Here's my new (just about one month since delivery) MS in Lovers Point Park in Pacific Grove, CA.
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Model S Nature Pictures
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Gorgeous! I envy you in mid California. We have our own beauty in my parts but I think I'm a water person so I'll always long for the ocean!
Bugeater
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The Painted Hills are part of the John Day Fossil Beds of central Oregon. Oregon is amazing... proximity to the Pacific Ocean in one direction from Portland, mountains in the other, the High Desert... rivers, waterfalls, trees, and more trees. Lots of microbreweries too!
A friend of ours has a blog that never fails to inspire us to want to visit whatever he's writing about, such as his trip to this area a couple of weeks ago:
http://thenarrativeimage.blogspot.com/2015/05/road-trip-to-cove-palisades-and-beyond.html
(Scroll down past the kayaking part of his trip to see the Painted Hills photos.)
Older blog entry about the Painted Hills:
http://thenarrativeimage.blogspot.com/2007/05/john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument.html
This was our first road trip in our new 85D. It was fun planning where we'd be stopping beyond the Supercharger in The Dalles, Oregon. The CHAdeMO worked great at the Aerovironment charger in Madras, so between leaving home fully charged, and those two charging stops, range anxiety was never an issue. Thankfully! We didn't have an adapter for the old RV chargers at the park in the town of Mitchell, our "base camp" for a couple of trips to the nearby Painted Hills. I'm not sure the Plugshare listing for them is correct, but we'll look into it and see if we can fix or expand on the description to try to make sure others driving their Teslas have the same good experience we did.
Oh, by the way... the timing of the visit(s) is really important. Before sunset is when the colors really come alive, although apparently it's great in the early morning as well. We were also told that it's simply amazing to visit the Painted Hills after a rain. I bet... and we'll try to go back again to check that out. Gotta start paying attention to the weather reports for that area!
Regarding the photos I posted, I have no idea how I messed things up, what with the rotated photo in the center. I could not figure out how to delete it in the editing process. Perhaps a moderator could help? Meanwhile, here's one more:
breser
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Bugeater
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Great! Looks like we should put that on our list for our next trip! Just got back to the south bay Sunday after a week in Portland. 670 miles in a day is a long trip in a Tesla or any car! My brother lives there so it is pretty certain we will be back soon.The Painted Hills are part of the John Day Fossil Beds of central Oregon. Oregon is amazing... proximity to the Pacific Ocean in one direction from Portland, mountains in the other, the High Desert... rivers, waterfalls, trees, and more trees. Lots of microbreweries too!
A friend of ours has a blog that never fails to inspire us to want to visit whatever he's writing about, such as his trip to this area a couple of weeks ago:
http://thenarrativeimage.blogspot.com/2015/05/road-trip-to-cove-palisades-and-beyond.html
(Scroll down past the kayaking part of his trip to see the Painted Hills photos.)
Older blog entry about the Painted Hills:
http://thenarrativeimage.blogspot.com/2007/05/john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument.html
This was our first road trip in our new 85D. It was fun planning where we'd be stopping beyond the Supercharger in The Dalles, Oregon. The CHAdeMO worked great at the Aerovironment charger in Madras, so between leaving home fully charged, and those two charging stops, range anxiety was never an issue. Thankfully! We didn't have an adapter for the old RV chargers at the park in the town of Mitchell, our "base camp" for a couple of trips to the nearby Painted Hills. I'm not sure the Plugshare listing for them is correct, but we'll look into it and see if we can fix or expand on the description to try to make sure others driving their Teslas have the same good experience we did.
Oh, by the way... the timing of the visit(s) is really important. Before sunset is when the colors really come alive, although apparently it's great in the early morning as well. We were also told that it's simply amazing to visit the Painted Hills after a rain. I bet... and we'll try to go back again to check that out. Gotta start paying attention to the weather reports for that area!
Regarding the photos I posted, I have no idea how I messed things up, what with the rotated photo in the center. I could not figure out how to delete it in the editing process. Perhaps a moderator could help? Meanwhile, here's one more:
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Khatsalano
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EVP, it's even sweeter that you got it in the arch instead of next to the statue. It's much more poetic.
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Some pictures from my cross country trip to TMC Connect. These were taken on the 10 day scenic trip home after I diverted to Tucson to pick up my mom for the drive back.... What a trip!
Fremont, CA - Serenity back home at at her birthplace... (I actually got a bit teary eyed!)
Monterey State Beach, Monterey, CA (being from NY, I had to get a Pacific Ocean shot!)
On Route 128 along the Colorado River outside Arches National Park
Arial shot taken by Stevezzz from his plane outside of Granby, CO - Thanks Steve!
2 High Tech Transports - Thanks for a GREAT breakfast, Steve! - Granby, CO
Top of the Rocky Mountains - Driving through Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Mt. Rushmore, SD
Devil's Tower, WY - My personal highlight of the trip!
Badlands, SD
Some pictures from my cross country trip to TMC Connect. These were taken on the 10 day scenic trip home after I diverted to Tucson to pick up my mom for the drive back.... What a trip!
Fremont, CA - Serenity back home at at her birthplace... (I actually got a bit teary eyed!)
Monterey State Beach, Monterey, CA (being from NY, I had to get a Pacific Ocean shot!)
On Route 128 along the Colorado River outside Arches National Park
Arial shot taken by Stevezzz from his plane outside of Granby, CO - Thanks Steve!
2 High Tech Transports - Thanks for a GREAT breakfast, Steve! - Granby, CO
Top of the Rocky Mountains - Driving through Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Mt. Rushmore, SD
Devil's Tower, WY - My personal highlight of the trip!
Badlands, SD
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StaticDischarge
Utterly Unknown....
not Alaska. If you look closely, you will see the surrounding is the frunk carpeting....:scared:. Story follows picture. But I think I need start a poll: does this supersede or follow all those jerry cans of diesel as being the :scared:-iest thing I've had in my frunk?
Yes, it's a rattler: Mojave rattlesnake. A little fella: 26"/66cm. And no, it did not enter the frunk on its own. It had been strategically dispatched: although genus Crotalus have flat heads, they're normally not that flat. I like snakes, and even these guys I normally leave alone, AND it was not I who did this one in - I found it on the road. But it was in a residential neighborhood and this, reputedly the most dangerous of all rattlesnakes, has few friends around here.
Yes, it's a rattler: Mojave rattlesnake. A little fella: 26"/66cm. And no, it did not enter the frunk on its own. It had been strategically dispatched: although genus Crotalus have flat heads, they're normally not that flat. I like snakes, and even these guys I normally leave alone, AND it was not I who did this one in - I found it on the road. But it was in a residential neighborhood and this, reputedly the most dangerous of all rattlesnakes, has few friends around here.
brucet999
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Well, I think you have won the award for the most unexpected Model S Nature Picture.
Funny you should mention that.
Dear Hubby snapped this photo of the fledgling Peregrine Falcons perched high up behind the Visitor Center at Yaquina Head, just north of Newport, Oregon.Swweeet! Was that on the same trip - i.e., mid-June? The juvies look a awfully-well feathered out for this time of year (maybe they are a lot earlier than our AK birds). Pretty good resolution for a bird shot - do you know what lens he was using?
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