2017 Totally Awesome Eclipse Trip

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:58 am

Winston and I hit the road for a week to drive out to Idaho for the Eclipse. We hit up Great Basin National Park on the way out so we could see the Bristle Cones and do the Lehman cave tour. We picked up Dave in SLC and headed up to Idaho. Our camp was right by the midline for totallity in the mountains above Mackay and we lucked out with nice private spot on the end of dirt road going up Methodist Creek. Winston and I had a great time camping with Dave and it was amazing to see the eclipse with 2 minutes of totality. We decided we shoud do it again in 2024. The hills outside of Mazatlan should experience 7 minutes of totallity!

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:02 am

more pics

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:07 am

Then off to the eclipse

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:11 am

man, i'm outta practice at posting. I need to rotate my pics!

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:14 am

watching the eclipse

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:17 am

Dave had some filter sheets for my camera so I got a few pics

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:19 am

Winston did great for so much time in the car. I think he is ready for the canoe trip!

David · Post by **David** » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:01 am

Really fun trip. Winston got a good taste of off trail bushwacking. also scared the crap out of me with his rock climbing /scrambling. Eclipse was crazy and a definite life experience (most of which seem to only last 2 minutes, huh). Did mike mention the bear cave by the camp?