Just got back from Columbia, SC. Old friend of mine happened to build a house on a lake and it was in the path of total eclipse.
Drove down from CT on Saturday. Should have been 12 hrs, took 17. Drove home today, took 15 hrs.
Anyway, the wife and both kids would do it all over again. Total eclipse was fucking awesome. Best part was there were lots of clouds in the sky, but never over the sun from when it started around 1:13 PM until totality ended after 2:50-ish.
The other good part was we reconnected with friends and now wonder why we didn’t go visit sooner (although next time, it will just be me and my wife, and we’ll fly).