May Trip Day 7
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 …
May Trip Day 6
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 …
May Trip Day 3
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 …
May Trip Day 2
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 …
May Trip, Day 1
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 …
Soon, Another Trip
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 …
April 2024 Road Trip, Day 8
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. …
April 2024 Road Trip, Day 7
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 …
April 2024 Road Trip, Day 6
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 …
April 2024 Road Trip, Day 5
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 …
