This was a relatively easy day, just 311 miles on interstates from Painted Post NY to home with a stop in Albany for Second Meal™️. This was the view out of my hotel room window at 7:45am and you can’t …

27 September 2025 Today was the second longest driving day of the trip, beat only by the first day exactly two weeks ago. I drove 423 miles from Hilliard OH to Painted Post NY. This is a route I’ve driven …

25-26 September 2025 These two days have been focused on relaxing, a goal made more achievable by on-and-off rain throughout the day on the 25th. My total driving for these two days was 112 miles at an average 4.3 miles/kWh, …

24 September 2025 Before talking about today’s drive, I wanted to share this photo of the garden outside the main entrance to last night’s hotel, the very new Hampton Inn in Saline MI. I woke up to constant moderate rain …

23 September 2025 I’m looking back with nostalgia now to a trip in recent years where the numbered day of the trip corresponded to the day of the month; that was so much simpler than having to count to see …

22 September 2025 This was a mostly-resting day with just an afternoon jaunt to a brewpub and to charge the car for tomorrow. Here’s the route I took for today’s 58 miles at 4.1 miles/kWh. My first stop was in …

21 September 2025 This was an easy day driving up the western coast of Michigan and then over to Grand Rapids, just 140 miles on back roads at an average efficiency of 3.9 miles/kWh. It was a gray and rainy …

20 September 2025 Today was a relatively short day by distance, just 166 miles, but as I was traveling on back roads through the Chicago metro area, it did take me a while. I was in and out of rain …

19 September 2025 Today was a lazy day in Rockford and I only drove 16 miles around town. Along the way, I made two stops for charging (explained later), a stop at a (closed) used book store, and Second Meal™️ …

18 September 2025 My route today was the dark blue line on the map, a total of just 276 miles, all on back roads again. As I was still in Minnesota and approaching the Iowa border, I saw my first …