9 March 2026 Before today’s stories, here is a photo from last night’s hotel room. I’d hoped to set up a time lapse overnight but there was a parking lot light right outside my window shining in my direction. It …

8 March 2026 This is my first trip of this length in the 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and while it’s not quite as comfortable nor as quiet as the IONIQ 6 I had, there are plenty of good reasons why …

17 January 2026 Surprise! It’s a new Hyundai IONIQ 5: As much as I loved my IONIQ 6, I really wanted to get the ability to precondition the battery on demand for fast charging, so that was the primary reason …

29 November 2025 Today was a beautiful but cold day with full sun, and I drove 154 miles roundtrip through Connecticut into Rhode Island to check out a new brewpub. The only photo from the day is of the charging …

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 …