Spring Trip 2025, Day 7

1 April 2025 I have no pictures to offer from today as it was mostly gray and cold. The day started in Painted Post NY with the car at 100% after free charging at the hotel, and I stopped once …

Spring Trip 2025, Day 6

31 March 2025 Today was a 415 mile drive from Columbus OH to Painted Post NY and included two stops for charging, both of which locations I was at last Thursday going the other direction. The weather was cloudy with …

Spring Trip 2025, Days 3-5

30 March 2025 As expected, I didn’t drive a lot while in Columbus. I had plenty to keep me occupied in my hotel room and it was a rainy weekend anyway. My total over these three days was 116 miles …

Spring Trip 2025, Day 2

The day dawned clear and cold, in the low 20s, and while the temperatures eventually did rise to 60º by the time I arrived in Columbus OH, I didn’t see anything over 32º until I was in northeastern Ohio. Here …

Spring Trip 2025, Day 1

There’s not much to show from today but plenty to describe. Here’s the route I took: I left town at 9:00am on the dot, headed for I-90 West into NY State past Albany, then I-88 down to Binghamton and I-86 …

Fall Trip 2024 Day 14

5 October 2024 Well, I’m really late with this entry! Here’s the route though, the dark blue line: On the final day of this trip, I stuck to the back roads again. Because there was an issue with the chargers …

Fall Trip 2024 Day 13

4 October 2024 I’d forgotten how many vineyards there are along the shores of Lake Erie! I drove through them, on and off, for hours, it seemed. I also had gorgeous views — suddenly there and then gone — of …

Fall Trip 2024 Day 12

3 October 2024 I was on all secondary roads again today — minus a short stretch east of Cleveland when I hopped onto Rt 2 to avoid 20 more minutes of city streets — and it worked out well considering …

Fall Trip 2024 Day 11

2 October 2024 I drove very little yesterday so here we are, skipping a day. I didn’t drive a lot more today, just a pleasant hour-and-a-half drive up to East Lansing to visit an old grad-school friend and her wife, …

Fall Trip 2024 Day 9

30 September 2024 Still on the backroads, first from my hotel in Logansport IN where I couldn’t charge my car to an Electrify America near Fort Wayne, then to Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti MI, and finally a few more …