Our Route

Here is what we are expecting on our trip. Obviously as with any trip, "stuff happens" so we will adjust as necessary. If I remember, I'll be posting how we did on each leg of the trip.

11/14 Home -> Kingman Arizona

• 25 min charge - 24505 W Dorris Ave, Coalinga, California 93210
• 40 min charge - 5602 Dennis McCarthy Dr Lebec, Lebec, California 93243
• 20 min charge - 500 Inland Center Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92408

1/15 Kingman Arizona -> Tucumcari, New Mexico

• 50 min charge - 2650 S Beulah Blvd, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
• 35 min charge - 111 Twin Buttes Rd, Gallup, New Mexico 87301
• 50 min charge - 2600 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107

11/16 Tucumcari, New Mexico -> Tyler, Texas

• 5 min charge - 8231 West Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo, Texas 79124
• 60 min charge -1300 Ave F NW, Childress, Texas 79201
• 20 min charge - 322 Holiday Drive, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
• 35 min charge - 2700 West University Drive, Denton, Texas 76201

11/17 Tyler, Texas -> Meridian Mississippi

• 5 min charge - 1133 St. Vincent Ave, Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
• 35 min charge - 4919 Pecanland Mall Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203
• 25 min charge - Outlets of Mississippi, 200 Bass Pro Drive, Pearl, Mississippi 39208

11/18 Meridian, Mississippi -> the Farm

• 5 min charge - 2221 Richard Arrington Junior Blvd. N., Birmingham, Alabama 35203
• 60 min charge - 1105 Oxford Exchange Blvd., Oxford, Alabama 36203
• 25 min charge - 450 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Macon, Georgia 31201

The return trip will be filled with stops at friends and family's houses so there will be 5 nights instead of 4 on the way East.

11/25 the Farm -> Mobile, Alabama (with a stop at Mark & Kay's house)

• 40 min charge - 3528 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32309 
• 50 min charge - Corner of Baldwin & 10th St, De Funiak Springs, FL 32435

11/26 Mobile, Alabama -> Sugar Land, Texas (overnight at Greg & Marika's house)

• 5 min charge - 1303 Town Center Pkwy, Slidell, LA 70458 (will do 15 though) 
• 40 min charge - 3535 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 
• 55 min charge - 1772 W Pren Lake Road, Lake Charles, LA 70601 
• 25 min charge (maybe) - 16311 East Fwy, Channelview, TX 77530

11/27 Sugar Land, TX -> Ozona, Texas (with a stop at Scott & Sarah's)

• 45 min charge - 3939 Interstate 35, San Marcos, TX 78666
• 25 min charge - 2415 N. Main St, Junction, TX 76849

11/28 Ozona, Texas -> Wilcox, Arizona

• 60 minute charge - Love's Travel Center 5200 Cholla Rd, I-20 Exit 131, Midland TX 79706 
• 35 min charge - 1921 Frontage Road, Van Horn TX, 79855 
• 25 min charge - 6401 S. Desert Blvd, El Paso, TX 79932 
• 35 min charge - Deming-5R Travel Center, 1695 US-180, Deming NM 88030

11/29 Wilcox, Arizona -> Indio, California

• 5 min charge - 2453 E Florence Blvd, Casa Grande, AZ 85194 
• 30 min charge - 416 S. Watson RD, Buckeye, AZ 85326 
• 30 min charge - 1451 West Main Street, Quartzite, AZ 95346

11/30 Indio, California -> Home!

• 15 min charge - Burbank Town Center, 201 West Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502 
• 25 min charge - South Buttonwillow, 29541 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93314 
• 45 min charge - Harris Ranch-24595 Dorris, 24505 W Dorris Ave, Coalinga, CA 93210

Getting Ready / Background

Getting ready for the no-gas all-EV cross-country road trip from our house in the mountains above Santa Cruz California to the family farm in Emanuel county Georgia.

Background:

Ever since I was a little boy I wanted an electric car. When I saw the Aptera was being developed I got on the list and even weaseled my way to get to meet the founders and their families.  I even got to ride in a prototype. But when the company brought in "car guys" the company changed and they pushed the founders out... So I settled and bought a Nissan LEAF in 2011. I discovered range anxiety and figured out how to deal with it.

I put 94,000 miles on my 2011 until it was taken from me by some asshole who rear ended me on the freeway.  I got a 2014 for $800 and the insurance settlement (discovering how very cheap EVs were that were coming off lease).  After putting another 30,000 miles on it, I got the email that my Tesla Model 3 was going to be delivered. I traded in the LEAF and grabbed it.... Good bye range anxiety!

With Tesla's excellent SuperCharger Network I thought that it was finally possible to take that cross-country trip.  For the last 8 or 10 years all of us and their husbands and signifigant others have been meeting at the family farm in rural Emanuel county Georgia. What better excuse for a road trip than Seeing the whole family for Thanksgiving? Now to convince Suzanne that sitting in the car for 4 days each way was an adventure...

Getting ready:

Yesterday I ordered a new L6-30 extension cord and Tesla L6-30 adapter from EVSEAdapters.com so that I could use my large set of plug adapters on the trip.  Dryer outlets have changed over the years and I had every one of the variants that I would be able to use at the end of my new 30 foot extension cord. In addition to the charging items, I'm also outfitting the car with all the usual emergency tools and supplies for a road trip. Being a boy scout I've had to hold back on packing a tent...

Since it's probably going to be wet and ugly on the trip (it still hasn't rained in the Santa Cruz Mountains since March), I figured that I should probably get all-weather floor mats in addition to the tire plug kit and mini-compressor. Of course, not emergency kit is complete without a towel (remember the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe").