Search results

I was there a couple days ago too. It's waiting on a transformer, meter, and lamppost. I did confirm that they are v4 pedestals.

At first I thought you were referring to the bridge! I am dull enough to know its painting history without looking it up. They re-painted it in full a few decades after it opened, but after that it became a constant maintenance project.

They call it the Big Empty. There's shockingly little population if you aren't prepared for it. I think most people expect that kind of desolation in Nevada, but SE Oregon is every bit as desolate.

The river drives in Central WA are pretty much universally amazing. Best time of year is probably September, but spring or summer are fine too. If you make the effort you can drive the Columbia on 2-lane highways all the way from its mouth in Astoria up to Brewster, WA. At that point the...

The older models didn't have the reverse noise. I think they started with that in 2020 give or take a year. Anyways, we are drifting far off-topic here.

Other than being a v2 (which is noted in the Nav), I don't believe this location has any "issues." What am I missing?

Not only was Weed, CA a joint first, but it was also #2500 in the US and Canada. An impressive feat considering there are only 2,486 open in those two countries at this time according to supercharge.info. And I believe those include the "islands" of Hawai'i and Alaska, and possibly even...

Check-ins for 2024-05-29 - Weed, CA (#3096) (First to check-in) - Klamath Falls - Crater Lake Pkwy, OR (#3097) Still a few hours till I get home, but this will conclude my hunting for the trip. In fact, it concludes my sweep of the continent over the last couple months. It's getting harder...

There used to be a kind of random charging receptacle at the Super 8 in Conrad. I never used it and I'm not sure if it's still there, but you could look it up on Plugshare. I would review recent comments.

Youl could easily solve this problem by plugging into a v3 stall yourself. This site is kind of unusual in that it is now 9 stalls. I guess they didn't have room for 4 more stalls when they added the v3 cabinet, so they only added 3.

This one was totally empty as I drove by an hour ago. There are many other options along I-5 so no reason to bang your head against the wall with this one if you don't like it.

Check-ins for 2024-05-28 - Salinas - 1320 S Main St, CA (#3080) - Pacific Grove, CA (#3081) - Capitola - 41st Ave, CA (#3082) - Los Gatos - Los Gatos Blvd, CA (#3083) - Fremont - 47966 Warm Springs Blvd, CA (#3084) - Fremont - 3700 Thornton Ave, CA (#3085) - East Palo Alto - 1700 E Bayshore Rd...

I'll be there around 5pm +/- an hour.

Haha impressive rant. I actually don't hate the Trinidad stop, but all of the urinals being "out of order" on my last stop there did raise an eyebrow. The convenience store has a nice selection of my favorite beef jerky so I have to give them a pass. It's called Santa Fe Trail or something...

Check-ins for 2024-05-27 - Santa Clarita - Newhall Ranch Rd, CA (#3073) - Ventura - S Ann St, CA (#3074) - Lompoc - 3734 Constellation Rd, CA (#3075) - Paso Robles - Riverside Ave, CA (#3076) - Lost Hills, CA (#3077) - Bakersfield - Camino Del Rio Ct, CA (#3078) - Fresno - 7502 North Blackstone...

Ha! I enjoyed the recap of the Hoye Crest hike. I was very naive when I did that one. In fact, I didn't realize it was going to be an actual "hike" until I got there lol. Up to that point, I had just been doing the drive up high points and I got confused in my research and thought it was...

Check-ins for 2024-05-25 - La Quinta, CA (#3048) - Cathedral City, CA (#3049) - Perris, CA (#3050) - Menifee - Scott Rd, CA (#3051) - Murrieta, CA (#3052) - Temecula - Winchester Rd, CA (#3053) - Vista - University Dr, CA (#3054) - San Diego - 9332 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, CA (#3055) - San Diego -...

Just drove through this lot. Didn’t see any signs of anything. These cones were no longer there and cars were parked in those spots.

Always? I've literally never seen a line there in maybe a dozen charges. I'm guessing you are a weekend warrior.

Check-ins for 2024-05-23 - Alamosa, CO (#3047) My only new supercharger this week! It's getting tough out there!

Not even on the medal podium any more! Gotta admit that kind of hurts!

The mall restrooms are not 24/7. In fact they close rather early. Can't remember exactly but you can look up the mall hours. You may wish to try the nearby hotels, but I'm not sure they would want to accommodate every Tesla owner. FWIW Eddie World is also not 24/7. I believe they close at...

Isn't the museum the host though? Their bathrooms are not very nice, but I remember using them. I can't remember if they were available 24/7.

Came to this thread and was surprised to learn I was the most recent poster from 2 years ago! I stopped here in the wee hours last night with a warm battery and low SOC. There was one other car plugged into 3B that appeared to have been there a while, either sleeping or abandoned for the night...

Supercharger team was fired. And so we conclude the Brockville saga :)

Check-ins for 2024-05-16 - Vernal, UT (#3042) - Rifle, CO (#3043) - Denver - 6691 Tower Rd, CO (#3044) - Northglenn, CO (#3045) Check-ins for 2024-05-17 - Johnstown, CO (#3046) I forgot to look at Life360, but I don't think I crossed paths with anyone today. Looks like I was following in...

Check-ins for 2024-05-15 - Missoula - Hwy 93 N, MT (#3036) - Butte - Grizzly Trl, MT (#3037) - Burley - Pomerelle Ave, ID (#3038) - Salt Lake City - Admiral Byrd Rd, UT (#3039) - Orem, UT (#3040) Check-ins for 2024-05-16 - Richfield - W 1250 S, UT (#3041) Did slightly more than 800 miles in...

There are Sonic Drive-Ins with this setup.

My best guess is that smaller mountain on the left is about the size of Mount Rainier. Rainier is the most prominent and massive mountain in the lower 48 so that puts Denali in perspective. It's huge!! I think I stopped and took pics from a similar location when I was up there in 2005, but it...

I won't cross the border for one supercharger so I'll have to let it go. Definitely would have preferred that it were Blaine that didn't work! I got no indication from the Nav that anything was amiss and when I pulled in and tried a stall from each cabinet to no avail, another driver returned...

Check-ins for 2024-05-12 - Mission, BC (#3033) - Blaine - Boblett St, WA (#3034) - Tacoma - S Hosmer St, WA (#3035) I was the victim of an insanely ill-timed power outage at Manning Park. Canada not cleared :-(

Ha! I had that feeling last night when I pulled into Kamloops. You know you drive a lot and to faraway places when Kamloops feels like home! I get the same feeling when I get to approximately Missoula on the drives home on I-90. Coming up from the south is a little different. I get the...

Denali is a monster! Although I never quite got a good view of it in my 1-2 weeks up there. It definitely creates its own weather. My best guess is the area where Yukon, Alaska, and BC meet is probably the most spectacular mountains on the continent, but it's pretty damn remote! You do get...

Check-ins for 2024-05-11 - Calgary - 130 Ave SE, AB (#3028) (First to check-in) - Calgary - Macleod Trail SE, AB (#3029) - Golden - Trans-Canada Hwy, BC (#3030) - Valemount, BC (#3031) (First to check-in) Check-ins for 2024-05-12 - Clearwater, BC (#3032) (First to check-in) Apparently the...

I just charged at 3 unpaved superchargers in Manitoba yesterday so they clearly have no problem with that (They usually get paved later during paving season). I was hoping this one and Valleyview would be done by now as I'll be in the general vicinity later today. But it's looking like I'll...

Awesome!! This is mostly to help with Boise to Reno and CA. There's still a pretty big gap between Boise and McDermitt.

Check-ins for 2024-05-10 - Neepawa, MB (#3024) (First to check-in) - Russell, MB (#3025) (First to check-in) - Yorkton, SK (#3026) (First to check-in) - Kindersley, SK (#3027) (First to check-in) Highlight of the day (by far) was viewing the Northern Lights. They had eluded me my whole life...

I drove all day and didn't bag any new ones! Did make it to Northwest Angle, Minnesota, the northernmost point in the contiguous US. It was quite the onerous adventure with 3 very unique border crossings and a lot of dirt roads. Perhaps I will expand on it later, but for now I am tired. Fair...

1910! If it were out west the pike would have been named after her family :) History goes back a little further in Maryland though!

All in the dark. Still boring for me as I've done it something like 5 times in the last 3 years. It is a pretty drive though. Somehow Eagle Mountain was my high pointing nemesis which led to a few of those drives. By some measures it took me 4 tries to summit it! None of the other 38 state...

Check-ins for 2024-05-08 - Worthington - Oxford St, MN (#3020) - Little Falls, MN (#3021) - Onamia, MN (#3022) - Tofte, MN (#3023)

It's definitely a situation where it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. In fact, I've never really had to ask for forgiveness, but rather just received some dirty looks on my way out the door. Still better than peeing outside in broad daylight :) If I'm not going to be a...

There's a new Starbucks within reasonable walking distance in Mount Shasta now. I typically have gone to the Best Western in the past if I'm not a customer at one of the other businesses.

Check-ins for 2024-05-07 - Black River Falls, WI (#3016) - Owatonna, MN (#3017) - Ames, IA (#3018) Check-ins for 2024-05-08 - Norfolk, NE (#3019) The "sleep through the rain" plan somewhat backfired when the rain actually woke me up about 2 hours before my alarm went off! Sounded pretty...

Check-ins for 2024-05-06 - Jackson, MI (#3008) - Marshall - W Michigan Ave, MI (#3009) - Mishawaka - Grape Rd, IN (#3010) - Munster, IN (#3011) - Bradley, IL (#3012) - Pontiac, IL (#3013) - Joliet, IL (#3014) - Manitowoc, WI (#3015) A fairly uneventful day. Allowed myself to take some...

Check-ins for 2024-05-03 - Pittsburgh - Freeport Rd, PA (#2992) - Pittsburgh - Park Manor Blvd, PA (#2993) - Bridgeville, PA (#2994) Check-ins for 2024-05-04 - Loveland, OH (#2995) - Fort Mitchell, KY (#2996) Check-ins for 2024-05-05 - Columbus, IN (#2997) - Indianapolis - Waterway Blvd, IN...

There's just a wide swath of clear cut trees making the border in the North Cascades between WA and BC (similar border between Alaska and the Yukon). Back in the 90s, you could walk back and forth across it with no issue if you were just hiking in the area. I would imagine they have electronic...

Check-ins for 2024-05-02 - Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, QC (#2984) - Sainte-Marie, QC (#2985) - Morrisburg, ON (#2986) Check-ins for 2024-05-03 - Vaughan - Major MacKenzie Dr W, ON (#2987) - Mississauga - N Service Rd, ON (#2988) - Mississauga - Vega Blvd, ON (#2989) - Oakville - Speers Rd, ON...

It was some type of vegetation that I would consider to be in the "tree family," but I'm sure they mow the shoulder of the road periodically so they never actually become trees. Kind of hard, but not big, but also tall enough to scrape the underside of the car. Anyways, I've seen it in...

It's also the longest stretch without gas on the Interstate system. A little over 100 miles. Now they know how we feel every time we drive across the country!