{"id":2546,"date":"2016-09-21T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T17:00:16","slug":"the-long-way-round-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/public-charging-station\/the-long-way-round-day-10\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Way Round \u2013 Day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a hat-tip to the\u00a02004 TV mini-series<\/a>\u00a0from Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. This is the tenth 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\u00a0<\/em>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 9\u00a0of this trip<\/a>. \u00a0You’re just joining us on this trip? \u00a0Click here for Day 1<\/a> and start from the beginning!<\/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

So, what do we have in store today? \u00a0Today we continue to head South toward Reno for the Gigafactory Party on the 29th. We’ve also registered to do some of the events for TMC Connect 2016. Our first event is the Dinner Reception on Thursday evening for TMC Connect 2016. Rather than take a different route back to Reno, we’ve decided to stay on the same Interstate 5 route.<\/p>\n

We had hoped to meet up with some EV friends in our drive through Washington and Oregon and we were lucky enough to catch one of four. \u00a0We had no planned meetups heading back to California before making the swing up to Reno. \u00a0It’s just drive, drive, drive again, and figure out where to stop.<\/p>\n

Day 10\u00a0– Springfield, OR Southbound to as far as we can.<\/b><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 July 27, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

We start the day at the\u00a0Hilton Garden Inn, Springfield, OR<\/a>. \u00a0We selected this hotel because we’re loyal to Hiltons and Tesla Destination Charging.<\/p>\n

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