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4000 miles, and I made it to California!!! Leaving the glider flight, I was looking forward to seeing Matt, Hilary, and baby Bob! The drive through Tahoe was beautiful, excellent twisty roads, and the trees and views were incredibly pretty. Many fire trucks and emergency response vehicles were racing towards the fires nearby Carson City.Continue reading “Made It Cross Country!!”

It was 1999; the dot.com boom was booming; it was our generation’s ’Great Gatsby.’ A remake of the ’Thomas Crown Affair’ was one of my favorite movies – for me, the glider flight scene was something I needed to experience. I suppose hanging on to that memory of the ”good old years” was locked onContinue reading “Spent Twenty Years Waiting For This”

I forgot to post a video I took of the Tesla kitted out for camping. I will have to do another one now that I have lived in this thing for a week. I talked to the Tesla folks in Fremont, and they are curious about the setup, asking me to stop by when IContinue reading “The Micro-RV Setup”

You see all sorts of things driving, natural and man-made, many times you are driving so fast you either don’t want to risk pulling over or don’t want to lose time by turning around. Sure, I will remember these things, but photographing makes the stories. Missed shots such as: a property entrance from the road-Continue reading “Thunder Mountain Monument”

After a great few days of relaxing and not driving at Mom’s house – I decided to start plotting out the next leg of the trip: getting to Reno before Thursday morning. There are two critical components to this adventure: route, and accommodations. You would think the route part is pretty easy, plug in theContinue reading “Head North To Go West | The Run To Reno”

July 4, I decided to head for Colorado – apparently, four days in the car is somewhat close to my breaking point. A proper bed awaits!! A couple of questions from folks on charging the Tesla. I didn’t know what to expect; I didn’t have ”range anxiety,” and I was just hoping the car wasContinue reading “Charging Towards Colorado”

Before leaving South Dakota, I decided to put the Black Hills National Park into the car and see where it would take me. (yeah… Don’t do that) Answer: nearly an hour on a gravel road through some fantastic forest views. Nothing that 5-hour drive reaching some undisclosed speeds can’t clean off.

I broke camp (ref. previous blog entry if you need help with the terminology) at 0500 – I decided that Mt Rushmore would be my one and done for the day. I had attempted to visit the Jewel Caves after the Needles Highway run, but the geode cave was shut down due to COVID. Plus,Continue reading “North by Northwest then head South”

Planning for this trip started in May. I knew there were things I wanted to see and do but didn’t know exactly how it was going to all come together. Top of the list was Mt Rushmore – there is just something cool about Hitchcock’s movie that stuck with me enough to add it toContinue reading “So what’s this thing about the President and Fireworks?”

Another thing about starting out early is you get a lot packed into the day. Having finished Devils Tower, next on my to-do list is to drive Needles Highway. A 14-mile run of twisting narrow roads the tight tunnels, with amazing views. Put the windows down and the fresh smell of pine trees fills theContinue reading “Needles to Say”