We left Meridian earlier than usual, just because we got up and were ready. We knew the day was going to be slower paced because we were only going to be on interstate highways for a little at the beginning and at the end. Our drive from Meridian to the first (and only) supercharger in Auburn took us through Selma and Montgomery. We actually drove over the infamous Edmund Pettus bridge. If you aren't familiar with it look here. On March 7th, 1965 (bloody Sunday), the police brutally attacked marchers who were attempting a freedom march to Montgomery. It was televised and the country finally awoke to what was going on. This was the turning point of the the civil rights movement in the US. We drove the route to Montgomery that the marchers did. There are historical markers at the sites of the camps as they walked the 50 miles to Montgomery. This triggered some very strong memories for me. Unfortunately we were not able to stop at the memorials there in Selma or Montgomery. One day we will...
We were on the way to Auburn to see a very dear, and dare I say old, friend... Larry and I met when I was in 7th grade in Auburn and he and his family welcomed me into their world. It became quickly apparent when we met that we were kindred spirits. Larry and his wife Anne met us at the Auburn Supercharger and took us to lunch where we reminisced about the old days and got caught up on each other's lives. His brother Jake tried to join us, but got called back to the hospital where he works. We, of course, had to drive by all the places where I lived in Auburn and pick up some Auburn "swag".
After a wonderful lunch with them (and test drives because Anne wants a Tesla... bad) we had to head out east to the farm. It was an easy drive to East Georgia to the old family farm.
At the farm my sister was waiting for us and I set up a charging station using an unused dryer outlet in the "tree house".
There's a lot of work to do here, and of course the rest of the family will be arriving soon, but I'll post a mid-trip summary in the next day or two with some observations about how the car performed and some suggestions for Mr Elon Musk (@elonmusk) and the excellent engineers at Tesla.
Now for the engineers out there, here are the charge and drive details (as of right now):
Our route for the day:
Our route so far:
Totals for the day:
432.3, 108 kWh, 251 Wh/mi (4.0 miles/kWh)
07:49-18:53, so 11 hrs 4 mins trip time.
Actual drive time was 7 hrs and 44 minutes (55.9 mph), but at least an hour of that was driving around Auburn looking at how much it has grown.
Totals for the trip:
3207.5 miles, 728.4 kWh, 227 Wh/mi (4.4 miles/kWh)
53 hours 46 minutes, so 56.7 mph (including lunches and dinners)
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