Thread by @Casey

I'm driving across the USA, from New York City to Los Angeles. I'm going alone, it's something I've always wanted to do. also, I needed to get the Tesla to LA and didn't want to ship it. This thread will document the journey - this is mile 1.

NY-NJ

makes me a little teary eyed.

co-pilot 📷

pursue your happiness
🚗NJ-PA. mile 72🚗

Open highway, not a lot of traffic. Switched driver profile into 'Casey relax mode'

**Sleep mode is NOT USED WHILE DRIVING** only while waiting for the car to charge. Shoulda been more clear in previous tweet

recharge ☕ and recharge🚗🔋

lunch time viewing (I've watched this movie at least 20 times before, i notice something new everytime)

full tank of battery and I'm back on the road.
🚗Mile 175 Gettysburg 🚗

light rain
🚗mile 230 TUSCARORA MOUNTAIN🚗

this is Dr. Horne. We met at a supercharger in Somerset PA. He drives a first generation Model S that has 165k miles on it. He was very happy to give me a tour of the vintage car

country roads, take me home
to the place I belong

Do you know what the official state song of Ohio is?? 🎵see link🎵

found an old fruit snacks on the floor. My kiddo must have dropped it here sometime in the last year or so. it's hard as stone, not gonna eat it.

I ate it

realized I was wasting valuable rest time while charging the car so I bought a pillow and an adorable panda bear blanket from Dollar general.

about to do something i know I'll regret 🥞

planned to make it to Indianapolis last night but got sleepy so I stayed at this charming little hotel just outside of Dayton. 🛌 at 1:25am

DAY 2. Englewood Ohio
🚗mile 633🚗

OH-IN

lonely lot.
🚗Mile 818. Terre Haute, IN🚗

IN-IL
🚗mile 840🚗

😎

☎️

what's this all about?

💥💥💥💥
🚗Mile1080, somewhere in Missouri🚗

it's the car I imagined when I was a kid. you just get in and tell it where to drive you... and it plays video games.

the sign says Welcome to Kansas
🚗Mile1198🚗

half way. about.

shadiest supercharger spot yet

🚨just got pulled over🚨
cop said 'never seen one of these cars before!' he asked me a dozen questions about the Telsa then sent me on my way. honestly, I appreciated the human interaction

so last night I made it to my hotel just after 1am but I hadn't called ahead and they had no rooms so I napped in the Tesla then drove til tired then napped then drove etc til I reached the next hotel at 7am! Had 4 hours of proper sleep now back on the road
🚗Mile1495 KS🚗

just passing by

death, my car is covered in death 💀🦟💀

KS-CO

the 7-Eleven Apple Fritter remains one of mankind's greatest pastry achievements 🍎 from somewhere in Colorado

keeping the electric skateboard in the trunk means I get to explore the areas where the super chargers are.

then you have to charge the skate board. My preferred method is walking into the nearest hotel and acting like I belong

👋 Denver !

beautiful Colorado

😍😍
🚗mile 1924🚗

⚫⚪
🚗Mile2000🚗

still in the mountains. so quiet out here

frog.

crossed into Utah before midnight

late night solitude.

last night's overnight supercharger was in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn Express but, again, that hotel had no vacancies so I stayed at this little gem I found across the street.

old cigarettes and sweet perfumy air freshener. it smells like a very old aunt's house - she still smokes and is oblivious to the smell, no one knows how she's still alive. picture ms Havisham. Ms Havisham if she lived in a motel 8. 🛌 at 3:56am

Super 8 Superstar Breakfast.

Day 4
🚗Mile2284, Utah🚗

speed limit is really intimidating. I ride at, not above, the limit.

skateboard break.
📷 by @whatsinside

🎵🛹❤️

UT-AZ

⛰️🚗⛰️

hell yeah

From now on I want you to put an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin

really excited for this

i c u LA

Los Angeles

road trip is over. some thoughts on the journey..

doing things alone is super underrated. don't wait to find the perfect partner, experiencing something great by yourself has its own virtues

don't speed 🚔

my favorite times were when I was driving.

on a average I had to stop for supercharging ever 2-3 hours and a charge took 20-40min. I never minded, breaks felt appropriate. I never had trouble finding a supercharger but I also never really stopped thinking about the charging process, it was a big focus of the trip

I used autopilot 99% of the drive. I would go over 100 miles and over an hour of driving without providing any input to the car. no steering, no breaking no accelerating - just autopilot. it's way better than it gets credit for.

this article is NOT about me - nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Sle…

there was 1 night where the hotel I planned to stay in didn't have a room for me so I drove 2 hours to the next hotel. I should not have been driving so late but I did and I dozed off. not sure how long I was asleep but the autopilot alarm woke me up. very scary.

ive flown NYC - LA many times but this drive made me appreciate just how far apart these cities are.

ok a final punctuation to end this thread. The car in it's new garage, about 3,000 miles from it's previous one. great trip 👍