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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Solartown

The reason we were driving to Oregon was to see the total solar eclipse. I found out that Madras was in the center line of totality and booked a camping site at Solartown. I found out about the eclipse in January and by then all the hotels in Madras and Bend had been sold out.


The campsite was $75 for 5 nights--not a bad price. Camping was on a farmer's field but the organizers had planted grass in April so it wasn't as dusty as some of the other sites. The organizers weren't quite as organized in routing traffic during the event and I had read about 4 hour delays trying to enter the campsite alone. That's why we left Klamath Falls at 4:30 am to try to make it to Solartown by 7:30 am. When we arrived, there were just a few cars waiting to get in. By 11 am, the line of cars extended all the way to Hwy 26, nearly 2.7 miles away.


Solartown was just a field of RVs and tents. There were porta potties everywhere and surprisingly they were well maintained. There were also showers but by Sunday, the gray water storage was already full so the showers were shut down. Fortunately, I was camping for only 1 night and didn't need a shower that badly.


You could go for a balloon ride in Solartown and there were many vendors, selling food and merchandise.


The shuttle line to get to Solarfest was ridiculously long. We waited for 1 1/2 hours to get on the shuttle.


If you didn't have your own tent, they provided tents in the "glamping" sites.


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