29 September 2024 It was a pleasant drive for the most part, leaving Madison just as the sun was rising and arriving in Logansport IN at the brewpub (and just two miles from my hotel) around 2:30 or so. Traffic …

28 September 2024 Today was an easy day, just 4 hours on back roads from Iowa City to Madison WI. The only issue was a strong headwind for most of the day resulting in a 3.5 mi/kWh efficiency, but I …

27 September 2024 This is sort of the route I took today, more or less: It was secondary roads again and it began with strong winds, which continued for most of the drive, and rain. By the time I ended …

26 September 2024 Today was a long drive but enjoyable, sticking to secondary roads the entire time for the relaxation rather than save a couple of hours going by interstate. In fact, that’s my plan for the rest of this …

23 September 2024 Today was just a driving day, the longest of this trip and the last on interstates. I left my hotel in Allentown at sunrise, heading west on I-78 to I-81 to I-76/I-70. My plan was simple — …

22 September 2024 Today being a Sunday, I started with the usual backroads drive to the church in Manchester CT where I play organ, then headed out after the service for Allentown PA. Traffic was heavy after leaving Manchester and …

12 July 2024 This year is a change from the past three years as there’s no long, cross-country drive happening. To help make up for that — and to give me some much-needed away time — I’m going to do …

14 May 2024 Today was the last day of this trip, 325 miles from Rochester NY to home in MA. The afternoon became quite windy so the car ended up averaging 3.4 miles/kWh for the overall trip rather than the …

13 May 2024 I didn’t drive a huge amount around Columbus but what I did do brought my trip average up to 3.3 miles/kWh where it stayed for today’s drive from there to Rochester NY. I actually averaged 3.6 for …

10 May 2024 Today’s post isn’t about the driving; that’s not done yet, but all told it probably won’t add up to 100 miles for the day. I started by heading back to a favorite spot for walking on a …