My First Cross-Country Roadtrip (gulp) in a Tesla

I’ve been a fan of Tesla since the company began but was, finally, lucky enough to be able to buy one in 2022 when I purchased my Model 3 Long Range. Over the years I’ve consumed hundreds of hours of YouTube content learning how to get the most out of these vehicles and integrate them, seamlessly, into my life. About a year into ownership most of the fears and uncertainties I had dissipated. I discovered most of the hassles of EV ownership I had read about in the mainstream media were just plain false—pure unadulterated FUD.

In my four years of Tesla ownership I’ve discovered there are almost no compromises when switching from a traditional internal combustion powered vehicle to an EV. I’d have to say that the largest hurdle of owning a Tesla is purely a psychological one.

It's mostly just about trust. After a while the car earns your trust and once you learn to trust the tech in the vehicle the anxiety melts away and a whole new, and infinitely more convenient, world opens up to you. Even being a fan of the tech and educating myself as best I could it took a while for me to trust it. FUD is a powerful weapon after all.

I sold my 2022 Model 3 a few months ago for a 2026 Model Y and have been pretty impressed by how far the tech and quality has come in four years. I now understand why the Model Y sells so well, it’s like some robotic Swiss army knife on wheels. It does such a large variety of things so incredibly well.

One thing I’ve yet to do is take a Tesla on a cross-country road trip. That changes very soon.

In a few days we’ll be embarking on a four day, 1,500+ mile road trip through Nebraska, the mountains of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona to the gorgeous high desert of Sedona, AZ. I’ll be subscribing to Full Self-Driving (FSD) for the trip and will have the car drive us the majority of those 1,500+ miles and will be blogging about my experience along the way. Nothing lights me up like an adventure and, considering this roadtrip will be my first in an EV, this will certainly fall under that category. Although the photo above makes it look like we're making a lot of charging stops along the way most of these stops will only be around 10-15 minutes.

I trust you QuickSilver (the name of my car)...

This will be my mantra along the entirety of the route. Wish me luck!

After Our Return…

It dawned on me this morning, thanks to Facebook Memories, that soon it’ll be the ten year anniversary of my completion of The Perfect Pause—Meditating Your Way to the Ultimate You.

After I got over the shock of a decade going by in a blink I decided it would be fun to share snippets from the book leading up to the official ten year anniversary.

So I plan on starting this series in June. The Perfect Pause has been the best-selling book in my catalogue. Big surprise, I never would have predicted that!

Considering all of the changes society is going through at the moment and the anxiety that change invariably induces, this will be the perfect time to share little “bites” from the book.

Now back to prepping for this roadtrip. Have a great day everyone!

All for now. Thanks so much for reading.