ISBN-10: 1510717390
ISBN-13: 978-1510717398
Skyhorse Publishing
Hardcover: 248 pages
April 4, 2017, $17.49
The rollicking tale of a first-of-its-kind adventure—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—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.
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.
Randy Denmon is a US Army veteran of the Gulf War. He is also a partner in Denmon Engineering Inc. in Monroe, Louisiana.
Randy’s first book, The Lawless Frontier, published by Kensington, was selected as a finalist for the Western Writers of America Spur Award and the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards.
Denmon is a member of the Western Writers of America and the Writers League of Texas. Prior to publication, his first book was a finalist for the annual National Writers Association’s unpublished novel contest and the Panhandle Professional Writer’s novel contest. http://www.randydenmon.com/
Randy Denmon is the author of Off the Grid (978-1-5107-1739-8). He lives in Monroe, Louisiana.
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