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Monthly USA Eclipse Thread 2017-02-25 10:54:17 Post No. 1217850
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Who is making the trip to the line of totality on August 21st?
I've been reading about weather prospects and the western states have the best chance of clear skies, there's a festival in Madras, Oregon. But personally I'm going with Missouri, there is a nig viewing event in St Josephs, MO and one at the football stadium at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Bit worried though because I'm flying in from the UK and don't drive so I'm kind of screwed if the weather is unfavourable.
Going to take a greyhound/amtrak trip around the midwest for a couple of weeks afterwards, I am aiming to have all 50 states visited by 2020 (I am on 31 currently)
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>Going to take a greyhound/amtrak trip around the midwest for a couple of weeks afterwards
If you can, get a rental car and drive through the sand hills in Nebraska. There's an official scenic route and everything, from Grand Island to Alliance. It'll spit you out in southwest South Dakota, and from there, you can see the Black Hills and maybe go to Mt. Rushmore, if you'd like. Heading back east is the Badlands National Park, not far from Rapid City.
What states haven't you been to? Are you interested in seeing nature, historical sites, cities, or checking out rural America? I can give you more recommendations from there.
t. Midwesterner who's traveled my home region fairly extensively.
P.S. St. Jo kinda sucks, so don't get your expectations too high. It's got a weird ass boot store, though.
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I've been to Badlands and Rushmore. Badlands was gorgeous, watched the sunrise there in total solitude.
>What states haven't you been to? Are you interested in seeing nature, historical sites, cities, or checking out rural America?
Attached my map. This is a bit of a non-answer but I really like a bit of everything. Zion NP was probably my favourite national park, I loved Glacier NP, Yosemite and Yellowstone go without saying, but I had fun in small towns like Bozeman, MT, and Telluride, CO was very comfy. I liked San Fran, Austin, Key West, Chicago, New Orleans etc. LA was the only major city I wouldn't bother visiting again.
I'll probably do the 6 central states on this trip, and possibly fly home from detroit. I'll do Boston and the new england states next year, The rest I don't know but I'll save Hawaii for last.
>P.S. St. Jo kinda sucks,
Well I'm not that worried about that, I'm there for the eclipse primarily so as I'm fine as long I have a place to sleep eat and shit. I will be in either Columbia, St Jo or Jefferson City, or if the weather looks bad I'll have a contingency to head to the south of St Louis or north of Kansas City. I will be frothing with rage if Missouri is overcast when I could have gone to Idaho or Oregon, but at least there's another one in 2024.....
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