I ended up about 30 miles NE of Prineville. Spectacular, well worth the traffic. Took us 12 hours to get back down to Asheville and the smoke was incredible down that way, dusting of ash on the truck in the morning.
I took 9 gallons of extra gas, 6 gallons of water (plus the washer water which I keep only potable) and there’s always a few days of eats in the truck in a pinch.
I don’t understand. Could someone please explain why so many people are willing to drive for many hours and sit in traffic for hours just to basically see the moon cover up the sun for 2 minutes? I mean, it would be cool sure, I’d drive up to an hour away if I didn’t have work that day, but....