I put this together for a forum - here is a shorter version for anyone interested.

Trip date: Sunday 11/21Departure time: 10AMArrival time: 7:46PMTotal miles driven: 422.5

Starting battery charge %: 100 (GOM: 244 miles, reset the EV driving profile the day before.)

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First leg: Home to Pinoche Shell, Fireburg (80 to 580 to I-5) 145 Miles (2.5 hours of travel time)Remaining battery @ arrival: 32% (78 mi)Fast charge from 32% - 80% (202 mi on the GOM) (30 mins)

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Second leg: Pinoche Shell to Country Side Mart, Bakersfield. 2.5 miles off I-5.121.4 miles (2 hours of travel time.)Remaining battery charge @ arrival: 29% (72 mi)Fast charge from 29% - 80% (204 mi) (32 mins)

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Third leg: Bakersfield to Van Nuys. (I-5 to a bunch of other freeways) 94.8 miles (1:45 hours travel time - a lot of this was rush hour traffic)Remaining battery charge at arrival: 39% (97 mi)Fast charge from 39% - 80% (201 mi) (28 mins)

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Last leg: Van Nuys to the Torrance area. (118 to I-5 to 170 to 101 to 110 I think.) 58 miles (1:30 hours) Mostly rush hour, things cleared up a bit on the 110 past downtown LA.Remaining battery charge at arrival: 56% (140 mi)

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Overall, it was not as bad as I anticipated, although 9 hours is a long time with a 7 year old. In contrast, driving the SUV, we'd probably have made it in around 6.5ish hours. It was definitely long, but I have to be honest, with BlueCruise most of the way I was actually not as tired as I usually am. Also didn't cost $90-100 in gas, so there is that.

Not a whole lot of interaction with folks at the charging stations except for chit chatting about EA charging issues. Only saw a few ID4's, an ETRON, Volvo XC40 and a Hyundai Kona.

Did not see a single Mach-E of any kind during most of the drive (during daylight hours)

I don't have anything negative to report about handling, acceleration or lack there of with the car as loaded as it was. Simply did not notice any difference and although I was somewhat conservative in my driving the car did what I wanted it to when I wanted it to. Absolutely no complaints there.

Lastly, I was definitely concerned about how comfortable these seats were going to be for this type of drive, coming from road tripping in a Mercedes SUV and the F150 which is like a traveling couch, we thought that the seats were great, they offered good support not uncomfortable at all. Especially for a trip that was 9 hours.

Temps were around 60 when we left the Bay Area, generally stayed that way most of the trip. The Grapevine area was in the mid-high 50's and LA was in the mid 60's.

Absolutely no complaints on the glass roof either, especially from the 7 year old vampire who hates the sun coming via the sunroof in the other vehicles we have.

Edit: I could have made it to the destination on 3 charges, but I wasn't sure about the charging situation there so wanted to arrive with around 50% charge vs 10%.