Supercharger - Fort Stockton, Texas

[theflyer]

Please plan the celebration for a weekend. How about Veteran's Day weekend?

I'm probably not the only one who might be willing to come from a long distance (VA in my case) but to make it work will need a bit of time to clear calendar. I would probably need a minimum of five days round trip, even with very long days of driving.

 

[charliepmayer]

STDRC13: same restrained reaction when Boerne came up. He did mention a shopping center.

 

[PLUS EV]

Mark covers all of Texas...I caught him commissioning the Northwest Houston Supercharger and had a great conversation.

He covers a lot more than just Texas! I met him at the supercharger in Eau Claire, Wisconsin about a year ago. We had a nice long conversation about our supercharger travels. We were having fun trying to figure out who had been to more superchargers. At the time I think he had me beat, but I'm guessing I would be ahead of him now. He said he'd never been to the British Columbia superchargers, but he had clearly been all over the US and even up into Ontario and Quebec.

He's based out of Houston so I figured he would be the one to flip the switch on these two. Not that Houston is super close to Fort Stockton and Pecos, but he's still probably closer than anyone else who could do the job.

 

[callmesam]

Break out the ice skates! How many days since that first permit was pulled? Kudos to the construction crew for getting both in expeditiously. And apparently to the Tesla rep who has evidently tarried no longer in numbering and activation.

The sooner we get a date and penultimate itinerary together for ye olde Golden Spike soiree and Merriment To Follow Directly Thereafter, the better - looks like a solid start already upthread. Socializing both with the Tesla owners clubs across the continent both before and after the holidays will help spread the word - I have an email address for that somewhere, plus will follow up with the clubs that have already PMd.

Fun, fun, fun.

Finally . . . you can die a happy man.

 

[Electroman]

The way you announce this:

IT IS ALIVE !! IT IS ALIVE !!

 

[PLUS EV]

Is JJ Abrams there running the camera? Those lens flares!

I like how you complain about the lens flares without noticing the fat finger in the upper left (hand) corner.

 

[MarcoRP]

What about Pecos @BlueShift ?

 

[Chuq]

What about Pecos @BlueShift ?

I would imagine that's being tracked in the Supercharger - Pecos, TX thread

 

[charliepmayer]

PLUS EV and ℬête Noire: perhaps I purposely included those items of photographic interest.





Nah. I was so excited I didn't even look at it until I sent it.

 

[ℬête Noire]

I like how you complain about the lens flares without noticing the fat finger in the upper left (hand) corner.

I was trying to be nice by putting a "clearly this is just a dubious professional artistic choice" spin on it!

Also, I've fat-fingered more than once myself so that felt a "first stone" too far.

 

[MarcoRP]

So how long did the construction take? Was it the shortest after all?

 

[my safeword is]

So how long did the construction take? Was it the shortest after all?

Not even close. (Childress TX was a couple of days according to supercharge.info. Channelview was so fast they didn't get the permit or construction dates listed before it was open)

 

[PLUS EV]

Not even close. (Childress TX was a couple of days according to supercharge.info. Channelview was so fast they didn't get the permit or construction dates listed before it was open)

Yeah all that means is they weren't discovered until just before they opened. We don't really know how long those two were under construction.

Fort Stockton on the other hand, we were watching pretty much daily for the last few years so we have a fairly precise idea how long it took.

 

[MarcoRP]

Photo on PlugShare of the Supercharger. The green light is totally not photoshopped

 

[MarcoRP]

Photo on PlugShare of the Supercharger. The green light is totally not photoshopped View attachment 344058

Back to reality, what’s with the stall in the middle?

 

[GWord]

Back to reality, what’s with the stall in the middle?View attachment 344064

Union charger. It's currently on break.

 

[charliepmayer]

Just spoke with Troy from he FJ. He is amazed with the number of calls he's been getting. I assured him the call frequency will go down as word gets out. Hope I am right!

Golden Spike: will start firming up dates with the locals in Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Alpine, Marathon, and Marfa today.

I propose two events:

1) Official I-10 Golden Spike event on Saturday, February 2nd (Super Bowl on Sunday) or on Saturday, the 9th. Almost no moon on the 2nd - outstanding star views (read a newspaper by star light), waxing crescent moon sets at midnight if we choose the 9th. Your preference please? Slow time for the hotels - so they want us. Hotels with fireplaces: Hotel Limpia (Fort Davis), Hotel Paisano (Marfa), Gage Hotel (Marathon). The Reata restaurant in Alpine and the White Buffalo (Gage Hotel) have fireplaces, too.

2) Tesla EV Rally - August 24, 2019: the monsoons start around July 4th, so by the end of August the desert will have her pretty clothes on. Rainbows, lush vegetation, all the restaurants and bars will be open and happy to have us. This would be a good trip for kids and families.
Spring-fed pool at Balmorhea should be open by then.

Please vote on your favorite days (of course not limited to the above) and I'll start work out here.
If anyone wants to help, or even take it over, just let me know.

How about counting the votes and firming up the date by Monday, October 29? (Don't have to worry about hanging chads.)

Might take a couple of research field trips to really nail this down, eh?

My official vote: February 2 and August 24

 

[MarcoRP]

Yay! Officially on the map despite a grey dot!

 

[kWh pwr]

Count me in for this! I'll be coming from Austin - been waiting for this for a long time actually.

 

[jelloslug]

What this one the longest start to finish build?