We went down to Charleston, SC for the eclipse. Stayed at Oak Plantation Campground near Johns Island. Highly recommend this place, BTW. Wandered over to Isle of Palms, SC for the event. They were anticipating a million people in the metro Charleston area, but the longest line of cars we saw were people trying to get into Krispy Kreme for their eclipse donuts. Due to an unplanned encounter with gravity, my wife was in a wheelchair (long story), and some condo commandos allowed us to roll her up to their private boardwalk to watch it. It was very overcast, and we were concerned that we werent going to see much, then about 5 mins before totality, a large hole opened in the clouds. The crowd on the beach (we were up along the dunes) erupted in yells, whisltes and cheers as the cone of totality enveloped us. The temp dropped about 5-10 degrees, got very dark, minus the giant lightning flashes from the storm to the north west and west. They had fire dancers at the radio station stage doing their thing. It truly was one of the most amazing things my wife and I have experienced. Many people became quite overcome with emotion, including my wife, for the pain and discomfort of getting there, and the upcoming pain and discomfort of going home was totally eclipsed by the eclipse
We took our Rustic Trail Teardrops Grizzly Bear, and it was my wife's first overnight in it. Even with major neck and back issues, she slept like a baby. We stayed dry in the torrential downpours (inevitable in the south during the summer), unlike the tenters elsewhere on the property. I made sure before we left that I angled the awning down to sheet the water off. We met another teardropping couple, who ironically, live about 30 minutes away from us. The wife's brother was staying downtown at a hotel for $400.00 a night....yeah, that was $400 dollars...they told him their campsite was $40 a night. I think her brother will be looking into teardrops (maybe a Rustic Trail Teardrop) in the very near future
So far, in about a month, I've put 3500 camping miles on the trailer. Love it. Only wish I would have gotten one sooner.