> On Nov 8, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> So my tentative plan is to arrive on Tuesday, August 15, or Wednesday,
> August 16 and stake out a camping spot up on Shadow Mountain. I'll
> then stay put there until probably Tuesday, August 22. Might have to
> jockey around a bit as camping spots open and close up. Chances are,
> I'll head quite a ways up the mountain. If I can get a place staked
> out (no guarantees), I'll gladly share it with all other Zuikoholics.
> It's a typical National Forest road with enough roughness that a
> typical car will clunk a bit on the rocks, but any SUV/Truck will do
> fine without breaking a sweat. If it means getting to an ideal spot,
> I'll gladly risk dinging the X5 to do it, but from everything I've
> been reading, it shouldn't be a problem.
>
> What I'll do is plant my tent there and day-trip all around the Tetons
> and maybe up into Yellowstone, as well as across the state line into
> Idaho. Gotta bag my 48th state. A good solid week playing
> "photographer" in the mountains sounds like a plan to me. There are
> worse places to be than the Tetons.
>
> The target spot I've decided to use as my starting point is:
>
> LAT: 43.712
> LON: -110.586
> Altitude: 8000 feet, give or take.
>
> By arriving days early, I can spend time finding shooting locations,
> as well as just shoot. This spot is within the PoT, and will give
> views to the right and to the left of landscape NOT within totality.
> Should be an unique spot. I'm developing a list of backup locations
> just in case Shadow Mountain is a no-go.
>
> Yes, I'll have at least one camera pointed at the sky, but that's a
> case of whatever I can do, somebody else will do better. It's the
> landscape itself that is going to be unique.
>
> Who's in?
>
> AG
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