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Off the grid, my ride from Louisiana to the Panama Canal in an electric car, Randy Denmon ; foreword by Jim Motavalli

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Off the grid

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Randy Denmon ; foreword by Jim Motavalli

my ride from Louisiana to the Panama Canal in an electric car

"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--drive a factory electric car across seven Third World countries to the '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, volcanoes, rivers, and crater-sized potholes, all the while trying to avoid the drug cartels and corrupt border guards that could mean a quick end to their adventure ... and their lives. Through it all, the same enormous problem loomed daily: how to charge the car in such a primitive and desolate setting? Despite the numerous setbacks, Randy never lost his sense of humor. Off the Grid is as much a spiritual journey as a physical one about two guys who dropped everything for one grand twenty-first-century adventure--traveling back in time in a car that seemed to come from the future."--Front flap of jacket