Drive Southeast - Day 34

On our drive back to Sugar Land today, we stopped in to see an old friend Cheryl and her partner Skip. They live in South Austin (almost on the way) and we met up at a cool little BBQ place on Menchaca Rd called Valentina's Tex-Mex BBQ. The Brisket and the Carnitas were excellent! I can see why they place was featured in Diners Drive-ins & Dives.

I hadn't seen Cheryl since 2000, when we worked together at IDB Systems (a WorldCom company). She hasn't changed one bit! Still so full of energy and life! We ate, and we sat and talked for 2 hours until everyone was too cold and we had to go on our separate ways. But we vowed that we would get together again the next time we were in the same area, whether that's Austin or California. 

On the way we had to stop at the Buc-ee's again so Suzanne could get her Buc-ee's fix. I added to our charge while we wandered around inside with what seemed to be half of Texas. I appreciate that they added the Superchargers since last year. Before we would have had to make two stops...

Then we had to stop at Hruska's Koache shop in Ellinger (half way between Austin & Houston on highway 71).

We got to Sugar Land with 20% charge, but since we installed the 20A 240V outlet, I'll be full (90%) before dawn.

The whole trip so far:

Total: 5,419.4 Miles, 94:25 driving, 1,932.1 kWh consumed = 357 Wh/mile

Today: 222.4 Miles, 3:46 driving, 84.6 kWh consumed = 380 Wh/mile.

 

Here is the detailed data: