Summer Trip 2026 Day 12
2 August 2026 This morning was cool (53º with a windchill of 43º) and cloudy/smoky, but the wildfires had stayed put last night or at least didn’t expand in the direction of my hotel. Today’s route was 325 miles on …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 11
1 August 2026 Both the Hyundai service manager and my brother strongly suggested I skip driving I-90 to Spokane WA in favor of US 2. Surprisingly, this is a much more direct route so even though it’s almost entirely a …
Summer Trip 2026 Days 9-10
30-31 July 2026 There’s not a lot to say about these two days and I only drove 32 miles. On the 30th, I started with a trip to a Hyundai dealer for the 8,000-mile service on my car (just a …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 8
29 July 2026 TL;DR – I’m in Seattle after 3,282 miles of driving at an average of 61mph and 3.1 miles/kWh. The next update here will probably be on Saturday 1 August. This morning came early — I was up …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 7
This is the route I was expecting to take today from Logan UT to La Grande OR: And this is the route I ended up taking today, ending in Missoula MT instead: I woke up this morning and fired up …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 6
27 July 2026 Today’s route from Laramie WY to Logan UT followed the dark blue line, I-80 to US 30 (The Lincoln Highway) to Hwy 89. I left Laramie in 65º temps and clouds and the temps slowly climbed into …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 5
26 July 2026 Today’s drive was 447 miles right through the heart of the Heat Dome under full sun (in spite of forecasts for cloudy conditions). The car reported a temperature on the wrong side of 100º for most of …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 4
25 July 2026 Although this was only a 390-mile driving day, traffic (especially slow trucks passing other, even slower trucks uphill) and construction made it a surprisingly long one. The morning was HUMID so even though the temperature was only …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 3
24 July 2026 This was my 3rd longest driving day of the trip and it was pretty much due West all day. Passing by Chicago is always a treat (if you enjoy heavy traffic and constant road construction, that is), …
Summer Trip 2026 Day 2
7/23/2026 It was chilly in Victor NY this morning, 51º, but the skies were clear and I had a pretty easy 376 mile drive on I-90 through western NY, across a bit of PA, and well into OH. There was …
