Charging Down Route 66

[rkarl89203]

Day 10 in Holbrook.
Stayover decompress day.
Laundry, visit w David Heward of rte66 electric car club, post office, pharmacy refills, haircut, laundry.
Less than 30 miles travel today.

 

[Phximiev]

Check out the Petrified Forest if you have a chance and the courthouse and museum.

Enjoy yourself!

 

[rkarl89203]

Thanx Phx!
Looks like Chambers or Gallup NM tomorrow.

 

[rkarl89203]

note: while in place in holbrook yesterday i drove 7 miles.

 

[JoeS]

note: while in place in holbrook yesterday i drove 7 miles.

So noted. I changed the previous 30 miles to 7 miles.

Trip data spreadsheet updated.

Here is the link to Rick's video interview with Jim Hinckley:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/191353127723382?ref=bookmarks

The video image that I viewed was reversed. Camera pointed at a mirror?

Interesting tidbit from this video: the first person killed by a car in the US was in New York in 1898 by an electric taxi.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 11: Holbrook to Gallup NM.
I drove 106 miles today.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 12. Gallup NM to North Acomita Village NM. I drove 86 miles today.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 13: acomita villa to albuquerque .
Stopped by to visit Aerowhatt.
I traveled 62 miles miles today.

 

[JoeS]

You roared through your first 1000 miles, chugging along nicely!

Trip data spreadsheet updated.

 

[rkarl89203]

zipping right along.
Looks like one more slow day before Santa Rosa as the Flying C is the only serious charging option between Moriarty and Santa Rosa. Then the pace really picks up north from Amarillo.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 14; ABQ-Moriarty. I drove 49 miles today.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 15. Moriarty NM to Tucumcari NM.
Today i drove 143 miles. Stepping it up to get home!
Thunder, lightning, dime size hail.
Yet the dauntless i-Miev is unfazed.
The open road continues to call.

 

[JoeS]

A significant day's record for this trip! Trip data spreadsheet updated.

 

[jray3]

Did you get from Moriarty to the RV park in Santa Rosa on a single charge, especially in such weather? :shock: That looks like a 79+ mile leg with nothing in the middle. After a feat like that, the 59 miles to Tucumcari must've been no sweat! :mrgreen:

 

[rkarl89203]

Nope. Weather, hail and headwinds made me stop at the Bowlin Flying C Ranch for a topup charge.
Then to Santa Rosa.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 16....Tucumcari NM to Amarillo TX
With 2 side trips.
I drove 131 total miles today.
Tomorrow i leave the Route 66 to travel Northeast for a more direct trip home.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 17 was a bit weird. Left route 66 early, made it through Panhandle and Pampa TX. Only to discover that the subsequent charging opportunity no longer exists. Fortunately i hadnt taken the sharp turn north yet. So here i am back on the route in Alanreed Texas.
The route doesnt want to let me leave just yet. I drove 110 miles. Only 67 were "forward progress" though.
Onward! Will probably take the direct turn out of Tulsa instead.
Oh darn!

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 18.
Alanreed TX to Clinton OK.
Today I drove 126 miles.

 

[JoeS]

At least the weather looks good for you! Still waiting for you to break the 200-mile day barrier (which is actually more difficult to do when one is on the road in unfamiliar territory than when on one's home turf).

Trip data spreadsheet updated. I update this spreadsheet every day even though I may not post that I've done it, but also noticed a quirk with Google's spreadsheet that if I don't hit tab or return the data entry does not persist.

 

[rkarl89203]

Day 19: Clinton, Ok to Chandler OK.
With serious GPS anomalies in OKC, and getting hopelessly lost for 2 hours at OKC, i drove 186 miles total.