{"id":2441,"date":"2016-09-13T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2016-09-13T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:00:38","slug":"the-long-way-round-day-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/roadtrip\/the-long-way-round-day-02\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Way Round – Day 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a hat-tip to the\u00a02004 TV mini-series<\/a>\u00a0from Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. This is the second day\u00a0in a series of posts written about our\u00a02016 EV Roadtrip\u00a0written in the same manner as our\u00a02015 trip. \u00a0Here, There, and EVerywhere Trip – Day 01<\/a>, i.e. summaries written for each day of the trip, published each day, this time two months\u00a0from the day of the trip.\u00a0It may seem funny to some to have a summer trip published at the start of the Fall, think of it as some daily entertainment for those that are back in their offices thinking about their past summer trips that could have been or thinking about their next trip.<\/em><\/p>\n

Missed the previous day’s post, click here to read Day 1\u00a0of this trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, why the long way round? Well… We got four referrals on the Fourth Tesla Referral Program (May 30, 2016 to July 15, 2016) and we expected to get an invite to the Gigafactory Party, so we thought to start our trip and\u00a0go to Reno (a nearly 500 mile direct drive from home) via the Pacific Northwest (about a 1600 mile detour) with the intermediate goal of attending the EV Roadmap 9\u00a0Conference<\/a> in Portland, visiting family who were spending time in Seattle, WA and family in Vancouver, BC before turning back for the party.<\/p>\n

There are two goals today. \u00a0The first goal\u00a0is to make it to Portland so that I can make the\u00a0EV Roadmap 9\u00a0conference tomorrow morning. \u00a0The second goal is to meetup with MelindaV<\/a> of Model3Ownersclub.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 2 – North to Portland, OR starting at Red Bluff, CA.<\/span> July 19, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

Hampton Inn and Suites, Red Bluff, CA<\/b><\/p>\n

When we checked in overnight, there were no convenient parking spots left. \u00a0The Front Desk told us to park in its driveway. \u00a0Since\u00a0I wanted to charge on the NEMA 14-50 outlets that were available\u00a0at the\u00a0Hampton Inn and Suites at Red Bluff. \u00a0I decided to move the car to the RV stalls in the morning.<\/p>\n

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