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Originally Posted by 4X4
Calgary will get a partial eclipse around 11am, but the path of totality is so close, I'm going on a roadie. I'll be going full nerd and taking my daughter on a science trip. I have pretty much decided on the following route...
Leave Saturday morning and drive to St Mary MT and drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road
Drive to Yellowstone and see Old Faithful and also Artist Point
Drive to Idaho Falls to watch the eclipse (almost 2 minutes of totality, 2.5 hours of eclipse)
Check out Craters of the Moon National Monument to complete the sun/moon geekery
Back to Calgary.
It's roughly 30 hours of driving, and I'll take 4-5 days to do it. I could take more time if anyone has any awesome ideas that are along that path (or close). Lets hear them if you do.
Also, am I crazy for ordering eclipse watching sunglasses from Amazon? I assume they're coming from China. Something tells me that last question is where most of the replies are going to come from.
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Awesome drive, I've done all of that. There's a ton out there on Yellowstone, you probably know a lot about Glacier Park.
Craters of the Moon is awesome. Did that a few years ago with the family. We camped near Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho. Hot as balls during the day but still got to single digits at night. Lots of cool stuff to check out in Craters, Hemingway's gravesite is in Ketchum, lots of hikes, etc. PM me, I'll see if I can find my info pamphlet on the area. Very cool.