> Don't plan to drive anywhere on eclipse day (90% of the US lives within an 8hr drive of totality, so traffic will be horrible).
Speaking of driving, anyone from the Seattle area have any thoughts on the best approach?
The first one that comes to mind is to take 5 down to the path of totality.
The second thing that comes to mind is heading east toward Spokane, and turn south at Yakima and head on down 84 to somewhere in totality.
I've driven the 5 route a few times going between Seattle and California, so I know the roads are reasonable. The big unknown will be traffic. It will have a lot of people from Washington heading down plus the Portland crowd.
I've never headed east from Seattle past, I think, North Bend, so nearly everything on the second route is completely unknown to me.
My bet is that you'll get as far as Portland and then be stuck. I-5 through PDX can be a mess on a regular Monday. Get south of Portland on Sunday and you might be ok.
The Spokane option might work but the unknown there is that most of the roads in Oregon will be one lane each direction with hundreds of thousands of visitors expected in that area.
I reserved a campsite at a garden outside of Salem with a friend for Fri-Mon. The Oregon State Parks links to a page with a list of events and venues that are taking reservations.
Speaking of driving, anyone from the Seattle area have any thoughts on the best approach?
The first one that comes to mind is to take 5 down to the path of totality.
The second thing that comes to mind is heading east toward Spokane, and turn south at Yakima and head on down 84 to somewhere in totality.
I've driven the 5 route a few times going between Seattle and California, so I know the roads are reasonable. The big unknown will be traffic. It will have a lot of people from Washington heading down plus the Portland crowd.
I've never headed east from Seattle past, I think, North Bend, so nearly everything on the second route is completely unknown to me.