Wiki Superchargers Visited

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This is a friendly contest for Tesla owners to track the number of unique public Superchargers where they have charged

- "Supercharger count" is the number of unique public Superchargers where you have charged (just being there does not count), whether or not you were the person plugging in the vehicle (such as a Valet Parking garage or a Passenger) and whether or not it was your own personal vehicle (such as a rental, a loaner, or a friend's Tesla) as long as you were the one who drove >50% of the distance to reach the charger(s).
- The list of chargers in the supercharging.life database are the ones included in the game. If you think one should be added or removed from the list, let us know.
- Only chargers available to the public without special permission are included in the game.
- Chargers not connected to the grid are not counted.
- Doublet locations like the North/South Supercharger 'pairs' in CT, ME, NH, etc. count as individual locations.
- More than 1 charger at the same address, such as Lenox Square Mall (Atlanta, GA) or Montgomery Mall (Bethesda, MD) count as individual locations when they appear as a separate location on the Tesla Nav screen.
- Inactive competitors will be archived and removed from the leaderboard. Just post an update to be reactivated.

See Supercharging.Life database for info on how to post your own visits to the database (preferred), or post your locations with date visited to this thread and one of the admins will update your list for you. All visits must be posted to this thread - not just entered in supercharging.life. If you are the first in the game to visit a supercharger location, please post to the thread as soon as you can so others know it has been visited.

 

[Shesmyne2"]

Check-ins for 2024-05-30
- Manahawkin, NJ (#421)
- Barnegat, NJ (#422)

Too cool for a beach day, so why not

 

[Half Dollar Bill]

Friday/Saturday: Hang in Bellingham and make way back towards Seattle. We'll likely do the Space Needle and "Tower of Tomorrow in Legos" before putting my niece back on the plane to MN, and I start my drive to Denver for a conference and a windshield replacement.

Meant to post earlier -
If you've got the time, the Chihuly Garden and Glass is worth a stop.
The Pop Culture Museum was fun as well MoPOP | Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle Washington.
Enjoy the drives!

 

[PLUS EV]

as was the drive between Quincy and Wenatchee along the Columbia River gorge.

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 river splits in two. I can't speak to the Columbia drive north of there as I haven't done all of it, but the drive along the Okanogan is fantastic all the way up to Kelowna, BC. North of there it gets too mountainous and forested to take in all the vistas, but of course that is a different kind of beauty.

 

[evp]

I remember seeing a documentary about the golden gate bridge painting. There is a team that adds new paint over the entire bridge. By the time they are done, so much time has passed that they are starting right away again. It's a constant thing. Feels like this supercharger hunt has become like this.

It has never been otherwise.

 

[PLUS EV]

It has never been otherwise.

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.

 

[theflyer]

Day 22
360 miles
My body dictated what I did today. Without going into detail, ensuring a bathroom was never far away was necessary. I, therefore, decided to clear Portland and then come up the coast to Astoria to position myself for another attempt at the Olympic Peninsula tomorrow. That'll be another 400+ mile day to get around, across a ferry, and up to Burlington to stage for Saturday's activities.

With my visit to Oregon today, I've supercharged in all of the lower 48 states plus DC. Wow, it has taken a long time to get to the NW corner of the US.

Check-ins for 2024-05-30
- Tumwater, WA (#1622) (Comment: Pilot travel stop, McDonald's )
- Rochester, WA (#1623) (Comment: End of the trail )
- Centralia, WA (#1624) (Comment: City lit with lots of fast food joints )
- Chehalis, WA (#1625) (Comment: Walmart )
- Kelso, WA (#1626) (Comment: Target, Panera bread )
- Ridgefield, WA (#1627) (Comment: Cafe)
- Vancouver, WA (#1628) (Comment: Fred Meyer box store)
- Portland - N Pavilion Ave, OR (#1629) (Comment: Home Depot, Jimmy Johns)
- Portland - SW Broadway, OR (#1630) (Comment: Parking garage. No signal at all)
- Portland, OR (#1631) (Comment: IKEA )
- Vancouver - NE Fourth Plain Blvd (SC), WA (#1632) (Comment: Tesla delivery and service center )
- Vancouver - NE Vancouver Mall Dr, WA (#1633) (Comment: Vancouver, WA mall)
- Troutdale, OR (#1634) (Comment: Columbia Gorge Outlets )
- Sandy, OR (#1635) (Comment: Fred Meyer )
- Clackamas, OR (#1636) (Comment: Target )
- Tigard, OR (#1637) (Comment: Shopping mall. Has Tesla WiFi )
- Beaverton, OR (#1638) (Comment: Shopping mall)
- Hillsboro, OR (#1639) (Comment: Target )
- Tillamook, OR (#1640) (Comment: Creamery overflow parking lot )
- Seaside, OR (#1641) (Comment: Seaside outlets)

Across the road from the Ridgefield, WA supercharger
Enty with Mout St. Helens in the background

Hello again to the Pacific Ocean
Near Neahkahnie Viewpoint on 101 north of Manzanita

 

[David99]

It has never been otherwise.

Very true. From the start we knew it would only get more and more. But at least 10 years ago, when I started, you could catch the superchargers in your area and go back home and be god for a while. Today, the moment you drive, a new one opens. Oddly it is always in the area you just left, never where you are going next LOL

 

[NKYTA]

First Alert: Newark 36601
Probably be there around noon.

 

[NKYTA]

@israndy beat me to it.

Check-ins for 2024-05-31
- Newark - 36601 Newark Blvd, CA (#1811) (First to check-in)

 

[cpa]

I remember seeing a documentary about the golden gate bridge painting. There is a team that adds new paint over the entire bridge. By the time they are done, so much time has passed that they are starting right away again. It's a constant thing. Feels like this supercharger hunt has become like this.

True, true. The bridge is painted International Orange. Upon construction in the 30s and continuing into the 60s it was a lead-based paint. A multiple year project began the arduous process of stripping away all the lead paint and replacing it with another metal (zinc maybe). The most recent formulation does not release VOCs into the atmosphere as the paint dries and gives up some of its base with the continual fog that enshrouds the suspension cables and towers.

 

[theflyer]

Day 23
500 miles, almost exactly
It was a beautiful drive, albeit a long drive. 14 1/2 hours long, but there were so many wonderful vistas along the way.

Check-ins for 2024-05-31
- Aberdeen, WA (#1642) (Comment: Public lot)
- Ocean Shores, WA (#1643) (Comment: Ocean Shores convention center )
- Forks, WA (#1644) (Comment: Hotel)
- Sequim, WA (#1645) (Comment: Holiday inn Express, black bear diner)
- Suquamish, WA (#1646) (Comment: Casino )
- Seattle - NE Northgate Way, WA (#1647) (Comment: Public garage. Shopping. )
- Burlington - Marketplace Dr, WA (#1648) (Comment: Beat Buy and lots more)

The day began by waking up to this view from my balcony in Astoria!

After crossing the bridge onto the Olympic Peninsula and charging at Aberdeen and Ocean Shores, I headed into Olympic National Forest and followed the guidance of @PLUS EV on what to see.

Stops included the beach at Kalaloch, Noh rain forest, and Hurricane Ridge, and then finally across Puget Sound on the Bainbridge Ferry.

 

[StefanSarzio]

Check-ins for 2024-06-01
- Langenhagen, Germany (#621) (First to check-in)

New Supercharger next to Marion's place. So no stuffed animals - instead the real one.

New item by Stefan Sarzio

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[a.deodatus]

Check-in for 6/1/2024:
- Mercedes, TX (#465) (First to check-in)

 

[theflyer]

Day 24

Check-ins for 2024-06-01
- Burlington, WA (#1649) (Comment: Fairfield inn, Bob's Burger and Brew)

Thanks to @Big Earl for taking us around Fidalgo Island in Puget Sound on his 36' Tolleycraft. We had a wonderful lunch and chat in Anacortes. @PLUS EV, Jason, and Lawson were gracious and helpful in assisting me on and off the boat. They made it happen, and I am grateful. I didn't think I'd ever be back aboard a vessel that size again, as nothing about a marina or a boat that size is designed to accommodate those of us with handicaps. We even took my scooter for the walk into town in Anacortes.

Lawson and Jason's Tolleycraft birthed in Anacortes for lunch

Lawson's husband, Jason, @JSergeant, and @PLUS EV

Riding the scooter onto the dock.

Jason brought a vintage Sony digital camera: A Digital Mavica that used a 3.5" floppy drive for storage. It had something like a 14x or 16x stabilized optical zoom, but could only store a single image on the floppy drive if saved in RAW mode. Check out this video review. We had a fascinating time talking about ancient electronics. @David99 might get a kick out of this.

Post-voyage selfie. Thanks, again, guys!

 

[Thinkje]

Check-in for 2024-06-02
- New Castle, DE - New Castle Avenue (#2023) (First to check-in)

 

[David99]

Loved exploring Maine a bit more.

Check-ins for 2024-06-01
- Wells, ME (#1956)
- Saco, ME (#1957)
- Falmouth, ME (#1958)
- Windham, ME (#1959)
- Waterville, ME (#1960)
- Farmington - Hannaford Dr, ME (#1961)
- Jackman, ME (#1962)
- Bangor, ME (#1963)

Check-ins for 2024-06-02
- Ellsworth, ME (#1964)
- Rockland, ME (#1965)

 

[Shesmyne2"]

Thanks to @Big Earl for taking us around Fidalgo Island in Puget Sound on his 36' Tolleycraft. We had a wonderful lunch and chat in Anacortes. @PLUS EV, Jason, and Lawson were gracious and helpful in assisting me on and off the boat. They made it happen, and I am grateful. I didn't think I'd ever be back aboard a vessel that size again, as nothing about a marina or a boat that size is designed to accommodate those of us with handicaps.

I am so happy for you that you had this experience.
Really touched my heart guys.

Pretty damn good cult we belong to.

 

[Thinkje]

Check-ins for 2024-06-02 continued
- Somers Point, NJ (#2024)
- Manahawkin, NJ (#2025)
- Woolwich Township, NJ (#2026)

 

[theflyer]

Day 25

Jason told me yesterday about this museum of telephone switching gear called Connections. He then offered to join me. What a fabulous look back at the evolution of the telephone system. Like the Air and Space Museum, the volunteers' goal is to keep it all working, including simulating telephone calls so you can see and hear the switching gear working and make actual calls through various lineages of equipment. If you love mechanical things or telecom technology/history, it is a must-visit.

Here is a video I took of the docent guiding one of the guys in our group to act as a call operator to connect people, just as call operators did in the earliest days of the telephone.

I then spent the rest of the day slogging around the greater Seattle area collecting most of the remaining superchargers. Tomorrow, I will do some chores and meet an old work friend for dinner. My niece arrives Tuesday morning for four days of roaming around with me.

Check-ins for 2024-06-02
- Arlington, WA (#1650) (Comment: Angel of the Winds Casino )
- Tulalip Bay, WA (#1651) (Comment: Seattle premium outlets mall)
- Seattle - 1201 2nd Avenue, WA (#1652) (Comment: Parking garage )
- Seattle - Union St, WA (#1653) (Comment: Parking garage )
- Seattle - NW Ballard Way, WA (#1654) (Comment: Parking garage)
- Lynnwood, WA (#1655) (Comment: Fred Meyer )
- Lynnwood - 148th St SW, WA (#1656) (Comment: Strip Mall )
- Everett, WA (#1657) (Comment: Target )
- Bothell - 201st Pl SE, WA (#1658)
- Bothell, WA (#1659) (Comment: Starbucks, shopping )
- Kirkland, WA (#1660) (Comment: Fred Meyer )
- Bellevue, WA (#1661) (Comment: City center parking garage )
- Sammamish, WA (#1662) (Comment: Strip mall with food and shopping )
- Issaquah, WA (#1663) (Comment: Fred Meyer )

Unfortunately, connectivity in several of the garages was non-existent, so TeslaFi didn't pick up all of the stops. There are two missing from the view below if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Limited]

Been having s blast with my kids in Oahu but was bummed hertz didn't have any teslas available for rent. I don't usually like taking risk with Turo or other rental agencies (although the airport Avis apparently had some teslas). Settled with a gas car as to not inconvenience the family on vacation. But I managed to convince the Tesla sales rep in Waikiki to give me an "extended test drive" in order to explore the local charging network! He thought the game sounded fun and was happy to help me out. The valet in Honolulu also buzzed me in for a quick tap-and-go without charging the valet fee or making me wait. Aiea was only a 30 min wait which could have been worse from what I have read. What an adventure!


Check-ins for 2024-06-02
- Honolulu - Kahala Ave, HI (#1001)
- Aiea, HI (#1002)