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Lessons from our Electric Road Trip to the National Parks
From April to October 2022, we journeyed nearly 27,000 miles on an electric road trip to all 51 National Parks in the Lower 48 states. We believe we are the first ones to do that circuit in an electric vehicle—perhaps the only ones. The trip was an experience of a lifetime. The parks were magnificent. […]
Interview with Bob and Kathy from RunningOnSouler
Interview with Bob and Kathy from RunningOnSouler And Their Six-Month Electric Road Trip to All 51 National Parks in the Lower 48 States Tell us something about the two of you: We are recently retired. Many of our vacations over the years when our three boys were growing up were spent on trips to […]
Observations from the First 10 National Parks on the Electric Road Trip
At this point, we have traveled to 10 of the 51 National Parks in the Lower 48 states on our electric road trip. That’s about 20 percent of the parks in 13 percent of the 27 weeks we will be on the road. We will spend more time at each park from now on as […]
10. Hot Springs, April 30-May 2
Leaving St. Louis on April 30 with a full charge—thanks to the Destination Charger we enjoyed during our visit to Gateway Arch—we headed south and west through Missouri and Arkansas for our next National Park, Hot Springs, the 10th stop on our electric road trip to all 51 National Parks in the Lower 48 states. […]
9. Gateway Arch, April 29-30
Leaving Bowling Green on April 29 with a full charge—thanks to the Destination Charger we enjoyed during our visit to Mammoth Cave—we headed north and west through Kentucky, Indiana, and, briefly, Illinois to the next stop on our electric road trip to all 51 National Parks in the Lower 48 states, the Gateway Arch in […]
8. Mammoth Cave, April 27-29
Leaving Berry Springs Lodge B&B on April 27 with a full charge—thanks to the Destination Charger we enjoyed during our visit to Great Smoky Mountains—we headed west and north through Tennessee to Kentucky and the next stop on our electric road trip to all 51 National Parks in the Lower 48 states, Mammoth Cave. Mammoth […]