Off the Grid: My Ride from Louisiana to the Panama Canal in an Electric Car

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Weâ#x80;#x99;re Off; One Day Earlier; Drug Lords and Federales; Donâ#x80;#x99;t Come; Latin Electricity; Out of the Desert and Into the Tropics; The Riddle of Mexico; Ancient Mexico; Second Thoughts; Highway to Hell; Topes and Potholes; Bouncing into the Clouds; Stranded by a Snowstorm; Land of the Maya; Crazy Drivers, Big Mountains; Photos; The Car Steals the Show; Southern Summer of Love; Guatemalansâ#x80;#x99; Hospitality and Short Memory; Guatemalan Math and Bridges; We Ainâ#x80;#x99;t in Orange County; Fleeced or Robbed?; Poets, Volcanoes, and Hugo Chavez.;The rollicking tale of a first-of-its-kind adventure#x97;driving a Tesla through Central America. Only a week after the nation's newspapers were filled with headlines of the first cross-country trip in an electric car, two Louisianans slip quietly across the Rio Grande in south Texas in an attempt to do the unthinkable#x97;drive a factory electric car across seven Third World countries to the #x93;end of the road," Panama City, Panama. Without support and armed only with a toolbox, a bag of electrical adapters, and their wits, author Randy Denmon and his friend Dean trudge on through jungles, deserts, vol. Intro Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Weâ#x80 #x99 re Off One Day Earlier Drug Lords and Federales Donâ#x80 #x99 t Come Latin Electricity Out of the Desert and Into the Tropics The Riddle of Mexico Ancient Mexico Second Thoughts Highway to Hell Topes and Potholes Bouncing into the Clouds Stranded by a Snowstorm Land of the Maya Crazy Drivers, Big Mountains Photos The Car Steals the Show Southern Summer of Love Guatemalansâ#x80 #x99 Hospitality and Short Memory Guatemalan Math and Bridges We Ainâ#x80 #x99 t in Orange County Fleeced or Robbed? Poets, Volcanoes, and Hugo Chavez. Through the LobbyIn Mr. Twainâ#x80 #x99 s Footsteps Just Another Border Crossing Highway of Death Gringo to the Rescue Touch and Go Redneck Engineering The Real Jungle Saved by the Marriottâ#x80 #x94 Again Sometimes You Just Have to Wing It Postscript.