{"id":2554,"date":"2016-09-24T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2016-09-24T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T15:00:35","slug":"the-long-way-round-day-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/roadtrip\/the-long-way-round-day-13\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Way Round \u2013 Day 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a hat-tip to the\u00a02004 TV mini-series<\/a>\u00a0from Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. This is the thirteenth 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 12\u00a0of this trip<\/a>. \u00a0You\u2019re 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? \u00a0We had no real plans, hang out in Reno to help open the Reno Supercharger with TMC and then head South, our initial plan was to head to Napa Valley area and check out the new Napa Supercharger and possibly do some wine tasting.<\/p>\n

Day 13\u00a0– Reno, NV – Southbound<\/b><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 July 30, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

We headed to Atlantis Resort to have our final goodbyes at the TMC Connect breakfast. It was an opportunity to say hi and goodbye to friends and join them celebrate the Grand Opening of the Reno Supercharger.<\/p>\n

As we headed out of breakfast from TMC Connect, we passed by one of the most NON EV vehicles made and I couldn’t help but take a photo.<\/p>\n

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