I have been laying low, waiting to the last minute to gauge weather and options before I made a final decision.
My thought had been jump on the Versys, ride to Deals Gap, hang out with my friends there and experience the eclipse, the ride home Monday evening after it is all over with.
I am now having serious reservations about doing so.
My general impression, based on a few posts by friends in the area: it is going to be a mad house all along the path.
Already crowded and expected to get a lot worse.
In my mind's eye I see mental pics that look like hoards of humanity, stuck on the roads, like you see when folks flee the coast when a hurricane warning is issued and the storm is 12 hours from landfall.
I might just settle for the 93.5% I get from my own yard in Moody.
I'm thinking the same thing, but Starr Mountain is pretty tempting, from my location I could take little back roads to Chatsworth, Ga, cross through Cohutta, then owswalt/clear creek rds, and then come in on Bullet Rd., from the Reliance side, but FS roads may be crazy as well.
