around 1:15 and total darkness around 3 pm. Got four pairs of glasses and a plan. Now watch it rain that day.

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Well we are Eclipse Bound! Going to Hot Springs AR with a friend [View all] yellowdogintexas Mar 27 OP

Heading to Vermont. Cold and wet but not Texas! Onthefly Mar 27 #1

We will also see it in Vermont ... we live there and are hoping for better weather karynnj Mar 29 #19

Have a Great Time BOSSHOG Mar 27 #2

Have fun yellowdogintexas. did you get those special glasses? debm55 Mar 27 #3

oh definitely!!! nt yellowdogintexas Mar 27 #5

May the winds and weather be with you. Earth-shine Mar 27 #4

Have Fun ProfessorGAC Mar 27 #6

look up and down the path, there may be some places where you can just park and watch it then leave yellowdogintexas Mar 29 #13

How exciting! 👍 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author AllaN01Bear Mar 28 #8

take two. marker . slate . breathe . AllaN01Bear Mar 28 #9

I am certain there are going to be broadcasts which will likely end up on You Tube yellowdogintexas Mar 29 #12

I think read NASA will be doing that. electric_blue68 Mar 29 #16

Some of the most beautiful, pure quartz crystals in the world are found in or near Hot Springs DFW Mar 28 #10

Thanks! We will check that out. MrYD is a geologist, and all 3 of us are retired cavers yellowdogintexas Mar 29 #11

I haven't been to Arkansas much at all. It's 5000 miles from where I live, after all. DFW Mar 29 #14

We live exactly in the center of the path of totality av8rdave Mar 29 #15

All we have to drive is 50 miles to get to the total Emile Mar 29 #17

I decided not to head to upstate NY. But if the weather is cooperating I'll head to a park in NYC... electric_blue68 Mar 29 #18

Ya never know Marthe48 Mar 29 #20