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The Sea Ranch lodge has shut down pending a new owner. The Tesla chargers are currently powered off, and the only thing open at the lodge is the post office.

The Petaluma expansion is now underway. There are two areas partitioned off so it is possible they will be adding twenty more stalls. As for now, one of the areas is directly adjacent to the ten existing stalls, and as consequence only eight of those stalls can be accessed right now.

Tesla has a small sign indicating a twenty stall expansion opening this year. It's unclear if this means a total of twenty or thirty stalls when complete. An expansion is definitely needed -- Petaluma is now a very busy location.

Petaluma has recently been getting very busy. I was just there today and the car showed 1 of 12 available. But, I can only find the original 10 stalls. Where are the two new ones located?

Mammoth to Manteca is no problem. I've done Mammoth to Petaluma without a problem in my 50000 mile old S85 (via Yosemite).

I've done Lone Pine to Vegas via Pahrump in my 40K mile old S85 on a 98% charge. It was very tight, but there was a strong headwind through Death Valley. The climb over the mountains before entering Las Vegas reduced my remaining range to 5 miles, but once over that there's a good drop down to...

I received the letter, and have a driving pattern that's not very common. Most of my charging has been at superchargers, and most of that has been across the country, so I am using it as intended. However, for the past six months or so my pattern has changed. My car was purchased in...

Good news. The transformer has already been installed! (Sorry -- forgot to take a picture -- but it's certainly for the supercharger since it wasn't there last week. It's above ground, adjacent to the sidewalk).

More activity today. They now have 10 stalls, all wired up. The backhoe is digging a pretty big hole -- a transformer vault?

Progress in Petaluma today. It appears they are trenching towards a big green box, which could be the transformer. Still much work to be done...

I drive a single charger S85 and which I had the dual charger. That being said, it's rare that you'll actually get the full 20kW. Of the three dozen or so public New England and Canada J1772 chargers I had the chance to use last summer, only one had the ability to deliver a continuous 80A at...

Photo from this morning. Still nothing decisive...

New photo showing little progress. Still no transformer or pavement, but now there are 9 spots, which explains the fifth cabinet. The whole worksite is terribly muddy, so it may be some time drying out before any further progress.

Here's a photo from today. There was no activity at the site, but everything appears to be in place except for the utility transformer. I think that will be off to the right of the photo because there are a series of metal plates covering a trench that ends at Kenilworth Drive.

I spoke briefly with the contractor at noon today. (He was concerned that the asphalt seal was still sticky and we'd get it on our carpets). I asked about usage since opening, and he said I was the fifth or six to stop by. He also said his next install was Denver.