Wouldn't it be a great idea?

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Me:    "Wouldn't it be a great idea to drive to Glacier National Park from the East Coast?"
Wife:  "Sure"
Me:    "And wouldn't it be a great idea to do it in the Tesla?"
Wife:  "Sure"
Me:    "And wouldn't it be a great idea to bring along the dogs?"
Wife:  "Sure"
Me:    "And wouldn't it be a great idea to get a travel trailer to pull behind for the trip?"
Wife:  "Sure"

Ten months ago it's this conversation that led to today.  One week out from a cross country journey.  But not any cross country journey.  An all electric journey in a Tesla.  An all electric journey pulling a travel trailer.  An all electric journey with three dogs.

They say the longest journey starts with a single step.  But in this case it starts with a single conversation. Such a simple conversation.  Such an innocent conversation.  Such a...well I'll get to the details in the next post.

So if any of this sounds intriguing then you're in the audience for this blog.  And who's in that audience?

--People interested in tales of traveling cross country with three dogs.
--People interested in the logistics and technical details of all electric travel, pulling a trailer cross country.
--People interested in lots of pretty pictures traveling across the country in a Tesla.
--People interested in watching a train wreck...three dogs and two adults living/traveling in a 130 sq ft travel trailer cross country...I mean what could go wrong
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Comments

  1. NCSApril 8, 2018 at 7:46 AM

    You mean I could have said, "uh, no"?

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  2. IdocoApril 8, 2018 at 8:17 AM

    Unknown? Wonder who this could be ;-)

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  3. Elizabeth LucyApril 9, 2018 at 9:05 AM

    yayayay! so excited to follow along :)

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  4. KirkNOctober 1, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    Did a extensive SW road trip last year in our Model S, we stayed at Marriott's but like you, want to experience the outdoors, fond days of camping when young, see the stars and take our dogs as well. The Bowlus is awesome, but geez it's as much as the Tesla.

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