Coffee With Jim, July 2, 2023

It is never shocking but it is always electrifying to talk with Mike and Jessica May of the Historic Electric Vehicle Foundation and Electric Route 66. On this episode of Coffee With Jim, America's storyteller author Jim Hinckley catch's up with Mike and Jessica in Gallup, New Mexico on the return leg of their trip to the AAA Route 66 Road Fest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Today we talk about the changing face of Route 66, road trips, Route 66 Road Fest in Tulsa, Route 66 in California, off road adventures in a Tesla, range anxiety, Tesla ownership, the magic of Tucumcari, New Mexico, the history and the myth of of electric vehicles, and adventure on the open road. It's another thought provoking, smile inducing, road trip inspiring adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. 

Today's program is sponsored in part by the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, RouteTrip USA, the bespoke holiday specialists for adventures in the U.S. or Canada, the Uranus Fudge Factory & General Store, and Roadrunner Lodge Motel.