text: I tried to find a motel last year, that was in the totality path, and found they had already been completely booked. When the state campgrounds with cabins opened for reservations, I found that those also were taken almost immediately. Remaining accommodations in or near the totality path, were exercising "whatever the traffic would bear" policies, with double and triple rates. I then went to plan B to consider not overnighting, but going where? I considered Mary's Peak, which would be excellent, although not in the mid-path it is still in the totality path. I then learned there is an organized group going there. So much for that. Like you, I have a spot in mind and I won't say where. My concern now is the traffic in getting there that morning. There will be tens, if not hundreds of thousands of vehicles going to the totality path and I may find myself viewing it from the side of the road. I have seen one other total and I can testify, the effort is worth it.