Day 2 - Cleveland, OH

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We started our day in Syracuse, NY and are ending it in Cleveland, OH. We ate our lunch on the shores of Lake Erie and enjoyed a walk around Evangola State Park.


Some neat rocks by the shore.


A close up of the rocks. I'll let the geologists following this blog comment on what we are seeing here. You know who you are.


At our last charging stop we met Mary who was also driving a Tesla on a road trip and doing yoga while charging. She was headed in the opposite direction to teach a yoga workshop in upstate New York. We became fast friends.

 
We were on the road for about 6 hours again today. It was great driving weather with bright clouds, not too sunny, not too hot. We got to our place before the rain started where I got in a real yoga practice outside before dinner (with a mat and everything and not a single Tesla charger in sight!). What was dinner you ask? You guessed it. Tacos again! Still delicious.

The visual highlight of the drive was all the vineyards in upstate New York. Who knew? We've been driving mostly on 90 which is very nice up here, lined with trees. Though strangely lots of dead ones standing tall and bare. Even still, there is beauty in their decay. 

The audio highlight of the drive was ChatGPT for Libraries and Archives. (For the librarians and archivists following this blog. You know who you are.) Tomorrow our destination is Chicago.

States traveled

  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Ohio 

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