I'm a new Tesla owner from Bartlesville. Very happy to be in this club! I took delivery of my Blue S85 in mid-Sept. I drove my Model S to Denver two weeks ago and just wanted to share a few observations/tips about the trip. I left B'ville with a full charge (271 mi of range), in the hopes of making it to the Salina supercharger without having to stop in an RV park north of Wichita to use their 50 amp outlet. I arrived in Wichita with 134 miles of range remaining and easily made it to Salina, with about 35 miles of range left. For this leg of the trip I was careful to keep my speed at or below 65. From Salina I stopped at all the superchargers along I-70: Hays and Goodland, KS, Limon (CO), and finally at the LoneTree charger in Denver. I was the only Tesla driver at all the SC stops, except for Denver. I had only one regretful decision: to give myself only 50 miles of range buffer between Hays and Goodland, KS. The day was hot, I had the AC on, the cruise control set to 75, running lights on and media playing. Before I knew it the 50-mi buffer was disappearing fast. I had not taken into consideration the slow relentless climb to higher altitude all the way across Kansas. I dropped my speed to 65, shut off the AC, then eventually dropped to 55 mph. When I pulled into the Goodland SC I had 20 miles of range left. Lesson learned.
On the return trip I always charged to 100 miles more than I needed so I was able to travel at a reasonably fast pace. On my last leg from Salina to B'ville, I was about one minute away from finishing charging when an employee of the Holiday Inn Express, where the chargers are located, came out and told me if I'd pulled up to charger #1 or 2 I could have had a full charge in 20 minutes. I was parked at charger #3 and it took a full hour to charge to 271 miles. I don't know if this is true but I'll try it out next time I make the trip.
Hope this helps anyone considering a trip in that direction. It might be a little tight getting from Tulsa to Salina at this time without having to stop at an RV park or other slower charging option. A supercharger between Salina and OKC would make the trip easily doable.
Cheers