9 May 2024 Today’s drive was 421 miles from Painted Post NY to Columbus OH and the weather was nice until just east of the Cleveland OH area when I found the rain, and lots of it! I was mostly …

8 May 2024 I left the Springfield area at 10:30 this morning in heavy clouds and the aftermath of rains, and arrived in south central NY State in late afternoon under sunny skies. The car did really well on the …

4 May 2024 There won’t be a cross-country trip this summer but I will be heading back to Columbus OH for a few days this coming week. This is a surprise trip that is happening because my brother and his …

9 April 2024 The last day of this trip is done and it included the heaviest traffic of the entire trip — the last hour of the drive took closer to two hours because of heavy traffic and road construction. …

8 April 2024 Today was another short day, 254 miles, but it included driving through totality although it was almost totally overcast at the time. I was a bit concerned about traffic due to the eclipse — there were dire …

7 April 2024 I’d arranged for a late checkout from my hotel in Columbus and that gave me plenty of time for a relaxing morning plus another walk on part of the Alum Creek Trail. This was certainly the best …

6 April 2024 I didn’t post anything yesterday because there really wasn’t much to say. I did drive down to Cincinnati to visit Jungle Jim’s International Market, but the weather wasn’t conducive to my other two planned stops at Loveland …

4 April 2024 This was a quiet day, mostly hanging around the hotel I did go out to a shoe store and took a roundabout drive on the way back along the Scioto River that is very full and muddy-brown …

3 April 2024 Today’s weather was even less good than yesterday for much of the day — the temperature averaged 5ºF lower, dipping to 40 at one point, and I spent more than half the day in heavy traffic and …

2 April 2024 It’s an exciting day as this was the first day of my first road trip in the EV. The weather is far from ideal — temps are in the upper 40s and I drove half the afternoon …