Land Passage

 

We made it back to the West Coast after a 24 hour flight. Headed the next day to get our second vaccine dose. Then we started on the projects we had on our must do list, kind of like prepassage planning. Doctors, dentists, eye checks, pokes and prods, unload the car and reload the car , visit friends,....... I can tell you visiting friends has been much better than going to the dentist.

Our 5 year old granddaughter is moving to North Carolina. She has decided to bring both of her parents along and both dogs. Our contribution to the move is to do a delivery drive of the all electric Tesla S to North Carolina.

The first thing we had to do to prepare for the trip was to stop at all the local hardware stores and stock up on extension cords. I figured we needed enough to stretch halfway across New Mexico just to be safe.

The map at the top of the page is our planned route. Not the shortest way but  gives us a chance to visit cruising friends, old friends and family on the West Coast. The red symbols on the route are the Tesla Superchargers on our route that are carefully selected by the Tesla app for recharging. Most of the time it's a 20 to 40 minute charge. Because of the age of the Tesla we are driving, the fill ups at the Superchargers are all free. The max travel distance from a full charge is 250 miles. Given the geriatric age of the crew delivering this ship, we've figured out that by the time the batteries need recharging, the crew needs to unlock the knees, stretch the back,  pump out the bladder and top off the stomach.

Heading down the iconic Big Sur coastal route, foglights on, batteries charged. This is bucket list driving! With the Tesla's regenerative breaking system you can drive the hairpin curves for hours without ever hitting the breaks.

We've made it as far as San Diego. Plan is to start heading east mid next week.

Paul