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So with it being a given that it'd be better to be inside the red lines, how cool or not would the eclipse be in Oklahoma City? It's so close to the red lines, relatively speaking. I could probably convince my wife to rent a cabin in SE Oklahoma for it, but that's 
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bawfuls posted:The entire show is between those red lines. Being outside them is like being a mile away from the venue where your favorite band is playing. Being inside them is like standing in the front row at the show. Fair enough, I'll pitch it to her tonight. Been too long since we've visited the big city lights of McCurtain County, Oklahoma anyway.
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Rick posted:I hope to see it. I'm thinking maybe in the panhandle and then checking out Oklahoma City after it's done to see what that's all about. Based on the map in the OP it's not passing through the panhandle, but rather the exact opposite part of the state. Which happens to me much, much more scenic than the panhandle. And if you decide to pop into OKC, feel free to hit me up in PMs or pop into the Oklahoma/Arkansas thread in LAN about things to see and do. 
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xzzy posted:Researching this event has me discovering that Texas is pretty horrible when it comes to public lands. There's basically nothing in the totality path for the entire state.. a few small state parks and and it's a near guarantee those are going to be jam packed with day trippers. Well, everything along the route is going to be jam packed. But I feel like Texas is going to be a step above due to proximity to some enormous cities. That happened in 2017 so it's gonna happen again in 2024. If you're looking to be in the NE Texas/SW Arkansas area, I might suggest Beaver's Bend State Park in SE Oklahoma.
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xzzy posted:Thanks, I had actually just scrolled over that the other day and then forgot to dig into it deeper. How's the hiking/roads back in there? I prefer to be away from folks as much as possible so was considering some of the side roads off the NE side of the lake. I'm unfortunately not as experienced a hiker as I'd like to be, but I do know they have several trails, including at least one lengthy back-country trail in the park. The area has become a bit of a tourist destination in recent years, for both good and ill, so traffic along US-259 can get kinda bad. However, the vast bulk of that stuff is on the SW side of the lake and park, so if you're shooting for the NE side you should be able to avoid a lot of that. Quality of the roads is iffy, at best. The highways are fine but if you get onto local roads you're gonna wanna watch out.
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