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I will be flying in to SeaTac from AK on Friday night and driving down to Oregon on Saturday. We have a place to stay in Bend, but no plans beyond driving back

I will be flying in to SeaTac from AK on Friday night and driving down to Oregon on Saturday. We have a place to stay in Bend, but no plans beyond driving back North to the region of totality. Redmond, 15 miles north gets 38 seconds of totality. We would like to be as smack in the middle as we can manage, but it will depend largely on traffic and weather. We will probably try and find a nice open field and hang out during the event, then head back to Bend sometime the same day. We may also wind up heading east from Bend, then north, again depending on traffic and weather.

mikestew 9y ago
Now that is hardcore. Here I was wondering if an eight hour drive was too much trouble. :-) Keep in mind that all predictions are that traffic anywhere near places like Bend, Redmond, or (worst of all) Madras is going to be a mess. Plan accordingly, especially if you're used to AK where heavy traffic means someone is in front of you at the stoplight. I'm hearing "hours" to get through Bend or Redmond on eclipse day. But there are little to no historical data to work with, so who knows? Anyway, if you see an old yellow VW Westfalia with its top popped way up on a hill northeast of Madras, honk as you go by.