On 10/31/2016 9:46 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
So, I now have my vacation time approved, so, it's time to plan a Zuikofest.
Date: August 21, 2017
Place: Grand Tetons, Wyoming, or Borah Peak, Idaho
Wyoming is likely going to be THE spot to be.
Which would make it the spot NOT to be, no?
It will be total
pandemonium with photographers jockying for the "perfect" spot, but
I've got some ideas that would get us out of the valley.
The nice thing about this location is that if we end up with a storm
system moving through with cloud cover, I can alter the location along
the path of totality and a few hundred miles should escape it and give
an area of planned clear sky.
The second location on my short list is Borah Peak in Idaho.
I've had my eye on Eastern Oregon. Is the mountainous area around Borah more likely to have thunderstorms? Are they not
morning things?
We've been in much of the totality area in E. Oregon. There's enough open country there for half the country to each
find their own spot. :-) HOT! Did I mention that temps over 100F are the norm in August? But I think overcast problems
unlikely.
What has my interest on that location is that Idaho is the only lower-48 state
that I haven't been to.
The panhandle is a lot like its neighboring states. The Palouse leaks over into
the middle W part.
Either way, I am likely to set up a remote camera or two hidden in
some tumbleweeds many miles away.
In honor of Chuck, I think I'd plan to experience, not photograph. I loved his story of forgetting in the wonder of the
moment to take any pics.
It could be fun to get together with other listees.
In the Dark Together Moose
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