{"id":2552,"date":"2016-09-23T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2016-09-23T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T17:00:45","slug":"the-long-way-round-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/roadtrip\/the-long-way-round-day-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Way Round \u2013 Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a hat-tip to the\u00a02004 TV mini-series<\/a>\u00a0from Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. This is the twelfth 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 11\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? \u00a0It’s the Tesla Gigafactory Party day<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Day 12\u00a0– Reno, NV – Tesla Gigafactory Party – Sparks, NV.<\/b><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 July 29, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

We picked the Harrah’s Reno location because we had friends that were staying here and the shuttle bus for the Gigafactory party and the pre-party for those of us with four or more referrals were leaving from the hotel across the street (Whitney Peak Hotel).<\/p>\n

We had breakfast with our friends at the Hash House A Go Go. \u00a0I haven’t had my coffee yet, so everything was still blurry.<\/p>\n

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