So we took the back roads through the Cascades from Eugene to

Aug 21, 2017
3:22:35pm

SnickSnack Contributor

Detroit lake East of Salem. No traffic on the way there or back. Totally worth it. Seeing the full eclipse in totality was amazing. Avoided I5 the whole way.

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Eclipse 2017

SnickSnack

8/21/17 12:09am

My wife took my kids three hours south from western Washington

Peanut

8/21/17 12:19am

I live near dead center

Choke

8/21/17 12:32am

I remember the last one & there was no where near this much attention even in Idaho w/ good views.

soupie

8/21/17 1:00am

Uh the last one was decades ago

Deleted

8/21/17 8:24am

Almost a century, soupie must be REALLY old!

DrKennethNoisewater

8/21/17 8:34am

Feb 1979. Smarty Pants.

soupie

8/21/17 9:14am

The eclipse of July 11, 1991: 45% in Idaho. Perhaps a reason for the lack of

84 Grad

8/21/17 12:23pm

No, I'm thinking of total one in 1979.

soupie

8/21/17 12:27pm

I thought that was only northern part of state and didn't go across the whole

Bill

8/21/17 8:34pm

If you go to the link I posted above, it shows the path. Started in eastern Canada and dipped down into

soupie

8/21/17 10:33pm

We live in the 99% zone - that's good enough for us.

ClackamasCoug

8/21/17 12:55am

We live in totality and will spend the eclipse listening to NASA's head of

Paco

8/21/17 6:38am

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BYUMizzou

8/21/17 7:12am

Jackson is experiencing an 18% increase in traffic over

jxncoog

8/21/17 8:03am

I'm in Salem. No traffic that I have seen.

Jay Rick

8/21/17 8:30am

So we took the back roads through the Cascades from Eugene to

SnickSnack

8/21/17 3:22pm

I assume traffic coming out of Salem today will be rough. I just walked outside

Jay Rick

8/21/17 3:29pm

I couldn't agree more. I can't believe how many people here

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