I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in Albuquerque). I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

> On Feb 2, 2024, at 2:27 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). Excellent. My sister lives in Collinsville, North of Dallas. I'll be staying with her, we'll probably watch it from the place of a friend of hers about 120 miles away. > > 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. > > Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in Albuquerque). I'll likely couch surf with friends in Albaquerque, it's about halfway. My most Banzai trip was Austin to San Francisco, solo, in 24 hours. Leaving Austin at midnight and napping in rest stops on the way. > > I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. You should plan on getting there very early. For the last eclipse, I scoped out a place a couple days ahead, and it was jam packed and had to find another. -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com sent from ret13est

Make that 480, 452 & 480 outbound (April 4, 5, & 6) and reversed home-bound (April 10, 11, & 12). On 2/2/2024 5:27 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 > (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). > > 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the > eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. > > Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked > they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in > Albuquerque). > > I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's > approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. > I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. > > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

On 2/2/2024 5:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Feb 2, 2024, at 2:27 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). > > Excellent. > > My sister lives in Collinsville, North of Dallas. I'll be staying with her, we'll probably watch it from the place of a friend of hers about 120 miles away. >> >> 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. >> >> Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in Albuquerque). > > I'll likely couch surf with friends in Albaquerque, it's about halfway. My most Banzai trip was Austin to San Francisco, solo, in 24 hours. Leaving Austin at midnight and napping in rest stops on the way. > >> >> I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. > > You should plan on getting there very early. For the last eclipse, I scoped out a place a couple days ahead, and it was jam packed and had to find another. > > That's why my plan has me arriving in the area two days ahead of the eclipse. It'll give me time to scope out the area ahead of time. In 2017 I didn't settle on a location until the morning before & ended up driving all day & all night to get to Hopkinsville, KY. (weather predicted to be SEVERE CLEAR on the Saturday before ...) Didn't have any problems finding a place to set up. The small shopping center that had the JCPenney store was renting out spaces (about the size 4 parking spaces) for $20. Last October's trip was a practice run. Because it wasn't a TOTAL eclipse, I found most people I talked to didn't even know there was going to be an eclipse ... except for the people at the "National Museum of Nuclear Science & History" (where I bought a new pair of eclipse glasses because I'd left mine at home). San Antonio is right on the edge of the path of totality. All of the hotels I checked (Kerrville, TX) in the path of totality appear to be well aware of the eclipse ... the normally $90/night hotels have prices jacked up to $600-$800/night. The one I found in San Antonio DOES NOT have their prices jacked up. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com