Cedar City seems to offer the most flexibility if you need to go north or south. Depending on what time I'm on the road I may also check out the Kanarraville location out of curiosity. I would not mind being joined by some SLAS members but I for sure don't want to be in a mob scene.
I read that the road to Cedar Breaks may be open by then with temporary dirt road access, probably won't know until that weekend. On 09 Apr 2012, at 13:55, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
I think it has been established that we are finding our own locations with a couple of locations being group. Kanarraville seems a product of Patrick (correct me if I am wrong).
It would be fun to claim credit (assuming it doesn't turn into an uncontrolled zoo) but all I did was note where the NASA Goddard's map had the centerline crossing major highways.
I actually first looked at Glendale on highway 89 but Kevin told me the horizons there were too high. Next came Kanarraville. Funny but my initial communications with the folks down that way netted responses like "What's the big deal?".
I got them communicating with the folks at Goddard and the rest is history.
BTW, I head from the Iron Country Tourist Bureau today that they are now coordinating with the county Sheriff & Cedar City Police Depts and that they'll have an ambulance stationed near Newcastle.
They also said that the biggest complaint at their latest organizational meeting was that private land owners only found out about the whole thing through the newspaper. They said they thought the county should have notified them about what's coming.
I'm still undecided about where I'm going. Just for jollies I'm going to at least show up at Kanarraville well before the eclipse starts just to see how it looks. If it really is crazy there I'll head further west but still close enough to a main road that if last minute clouds dictate I can still make a quick run south on I-15 to the St. George area where the S&T article indicated less chance of clouds.
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