Summer Trip 2026 Day 22

12 August 2026 There’s not a lot to say about today, just 34 miles out and about running a couple of errands but mostly staying in my room and dry. Columbus had about 2″ of rain yesterday, an inch today, …

Summer Trip 2026 Day 21

11 August 2026 This was only a 392-mile driving day, but it was a tough one. Before I get into all that, though, I captured this photo from my hotel room last night — I loved the bridge lit up: …

Summer Trip 2026, Day 20

10 August 2026 I didn’t do much driving the last two days — just a couple of short errands — so there’s nothing to report from them. Today was the first leg of my drive home from Minneapolis: In all, …

Summer Trip 2026 Day 17

7 August 2026 I don’t have photos to share but I did drive about 135 miles and charged twice (once because I needed it and again just to have plenty of margin for Monday’s continuation of my long drive). The …

Summer Trip 2026 Day 15

5 August 2026 Today was the day I crossed the border from North Dakota to Minnesota on my way to Minneapolis! This photo was taken at the welcome rest area (and if I hadn’t still be wearing my sunglasses, I …

Summer Trip 2026 Day 14

4 August 2026 Today’s drive was 460 miles starting in Miles City MT and continuing to Fargo ND, all on I-84. The weather was nice all day, varying between full sun and mostly cloudy, and the temperature started at 49º …

Summer Trip 2026 Day 13

3 August 2026 Today’s drive was 365 miles and I’m still in Montana tonight, staying in Miles City. The day started off chilly, 51º and breezy, and didn’t break 60 until after I was in my hotel. At one point …

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 …