Ho-K:
I returned home from my excursion from my home to Minnesnowta via Interstate 40 east to Okie City thence northward and eastward to Minneapolis. My return trip was through North Dakota on I94, Montana on I94 and I90 into Idaho and Washington before heading to the Columbia River Gorge and I-5 back home.
I was astonished that of all the eclipse chasers, that no one from here drove on I40. I encountered a few people that altered their plans when Texas was forecast for clouds.
A few items of note: Saw my first Cybertruck charging at Williams. Wilsonville, Oregon is a V4 Supercharger. It is listed as a V3 on Supercharge.info. I saw a Rivian charging with a Magic Dock in Monticello, Minnesota. The driver loved his Rivian, and he loves the Magic Dock. I saw another Rivian Supercharging with the adapter in Williams. Cloudy all day in Minneapolis, so no ability to see even the partial eclipse.
My dinosaur 2014 S85 is so-o-o-o slow with charging. A 15%-60% charge takes close to 35 minutes; if I need extra because of winds (and there were plenty across Arizona and New Mexico going and Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana coming) I need to leave with closer to 70% to ensure that my arrival on 110+ mile legs is not too scary. The shorter legs of 65-80 miles are doable with 15-20 minutes of charge time.
Check-ins for 2024-04-04
- Mojave - 16870 CA-14, CA (#588)
- Laughlin, NV (#589)
Check-ins for 2024-04-05
- Milan, NM (#590)
Check-ins for 2024-04-06
- Oklahoma City - NE 36th St, OK (#591)
- Perry, OK (#592)
Check-ins for 2024-04-07
- Wichita, KS (#593)
- Emporia, KS (#594)
- Overland Park, KS (#595)
- Kansas City, MO (#596)
- St. Joseph, MO (#597)
- Sioux City - Southern Hills Dr, IA (#598)
Check-ins for 2024-04-08
- Sioux Falls, SD (#599)
- Worthington - Oxford St, MN (#600)
- Sherburn, MN (#601)
- St. Peter, MN (#602)
- Bloomington, MN (#603)
Check-ins for 2024-04-09
- Eagan, MN (#604)
- Oakdale, MN (#605)
- St. Paul, MN (#606)
- Minneapolis, MN (#607)
- St. Louis Park, MN (#608)
Check-ins for 2024-04-10
- Minnetonka, MN (#609)
- Maple Grove, MN (#610)
- Monticello, MN (#611)
- Clearwater, MN (#612)
- Alexandria, MN (#613)
- Fergus Falls, MN (#614)
- Fargo, ND (#615)
- Jamestown, ND (#616)
- Bismarck, ND (#617)
- Dickinson, ND (#618)
- Glendive, MT (#619)
Check-ins for 2024-04-11
- Miles City, MT (#620)
- Billings - N Frontage Rd, MT (#621)
- Billings, MT (#622)
- Laurel, MT (#623)
- Big Timber, MT (#624)
- Belgrade, MT (#625)
- Butte - Grizzly Trl, MT (#626) (First to check-in)
- Missoula, MT (#627)
- Missoula - Hwy 93 N, MT (#628) (First to check-in) (Comment: I am astonished that one or more of the true road warriors hadn’t bagged this spot (and Butte) since they opened 70 days ago. Instead this hodaddy claims the first check-ins!
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Check-ins for 2024-04-12
- Superior, MT (#629)
- Liberty Lake (SC), WA (#630)
- Spokane, WA (#631)
- St. Regis, MT (#632)
- Sprague, WA (#633)
- Moses Lake, WA (#634)
- Quincy, WA (#635)
- George, WA (#636)
- Yakima - E Yakima Ave, WA (#637)
- Hood River - Anchor Way, OR (#638)
- Hood River, OR (#639)
Check-ins for 2024-04-13
- Clackamas, OR (#640) (Comment: With 3 waiting after my plug and bug, I just wanted to make room for the next user quickly.)
- Wilsonville, OR (#641)
- Salem - Mission St SE (SC), OR (#642)
- Creswell, OR (#643)
- Sutherlin, OR (#644)
- Ashland, OR (#645)
- Redding - Hilltop Dr, CA (#646)
- Anderson, CA (#647)
- Sacramento - Point West Way, CA (#648) (First to check-in)
- Ripon, CA (#649)
The brewery 100 yards away from the Ashland OR Supercharger is pretty nice. It has a wide selection of all sorts of brewed adult beverages. It seems the perfect spot for a quaff and perhaps even a bite (I did not try the food) to get a nice range charge. If heading south on Interstate 5, the newer models could easily make it beyond Redding/Anderson/Cottonwood/Red Bluff/Corning (yuck) to Williams. It is all downhill once summiting Siskiyou Pass.