Good description. 

The broken link baffles me—it works for me on my laptop on all browsers and my phone. Oh well.

Four Sisters Ranch is here: 1555 Lemond Rd, Utopia, TX 78884

Kris

> On Feb 13, 2023, at 2:35 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>