TRIP PLANNING

Since we are in the middle of winter here in Maryland, we don’t have any trips coming up, but, we are looking forward to next summer. We have one trip planned for July, to South Carolina to (hopefully) see the Full Solar Eclipse.

We first heard about the Solar Eclipse when we attended a seminar at the Escapees 56^th Escapade. Since this eclipse will go through the center of the United States we will have a rare opportunity to see it (weather permitting, of course!). We used this website to find out the exact timing and location of the eclipse. Then we figured out a location that was close enough for us to be able to drive to in a reasonable amount of time. We decided South Carolina gave us a good viewing opportunity and was close enough to drive to. Then, it was time to find campgrounds.

We generally start out using Google for campgrounds in the area, then look at reviews on a few of them. We decided on Taw Caw Campground since the reviews are nice and it looks like an ideal location to view the eclipse from.

Charleston, South Carolina was already on our list of places we wanted to visit, so we decided to add this to our trip. So, back to Google to find campgrounds in that area. We found a campground at James Island State Park that looks really nice and is close to Charleston.