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| Above, my campsite at a Lava Hot Springs KOA during the 2017 Great American Eclipse. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
April is not too far away. That means campsites along the path of totality of the April 8 solar eclipse are being gobbled up.
Now is the time (if one hasn't done so already) to reserve a campsite.
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| Above, the solar eclipse in totality from Idaho in 2017. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
I went up to Idaho for the 2017 Great American Eclipse and it was an experience nobody should miss. The photos that accompany this blog post are from that trip.
According to Forbes, there's been a 500% spike in RV and campground bookings along the path of totality.
They posted an article that begins with:
If you’re yet to plan a trip to see North America’s total solar eclipse—the longest since 1806 and the last until 2033 in Alaska—it’s time to prepare.
On Monday, April 8, the rare sight of the sun’s corona around a new moon will be visible from a 115-mile wide path stretching from Mexico to Atlantic Canada via parts of 15 U.S. states. Everyone else on the continent will see just a regular partial solar eclipse.
You must get inside that path of totality—to not do so is to misunderstand how mind-blowing a totality solar eclipse is and its rarity. The experience of plummeting temperatures, wildlife going crazy, and the sight of the sun’s spiky white corona will leave you in disbelief at what you just saw. The next total solar eclipses in the U.S. are in Alaska in 2033, Canada, Montana/South Dakota in 2044 and coast-to-coast in the U.S. and beyond in 2045.
But hotels are now hard to come by—or else costly. The answer, of course, is to camp.
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| Above, my motorhome during the totality of the Great American Eclipse from a viewing area near Roberts, Idaho. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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