After an outstanding dinner, sleep, and breakfast with a friend in Albany, we were off toward our first night camping. There were three quick chargers along the way, but we only used the one in Eugene/Springfield. The terrain before Eugene was remarkably flat and the roads straight, making for easy driving as long as you […]
Road Trip: Day 4: Portland to Albany
Today we had a delicious home-made breakfast with our friends in Portland, then we all traveled southwest to McMinville to see the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, where we spent most of the day. Trish took some pictures — we’ll probably upload some later. They house the “Spruce Goose”, which is the largest aircraft ever […]
Road Trip: Day 3: Portland Area
Our main goal today was to head out to Multnomah Falls with our friends. We weren’t actually able to get in to see the falls, as it was extremely busy, but it was a fun drive anyway. We took the old road route (not the freeway) because it was more scenic, although somewhat more hilly, […]
Road Trip: Day 2: Lynnwood to Portland
The travels today were largely uneventful, despite the long distance we traveled. We left Lynnwood about a half our late (at 10am) and arrived in Portland about 45 minutes later than planned (at 5:45pm). We ended up taking Highway 99 for most of the route from Lynnwood to Tacoma, because traffic was insane on I-5. […]
Road Trip: Day 1: Bellingham to Lynnwood
We expected today’s journey to be largely uneventful. It was a little bit more exciting than expected, however. We left home about ten minutes earlier than planned (wow!) and stopped for a late lunch at Boomer’s Drive-In in Bellingham. Then we headed south, charged at the quick charger in Burlington for 12 minutes, and continued […]
Road Trip: Day 1 Pre-Post: Bellingham to Lynnwood
Welcome to the first day of our road trip! The plan today is very simple. We’ll go from Bellingham to Trish’s dad’s house in Lynnwood. We will leave home with a 100% charge, do a quick charge in Burlington, and another quick charge at Magic Nissan of Everett (the best car dealer in the world, […]
Getting Ready
We’re now less than 48 hours from the start of our trip, so preparations are rolling along. We’re still looking for camping meal ideas and places to stop and check out along the way. Here is our route (which I drew up in Microsoft Paint, much to Trish’s dismay): We’re pretty excited about seeing friends […]
How to Follow our Roadtrip Progress
If you’re interested in following our progress on our upcoming road trip, here’s what we plan on posting: Twitter – Either Trish or I will be posting regular updates on Twitter with our charging status, mileage, etc., and any interesting things we see along the way. You can follow me @tyrel and Trish @Trishkit or […]
Car Charging Adapters
Something that could become a challenge on a long trip in an electric car is finding places to charge. The cars can plug in to any regular household outlet, but the current is so low there that it could take all day to charge up. So being able to plug in to higher-powered plugs, such […]
We’re Going Solar
After much debate among our peers and ourselves, we have finally decided to get solar panels installed at home. Most of the debate between us (or, more often, with myself) was whether we could afford solar panels. Even when we started talking to solar companies, I still wasn’t clear on this. It wasn’t until I […]