jdmidwest Posted February 13 Posted February 13 11 hours ago, BilletHead said: Well then JD I think we should converge at your place. 😁 We picked a conservation area North East for the last one. We were in the best part of the path. It was really neat and would not mind doing this deal again. The downside is everyone else had the same idea. Traffic was crazy. No fun driving in that. Bring a pontoon and we can all sit on Wappappello Lake and watch and fish. BilletHead 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
jdmidwest Posted February 13 Posted February 13 6 minutes ago, Dutch said: Thanks JD. I’ve never been there but it sounded like it might not be heavily used. Interesting place, basically a wooded walking trail system thru Karst sinkholes, cave collapse, and natural arch remaining of cave roof. Not real open for viewing the sky, 20 car park lot. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Members slabseeker Posted February 13 Members Posted February 13 44 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: Bring a pontoon and we can all sit on Wappappello Lake and watch and fish. You might be able to rent one that would be pretty cool. You would probably see several bass boats with operators staring at livescope screens that wouldn't even notice the eclipse.
Terrierman Posted February 13 Posted February 13 13 hours ago, Dutch said: JD do you think Grand Gulf will be crowded? Everything in the path will be crowded. Took nearly six hours to drive home from Fulton to SGF after the last one. BilletHead 1
Dutch Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 We saw the last one ar St Joe and went on to Omaha.
BilletHead Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Terrierman said: Everything in the path will be crowded. Took nearly six hours to drive home from Fulton to SGF after the last one. Yep, exactually what we found out, still it was really neat. Terrierman 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Dutch Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 As of now we have decided to go to the top of the hill at the farm and see it privately. It won’t be as long but there will be no crowds. Terrierman and bfishn 2
jdmidwest Posted February 17 Posted February 17 With all of the public land in the path, you should not have the crowds at all places. Just the advertised ones around towns. There are many state parks, public forest areas, lakes, rivers, and parking lots in the path in mostly remote urban southeast Missouri. MDC and NFS has lots of ground. Any mountain area around Arcadia would be neat, Taum Sauk, Bufords, Shutins, Silver Mines, etc. Lots of little lakes too for a boat. The eclipse lasts for hours and has 2 minutes of totality around 2 pm. Daryk Campbell Sr, bfishn and BilletHead 3 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
oneshot 1 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Guess I'm going. Going to Grand Falls some time. oneshot
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