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08-04-2023, 10:39 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Greenwood, Indiana
Trailer: 2020 Escape 5.0TA
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2024 Solar Eclipse
Anyone planning a trip to Texas to see the Solar Eclipse? It is the place to have the longest view (up to 4 min.). In Indiana we will only see about one minute.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipse...lm_aid=4131139
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Sharon.
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08-04-2023, 10:43 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Overbrook, Kansas
Trailer: 2021 E19 (Padawan)
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Planning on it. I hope the weather is sunny. It’s a time of year when it can be cloudy. The best option is probably Mexico, but I have things to do in Texas, and no desire to be in Mexico then.
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Randy & Barb
1998 C 2500 (Cruncher) and 2021 Ranger (Yoda)
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08-04-2023, 11:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: USA, Texas
Trailer: 21
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Thank you Sharon marked on the calendar. We’ll have an excellent from our back yard as we live just on the edge of the path here in Texas
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REMEBER PEEPS WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND and PAYBACK is a #%$&$&
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08-04-2023, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Brockville (Near Ottawa), Ontario
Trailer: 2010 Prolite Mini
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Here's a discussion about a trip to Mexico to see the eclipse.
https://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f...van-19724.html
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Steve from Brockville, Canada
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08-04-2023, 12:56 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
Posts: 5,156
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Note that any given location in Texas has a 50% or so chance of being cloudy on April 8th. The rest of the US is even worse. Mazatlan and Durango, its more like 10-20% chance of clouds.
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08-04-2023, 01:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Greenwood, Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
Note that any given location in Texas has a 50% or so chance of being cloudy on April 8th. The rest of the US is even worse. Mazatlan and Durango, its more like 10-20% chance of clouds.
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That's why I missed the last one. The eclipse had just started and storm clouds moved in.
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08-04-2023, 01:53 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Trailer: 2023 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 850
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Linda and I are going. Taking the 5.0 and staying on the family farm in the Texas hill country. My sister participates in the Bandera, TX small business group and they have been planning for a couple of years now.
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08-04-2023, 05:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,373
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My house in Oswego, NY is in the totality path of the Eclipse, however April is usually cloudy in the lee of Lake Ontario.
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08-04-2023, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: WALNUT, California
Trailer: 2019 5.0 TA The Glass Inn
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We have been planning this trip for several years. We will be taking the 5.0 and visiting family in Fredericksburg Texas. Then using that as a jumping off point for Mississippi, Louisiana, maybe Florida (I have always wanted to go to Sanibel Island) and continuing in a long northern loop back to California.
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08-05-2023, 06:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Trailer: "Side Effect" 2022 21C
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The center line of the eclipse on August 17, 2017 was only about 10 miles South of our house. We hosted a party and had about 30 people attend.
It was A M A Z I N G! Goosebumps!
The 2024 Eclipse passes South of us in Poplar Bluff, MO so we will definitely end up down that way. Can't wait.
For those who have never had this experience, I highly recommend it!
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08-05-2023, 07:59 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
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02-22-2024, 01:28 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Trailer: 2022 21C
Posts: 15
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Eclipse April 8th
Good morning everyone. I'm planning to see the eclipse on April 8th and have been looking at northern Texas as a good spot to see it. I was thinking about the Clarksville, TX area. Does anyone know of a boondocking area around Clarksville or in that general area ? I'm open to suggestions for other places. I know this is going to be a very popular event with people coming from all over to see it. I read an article this morning that is predicting heavy traffic along the path of totality.
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02-22-2024, 02:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Ridgway, Colorado
Trailer: 2018,5.0 TA
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We are headed to Dallas TX to see the eclipse and Daphne's family, daughters and grand kids.
Hoping it will be clear.
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02-22-2024, 03:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Abiquiu, New Mexico
Trailer: 2019 Escape 21 2017 GMC Canyon Duramax Diesel
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We are going to an Escapees RV Club solar eclipse get together in Paris, Texas. We will be boondocking at the Fairgrounds in Paris with a bunch of other Escapees members.
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02-22-2024, 03:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Wickenburg, Arizona
Trailer: 2019 E19
Posts: 133
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We're booked to spend 4 nights at: Highland Lakes United Methodist Church, in Buchanan Dam, TX. Sites are boondocking in the backyard of the church. Clear, Dark, and Steady is what we're looking for.
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02-22-2024, 04:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Madison area, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 Chevy 2012 Express 3500 Van
Posts: 1,760
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Indy for us
Indianapolis is near smack dab in the middle of the path. Going to visit kin there and we hope to see the eclipse. No biggie if it's cloudy, and it's a gamble wherever you go. Also visiting kin in Scottsburg, IN and then a visit to the Wright-Patterson AFB aviation museum in Dayton, OH, and some visiting friends on the way out & back.
A Spring ROAD TRIP, without the E19. Don't need it.
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02-22-2024, 04:43 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Trailer: 2022 21C
Posts: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chama
We are going to an Escapees RV Club solar eclipse get together in Paris, Texas. We will be boondocking at the Fairgrounds in Paris with a bunch of other Escapees members.
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Chama, do you know if the Fairgrounds in Paris are available for non-Escapee members ? If so would you have contact info for the Fairgrounds. Thanks
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02-22-2024, 05:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Overbrook, Kansas
Trailer: 2021 E19 (Padawan)
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I’ll be further southwest in Ingram, TX as long as the weather holds. We have a site for a month to enjoy the hill country in the spring. Then off to see my parents.
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Randy & Barb
1998 C 2500 (Cruncher) and 2021 Ranger (Yoda)
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02-23-2024, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Abiquiu, New Mexico
Trailer: 2019 Escape 21 2017 GMC Canyon Duramax Diesel
Posts: 329
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DK in AK, I sent you a PM about the exlipse event. Check your inbox.
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02-23-2024, 01:21 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Trailer: 2022 21C
Posts: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chama
DK in AK, I sent you a PM about the exlipse event. Check your inbox.
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Thank you for the information. I'll check into it.
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