{"id":1662,"date":"2015-06-10T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2015-06-10T09:00:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T16:00:28","slug":"here-there-and-everywhere-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/public-charging-station\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Here, There, and EVerywhere – Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick note of thanks to the Beatles for inspiring the title for this series of posts. This is the twelfth in a series of posts written about our trip that will be published four weeks to the day of the trip.<\/i><\/p>\n

Missed Day 11, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Day 12 \u2013 Drive on Wednesday, May 13, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we decided to go North a few days ago<\/a>, we made a list of the things that we wanted to get to, and we\u00a0had two things on the list, visit at least one of the\u00a0mansions of Newport, RI and the Ben and Jerry’s Factory Tour in Westbury, VT.<\/p>\n

A few weeks prior to our trip,\u00a0Ben and Jerry’s sent a Model S<\/a> that they customized to tour the country in what they are calling the #SaveOurSwirled<\/a> tour. Well, they were in San Diego and Los Angeles, but I was never able to catch them anywhere close.\u00a0As many readers may have noticed, I have a “thing” for frozen desserts, so, we decided to take OUR Model S to their factory and pick up some Ice Cream ourselves.<\/p>\n

Our appointment with the Tesla Syosset Sales, Service, and Supercharger Center was at 1:00 pm so, we figured that we had the morning to sleep in and have some fun, so we did.<\/p>\n

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We left my cousin’s house with 176 miles of rated range left, that meant a two mile range loss from the night before.<\/p>\n

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Since I was inspired by one of the “best” threads on teslamotorsclub.com called Model S Nature Pictures<\/a>, it was one of my goal’s for this trip to get the “best” Model S Nature Picture that I can for our car and we found a pond nearby to try to take pictures in.<\/p>\n

We actually submitted one of these pictures to the thread<\/a>. Though I have to admit that it’s funny to have a nature shot from Long Island. Considering how close\u00a0we are to the city. \u00a0Here are a few of the other shots from this “nature” shoot that we did that we didn’t submit to the teslamotorsclub.com thread.<\/p>\n

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We figure that we were in “nature” as this sign instructed us not to feed the wildlife. \u00a0Once again, for those that actually live near nature, we’re city kids from Southern California, so I figured a “Please Do Not Feed the Wildlife” sign is a good indication that we’re\u00a0right by nature.<\/p>\n

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Since we had time and wanted a better drive, we\u00a0decided to take the Parkway back to Syosset.<\/p>\n

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Tesla Syosset Sales, Service, and Supercharger Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

After our leisurely drive in Long Island, we found ourselves about thirty minutes earlier than our appointment, but decided to check in and the service center was able to take us in early. \u00a0We were playing this day “loose.” \u00a0We hope to make it to Newport, RI in the evening, but will stop off along the way if we are\u00a0unable to. \u00a0So, having the service center take us in early will give us a fighting chance of making our goal for the evening.<\/p>\n

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We had the gasket repaired at the\u00a0Syosset Supercharger, Store, Service Center and in the process they also repaired a lose nut that became lose and caused the window to not roll all the way up. \u00a0The repair was adequate, however, the fit wasn’t great, so we made the determination to have this repaired (again) when we get home.<\/p>\n

After 0.2 miles of turning the car in, we got it back, fully charged, repaired and ready to go.<\/p>\n

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We’re easily amused by wildlife signs for animals that are smaller than Deer. (As you remember, around Minnesota, we developed our “Deer Crossing” phobia<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

So, this sign was intriguing to us, and can be found in the street by the service center.<\/p>\n

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Not counting the Model S that we saw charging at the Syosset Sales, Service, and Supercharger Center, we spotted a “Random Model S” on our drive toward Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

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As we look behind on Long Island,<\/p>\n

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a few tolls later, we find ourselves in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

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On our way to our first supercharger in Connecticut, we spot the flag of something from our youth, though now called WWE, we used to call it WWF.<\/p>\n

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Darien I-95 North Rest Stop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though the distance from Long Island to these superchargers is rather insignificant, we opted to stop at all the I-95 superchargers to continue to assist in providing content for the beta of the (now released) Teslarati App for iOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The traffic Northbound on I-95 into Connecticut is quite impressive. It was so slow that we were pretty efficient with less than 300 Wh per mile for our consumption efficiency for the approximately 50 miles from Long Island.<\/p>\n

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Going inside the rest stop, we saw this sign for the Pez Visitor Center, and penciled that in. We probably won’t be hitting it on this drive, but would make a note for either the return drive or the future.<\/p>\n

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After getting our charge and information on the Pez Visitor Center, we rejoin the I-95 traffic.<\/p>\n

As with other Random Model S<\/a> that we’ve spotted, we were excited to see the following Grey Model S in traffic ahead of us.<\/p>\n

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There was actually a white one that I spotted on the Southbound I-95 around the same time, but it was going too fast for me to take a photograph of.<\/p>\n

Now, most people would be irritated with the bumper-to-bumper traffic that we experienced in Connecticut on I-95. However, after experiencing the agoraphobia<\/em> of the earlier part of the drive, there was something comforting to be driving in orderly freeway rush hour traffic. Yup, it’s the weirdness of being away from home for too long.<\/p>\n

And with that, we found ourselves at the Milford I-95 North Rest Stop.<\/p>\n

Milford North Supercharger<\/strong><\/p>\n

We drove into this supercharger and found one of the stalls being used by a local.<\/p>\n

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We spoke briefly with the other Model S owner. Apparently, he had moved to Connecticut decades earlier from California and we were among the first Model S owners that he has met at this supercharger.<\/p>\n

This supercharger was very close to the previous one, but we’re adding content to the Teslarati App for iOS<\/a> so we figure a few minutes of stopping would be good.<\/p>\n

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We figured that we would be able to\u00a0reach Newport, RI for the evening so we\u00a0made arrangements to find and book ourselves a hotel to stay the night.<\/p>\n

Along the way to Newport, we caught this “EV-friendly” license plate on a decisively non-EV Volkswagen.<\/p>\n

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I suppose that the driver could be preparing for an EV.<\/p>\n

With a destination in sight, we determined that we could add a stop along the way.<\/p>\n

We decided to go get pizza at Mystic Pizza. For those that are not Julia Roberts fans, Mystic Pizza<\/a><\/em> is one of the first two movies of Julia Roberts’ career. It is also a real pizza parlor in Mystic, CT, so we figured to get pizza there before we headed to Newport, RI.<\/p>\n

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Spent the drive enjoying the view outside, as well as the view from the passenger side view mirror.<\/p>\n

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Some nice sunsets.<\/p>\n

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and then we find ourselves at Mystic, CT ordering Pizza to go.<\/p>\n

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A photo\u00a0outside.<\/p>\n

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And another one inside.<\/p>\n

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And no, we didn’t spot Julia Roberts there. With pizza in hand, we continued on our trek to our hotel in Newport, RI.<\/p>\n

As we crossed into the Rhode Island border, you know what it means when the signs are blurry.<\/p>\n

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And the bridge to get there<\/p>\n

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So, after 112 mile drive from the last Connecticut supercharge, we stopped off at the Hampton Inn & Suites, Newport-Middletown for the night. \u00a0We’re pretty close to tomorrow’s first supercharger for the night, but we ended the night with 139 miles of Rated Range left and even if we lose ten miles overnight, we’re fine.<\/p>\n

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Go on to Day 13. Click here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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