

| Subject: | Re: Great American Eclipse, Monday April-8-2024, mid day in Texas |
| From: | David McNeely |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:35:26 -0800 |
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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