{"id":1687,"date":"2015-06-16T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2015-06-16T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T16:00:38","slug":"here-there-and-everywhere-day-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/public-charging-station\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Here, There, and EVerywhere &#8211; Day 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A quick note of thanks to the Beatles for inspiring the title for this series of posts. This is the eighteenth in a series of posts written about our trip that will be published four weeks to the day of the trip.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2015\/06\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-17\/\">Missed Day 17, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 18 \u2013 Drive on Tuesday, May 19, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hampton Inn and Suites in Christiana\/Newark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were prepared for a vampire loss overnight of -10 to +1 range, we found that the cool rain provided us with the upper end of the expected range. We gained a mile from the time we parked last night to the time that we decided to roll out.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_101635 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17274139684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5454\/17274139684_493dafc4dc_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_101635\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_101643 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276225423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5336\/17276225423_cab5505de9_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_101643\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have anything to add to this hotel location except to highlight the fact that this was the only hotel on the trip, so far, that we have visited for a second time. That, in itself, should be a positive endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>We now stayed in\u00a0Delaware twice that we were beginning to wonder whether we should start a corporation or something.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to see how empty the hotel looks from the window of our room. This place was packed last night. \u00a0People really clear out early.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_094607 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17709024570\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8801\/17709024570_776296fc15_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_094607\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newark Supercharger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With around a 3 mile difference, the drive from the hotel to the supercharger was quick.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8502 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17897056205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5468\/17897056205_277fdc6882_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8502\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Delaware Welcome Center seems to be a very popular stop for buses heading on field trips (Washington, D.C. perhaps?). While we were sitting and charging at the location at least a dozen tour buses filled with teenagers had stopped by at this Welcome Center.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_102446 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276164883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8763\/17276164883_70136605b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_102446\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_102453 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276198483\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5325\/17276198483_365927fc1a_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_102453\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Delaware Welcome Center is pretty full during this time of day and if you&#8217;re hoping to get some Starbucks, be prepared to wait. Even with two locations inside the Welcome Center, the number of people in line gets quite long.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure with what we can expect at Hershey, PA, we range charged. The many routes to Hershey, PA from the Delaware Supercharger took us through many off-Interstate routes, and not knowing the area, we just randomly picked one. This time, on a lark, we thought to give Google Maps a try and used the turn by turn directions provided by Google&#8217;s iPhone app. We also put in our destination on Tesla&#8217;s in-car navigation, but decided to take the route that looked like it used the least amount of Interstates.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, we went off to go to Hershey&#8217;s Chocolate World.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_111820 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17709046850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8799\/17709046850_ca9c67b223_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_111820\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The recommended routes to Hershey Chocolate World on Google Maps and from Tesla Navigation were remarkably different. \u00a0The Model S first tried to get us to take a Route North then West, whereas the Google Maps one had us go Southwest and then North. \u00a0We stayed on the Google Maps and we were off the Interstate rather quickly. \u00a0We got off the Interstate in Delaware and entered the Maryland border on surface streets\/highways?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8503 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710783029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7787\/17710783029_9ed79c801e_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8503\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8504 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276558183\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5446\/17276558183_570955a019_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8504\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure what this meant when we passed it, so we went ahead and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=Fresh+Oil+and+Chips\">searched for it on Google<\/a>. We figured that it had nothing to do with <em>fish &amp; chips<\/em>, and we were right. \u00a0Apparently on some rural routes, its a method for repairing the road using\u00a0chips of rock with oil.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8506 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17896708105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5456\/17896708105_8cce68b8c9_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8506\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sign was followed with a progress at your own risk disclaimer which we found unnerving, but unsure of what\u00a0we would encounter over alternate methods, we pressed on. The sealing method must have done its job properly because we were lucky enough not to have chips of rock flying free on us on this portion of the drive. That would have been irritating, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow we found ourselves crossing into Pennsylvania though we did not capture the welcome sign into the state this time.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8507 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17870634076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8771\/17870634076_f04881a1c8_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8507\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not really very knowledgeable of Pennsylvania geography, somethings lead me to think that we&#8217;re in Amish Country. \u00a0Like the appearance of this sign that I was unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8508 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710721419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5453\/17710721419_04bd7e1c60_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8508\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ooh, Cows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8510 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710690569\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5449\/17710690569_09cdb9a9fa_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8510\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That confirms it, we are in Amish Country.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8511 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17274373274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8826\/17274373274_29581781bd_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8511\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a rather scenic drive. However, our friends at Google Maps navigation did try to send us to a closed road that we decided to turn around and use the Model S navigation about 30 miles into the drive.<\/p>\n<p>Another set of cows.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8512 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17893895622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8825\/17893895622_96c115b1a3_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8512\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8513 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17896896215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7669\/17896896215_2b4665ba95_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8513\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8517 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276397423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5337\/17276397423_e1aabf3357_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8517\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We ran into another sign to remind us that we&#8217;re sharing the road with horse powered buggys.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8518 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276385263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5337\/17276385263_8fd490d92c_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8518\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8520 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17897325731\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5349\/17897325731_0136858910_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8520\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few more signs that remind us that we&#8217;re in Amish country.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8521 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17709196820\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5343\/17709196820_af06c43895_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8521\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This place looked to be a recreation rather than an actual Amish location. Having chocolate on one&#8217;s goal compelled us to press on.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8522 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17276308023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7662\/17276308023_a33cc7b5dd_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8522\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hershey, PA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And we find ourselves entering the town of Hershey, PA. \u00a0A few signs that remind us of the importance of chocolate to the town and its history. \u00a0Just like our experience in Maine, these guys are\u00a0so friendly\u00a0that they had\u00a0TWO welcome to Hershey signs.<\/p>\n<p>The one that had a chocolate bar in it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8523 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17871454316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7750\/17871454316_562c444a98_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8523\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the other one that was all &#8220;official&#8221; and like.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8524 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17711777909\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8767\/17711777909_07148dca62_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8524\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lot of the signs about town were chocolate related. \u00a0Like the \u00a0movie house below, it&#8217;s called the CocoaPlex.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8525 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17871634096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5446\/17871634096_400e974905_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8525\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or the Cocoa Motel. \u00a0Seeing that we&#8217;re strictly focused on staying at Hotels with an H and not an M. \u00a0We skipped that spot. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8526 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898510351\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5338\/17898510351_6b2bf755e7_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8526\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tasty reading at the Hershey Public Library.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8527 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17897964175\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8885\/17897964175_d830f0c20a_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8527\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The town definitely has embraced the chocolate factory,\u00a0take a look at the street lights\/lamp posts.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8529 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17711687719\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5335\/17711687719_3f80361ee9_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8529\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kind of a tight underpass toward the Hershey Chocolate World.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8531 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17711678009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7768\/17711678009_682de22348_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8531\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8534 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17871538026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5457\/17871538026_624a743ea4_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8534\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to contrast the drive into and around Hershey, PA with my other experience in the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slough\">Slough, UK<\/a>. \u00a0Slough is the UK headquarters for Hershey&#8217;s competitor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars,_Incorporated\">Mars, Incorporated<\/a> (of M&amp;M&#8217;s fame.) \u00a0Aside from the tell-tale sweet smell of chocolate in Slough Trading Estate, the town didn&#8217;t seem to celebrate the Mars Bar or any\u00a0ties to the candy as Hershey, PA does to the Hershey Bar. \u00a0I would have enjoyed trying to visit either the Left Twix or Right Twix factory.<\/p>\n<p>After this brief drive through the town,\u00a0we enter Hershey Chocolate World.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hershey Chocolate World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hershey Chocolate World is a combination attraction and store. The thought to stop and visit Hershey, PA was borne from our <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2015\/06\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-09\/\">initial drive through PA on Day 9<\/a>. As we drove into PA, we thought how &#8220;cool&#8221; it would be to go to Hershey, PA. \u00a0No real planning or anything. Since it seemed to be away from Tesla Supercharger highway, we dismissed it until we can figure out a way to it. \u00a0And I was glad that we did.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8535 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710041228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7715\/17710041228_10a6a7a3d6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8535\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our later research into a visit to Hershey Chocolate World yielded us the information about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Electric+Vehicle+Charging+Station\/@40.2881033,-76.661514,17z\/data=!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x89c8bb3ee8b028a3:0x5522fafbabb449fa!2sHershey's+Chocolate+World!3b1!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x33a447792cb7ef00\">four Level 2 J1772 Chargepoint chargers<\/a> that were listed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plugshare.com\/?location=8057\">Plugshare.com<\/a>. \u00a0Additionally, it seems that Hershey, PA also has other chargers installed throughout the town. \u00a0So, armed with a bit of information, we were able to incorporate this drive to the return.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_131856 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17709996258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7716\/17709996258_83eb257aa4_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_131856\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_131753 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898392051\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8874\/17898392051_9d4a43a739_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_131753\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_131757 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17275301594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8766\/17275301594_f84cc7e9b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_131757\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The theme park was closed when we visited, but we weren&#8217;t planning on going there anyway, so we headed into the Hershey&#8217;s Chocolate World store.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_132130 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17895088502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8850\/17895088502_c219568318_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_132130\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_132142 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17899392871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8771\/17899392871_fb2676d138_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_132142\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The selection of Hershey&#8217;s chocolate was incredible.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_135726 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17872486266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7668\/17872486266_2b84a04e0e_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_135726\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White, Milk, or Dark?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_140653 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17872473396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7665\/17872473396_0290c927f2_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_140653\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was disappointed that they did not stock any of the international Kit Kat flavors.<\/p>\n<p>There were some attractions and we chose the free one, the &#8220;factory tour.&#8221; I have this is quotes because we didn&#8217;t actually get to see the factory folks doing their work, just a bunch of exhibits describing the chocolate making process. However, it was a fun little ride and diversion.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8537 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17895931772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5335\/17895931772_41afd7879b_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8537\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_140810 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898818735\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7745\/17898818735_308739410e_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_140810\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_140937 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710942578\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5335\/17710942578_c6bfd2bab5_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_140937\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141006 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898657461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5449\/17898657461_4fd418e8dc_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141006\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141023 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17278296513\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5341\/17278296513_fe0e634f50_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141023\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It turned out that the Factory Tour is a ride.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141109 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17895713972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7789\/17895713972_7b9fa7d050_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141109\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hershey&#8217;s chocolate starts with milk,\u00a0and milk comes from cows, so the tour starts with introducing us to the cows.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141141 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898718745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7771\/17898718745_0afb9f74d6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141141\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, we follow the tour to the various steps of the chocolate making process.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141233 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898668251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5443\/17898668251_5d19d752e6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141233\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141304 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17278187223\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7759\/17278187223_73dea27da0_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141304\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141325 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17872242156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7672\/17872242156_2443ff4e49_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141325\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141336 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17278142433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7657\/17278142433_42c02cbd29_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141336\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8541 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17895892632\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8859\/17895892632_4c1b2765c5_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8541\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141354 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17895571052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8794\/17895571052_86984128ae_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141354\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141426 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17895532672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7687\/17895532672_587c8a9741_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141426\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141434 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17275984094\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5445\/17275984094_69626bcb26_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141434\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141458 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17899045011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8832\/17899045011_f9301c38fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141458\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141508 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898506315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8885\/17898506315_d88b981edf_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141508\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141616 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710845420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5458\/17710845420_9a5eb82f1c_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141616\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141630 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710566478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8893\/17710566478_0a43e40f62_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141630\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141710 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17898896481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7669\/17898896481_a640fbd547_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141710\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8855\/17711341770_9083299731_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8540\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141748 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710727020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5458\/17710727020_082f9e8540_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141748\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_141752 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17710716090\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7675\/17710716090_9f8268365e_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_141752\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_143135 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17899176175\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7732\/17899176175_3245a68d44_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_143135\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter where you go, it seems that they\u00a0really like Kiss shaped lighting around Hershey, PA.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_143828 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17896137182\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7683\/17896137182_4aaf0ba04c_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_143828\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_143832 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17896121632\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5451\/17896121632_a85971b73c_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_143832\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we were done visiting the Hershey Chocolate World, it looks like it was just us charging here on this particular visit. \u00a0I figure that in the peak season, these chargers will more likely be used more often. \u00a0The parking lot was fairly empty.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0888 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17278782643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8805\/17278782643_64cb3f6db0_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0888\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_145921 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17872690026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7731\/17872690026_0bc932c6c1_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_145921\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_145925 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17711469480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5349\/17711469480_5ec37f9a8f_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_145925\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_145946 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17711198838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5447\/17711198838_f3d7599f8a_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_145946\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We rolled out with 200 miles on our rated range and our first Level 2 charge of the trip. This means that we added 28\u00a0miles of rated range for the 100 minutes that we were inside the Hershey Chocolate World. \u00a0That&#8217;s a rate of\u00a016.8 rated range miles per hour to\u00a0charge at these J1772 stations.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_145952 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17278582313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5325\/17278582313_15370bce13_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_145952\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking the opportunity to check out destination charging and making an entry for the beta of the (now released) <a href=\"http:\/\/appstore.com\/teslarati\">Teslarati App for iOS,<\/a> we headed to the AACA Museum, about 2 miles away from Hershey Chocolate World.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AACA Museum, Hershey, PA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The drive was uphill, but short, so we used about 3 miles of rated range to get to the AACA Museum on the route toward Hagerstown Supercharger.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_150950 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17746492559\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8778\/17746492559_5676758a38_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_150950\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_150947 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17746489019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5444\/17746489019_e9e82e1176_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_150947\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The chargers at this location were located in the driveway by the entrance to the museum. \u00a0We plugged in to see what the rate is and to get another &#8220;places you&#8217;ve charged&#8221; into the Model S. \u00a0Our experience at this location nets a 40A feed and not the 80A that we expected from these Tesla High Power Wall Charger (HPWC).<\/p>\n<p>Just ahead of the Tesla HPWC is the Hershey Kissmobile. \u00a0With Hugs, Almonds, and Kisses making up the main portions of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8550 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745234830\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5324\/17745234830_dc74a895e3_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8550\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151058 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17906380766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7687\/17906380766_23f73c16c7_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151058\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151111 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17310184834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5331\/17310184834_b986669dde_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151111\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151135 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17746497779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7717\/17746497779_9a44b07da5_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151135\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151119 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17746493739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8773\/17746493739_f8cfb8c9d5_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151119\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151126 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17929681932\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5322\/17929681932_2f032145af_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151126\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can actually see our car charging on one of the two HPWCs just behind me and the Hershey Kissmobile.<\/p>\n<p>Since we&#8217;ve been visiting many a car museum lately, (<a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2015\/04\/appreciating-the-past-and-hopeful-for-the-future-of-evs\/\">Nethercutt Collection<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotorsclub.com\/showthread.php\/45763-April-OC-Tesla-Club-Meet-April-26th-Reagan-Presidential-Library-in-Simi-Valley\">Petersen Museum collection that was at the President Reagan Library and Museum<\/a>) we decided to skip on actually going to view the exhibits in the museum.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151439 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17929712052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5446\/17929712052_9cea5021e6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151439\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_151444 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17744927788\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5332\/17744927788_9b8a9b467c_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_151444\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We charged enough to get the 3 miles that we lost getting to the museum and continued\u00a0on our\u00a0way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hagerstown Supercharger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We sent notices to a few of the Maryland guys, but they were unavailable. So, we\u00a0find ourselves\u00a0in Hagerstown by ourselves again. \u00a0Will just have to meet these guys &#8220;in real life&#8221; on another trip.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0889 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17744970278\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5338\/17744970278_e7192a8193_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0889\" width=\"800\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Supercharging at Hagerstown, MD and noticed that we just rolled past 40,000 miles @TeslaMotors Model S Roadtrip 2015 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17872866795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8837\/17872866795_c49295de24_c.jpg\" alt=\"Supercharging at Hagerstown, MD and noticed that we just rolled past 40,000 miles @TeslaMotors Model S Roadtrip 2015\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_172018 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17932770195\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8803\/17932770195_914b7ffc05_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_172018\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_182617 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745179120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8778\/17745179120_7c0f018809_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_182617\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We decided not to eat at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2015\/06\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-09\/\">Hagerstown Supercharger location this time<\/a>. \u00a0I did notice that we just passed 40,000 miles upon arrival at the Hagerstown Supercharger. \u00a040,004 miles, to be precise. \u00a0Long time readers know how much I enjoyed\u00a0documenting &#8220;significant mileage&#8221; milestones.<\/p>\n<p>When we set out to go to Hershey today, we discussed making the decision to go West and what route to take by the time we\u00a0finished charging at Hagerstown. \u00a0We decided to skip going South and Hagerstown, MD and Somerset, PA were the two superchargers that we will pass before we decide to continue back the same direction that we took to head East, or to take the just opened I-70 route.<\/p>\n<p>The completion of the St Charles, MO charger on I-70 had made it possible to cross Missouri to Independence. After the completion of this supercharger, more\u00a0aggressive drivers have been able to do this with one range charge. \u00a0In fact, my former co-pilot on the <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2013\/09\/tour-de-tesla-2013\/\">Tour de Tesla 2013<\/a>, Jim, tried to complete this in the April 2015\u00a0as an attempt via his much quicker &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EVCannonball\">EV Cannonball Run<\/a>&#8220;, he actually got a boost from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LithieTWTesla\">@LithieTWTesla<\/a>\u00a0via an HPWC 30 miles toward Independence, MO from St Charles, MO that they share on Plugshare as opposed to our more leisurely roadtrip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LithieTWTesla\">@LithieTWTesla<\/a> to charge up a few extra miles just to be cautious <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teslamotors?src=hash\">#teslamotors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EV Cannonball (@EVCannonball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EVCannonball\/status\/590688772909568001\">April 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, we reached Hagerstown, discussed it and decided to add the I-70 route to our plans. \u00a0I don&#8217;t normally correspond with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LithieTWTesla\">@LithieTWTesla<\/a>\u00a0so, figured we would make a stop closer to the middle, it looks like Columbia, MO have some options.<\/p>\n<p>We finally caught the state line crossing back into Pennsylvania on this part of the drive.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8555 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745279420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5348\/17745279420_e58a4d00a6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8555\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My wife decided to take a few more pictures of the car and the view from the side mirror again.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8565 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17932968325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5328\/17932968325_8db076ab8f_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8565\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8566 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17310392144\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7674\/17310392144_f02f1b717c_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8566\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We headed into the tunnels through the Allegheny Mountain pass here. \u00a0Though, we missed the A in this shot.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8569 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17929888152\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5446\/17929888152_92f903626f_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8569\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8570 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745285010\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8866\/17745285010_1a24d65a98_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8570\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We caught the whole sign, but the mirror image since we shot this picture through the side mirror.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8572 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17746690819\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7670\/17746690819_2062b23016_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8572\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some compelling pictures of the sunset again.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8575 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17906480686\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7749\/17906480686_1095464e08_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8575\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Got a better shot of the windmills in Pennsylvania on this drive. I don&#8217;t understand why folks are against these things. Considering the alternative, I would say that they&#8217;re pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8576 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17312433373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7671\/17312433373_aab3072689_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8576\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dusk offers us with the some of the most compelling shots of the trip.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8579 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17310355794\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8829\/17310355794_14e582a15f_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8579\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8581 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17933515891\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5452\/17933515891_c3ba485d20_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8581\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we find ourselves at Somerset location again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Somerset Supercharger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this location with a much darker time of day. Or dusk as it is more appropriate to call it now.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8583 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745068728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8888\/17745068728_48fe980730_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8583\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_201942 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745306950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5444\/17745306950_598c5312a1_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_201942\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_201938 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17312386013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5326\/17312386013_95213c9c9e_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_201938\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_202017 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17929828552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5338\/17929828552_3ef7d7a1a6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_202017\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_202033 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17310319414\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5336\/17310319414_4a2ec88880_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_202033\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long dusk period stayed with us as we departed Somerset on our new route Westward on I-70.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8585 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745312270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7733\/17745312270_a0fb557988_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8585\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8586 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17933675171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8848\/17933675171_f9005c0e9f_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8586\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8590 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17745183988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8813\/17745183988_b15ff9635f_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8590\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under the heading of, we&#8217;ve never slept in&#8230; Oh wait, we&#8217;ve never BEEN to West Virginia before, we decided to find a place near to or on the way to the Triadelphia supercharger.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that this location is at a hotel, so we just booked there.<\/p>\n<p>Spotted on the way to Triadelphia is California&#8230; Not the same one, apparently. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8599 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17929944622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8780\/17929944622_f450c9ff08_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8599\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8600 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17933001415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5452\/17933001415_901fb23e01_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8600\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we find ourselves at another state line welcome sign.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_8601 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17310428814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8831\/17310428814_a61272722b_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8601\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hampton Inn &amp; Suites, Triadelphia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We chose to stay at the Hampton Inn &amp; Suites, Triadelphia because the supercharger is located at the same place. \u00a0We make it a point, when we can, to stay and sponsor those businesses that have decided to support the supercharger network. \u00a0Besides, it&#8217;s most convenient to roll out of bed, and supercharge while getting ready for the day.<\/p>\n<p>So, we checked in for the evening with 117 miles of Rated Range left, and a new state to add to the list of states that we&#8217;ve visited. \u00a0At this point, the list of states that we&#8217;ve never visited is quite small.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_224306 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17312520713\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8814\/17312520713_7b2de513b9_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_224306\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_20150519_224301 by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/17933657481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5463\/17933657481_4189f445c6_c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150519_224301\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Go on to <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/2015\/06\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-19\/\">Day 19. Click here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"18_Newark to Triadelphia by Dennis Pascual, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/18410372691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/473\/18410372691_be74703dd7_c.jpg\" alt=\"18_Newark to Triadelphia\" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick note of thanks to the Beatles for inspiring the title for this series of posts. This is the eighteenth in a series of posts written about our trip that will be published four weeks to the day of the trip. Missed Day 17, click here. Day 18 \u2013 Drive on Tuesday, May 19, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/public-charging-station\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-18\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Here, There, and EVerywhere &#8211; Day 18<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14,16,31,19,21,24,25],"tags":[204,252,262,265,299,311,323,369,371,372,389,390,391,495,501,559,600,607,625,654,661,691,723,733,735,750,784,815,830],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-26","category-public-charging-station","category-roadtrip","category-supercharger","category-tesla","category-tesla-model-s","category-things-to-do-near-ev-chargers","category-travel","tag-christiana","tag-day-18","tag-de","tag-delaware","tag-electric-car","tag-ev","tag-evtripplanner-com","tag-hagerstown","tag-hampton-inn-suites-christiana-newark","tag-hampton-inn-suites-triadelphia","tag-hershey","tag-hershey-factory-tour","tag-hershey-world","tag-maryland","tag-md","tag-newark","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-public-charging","tag-roadtrip-2015","tag-route-map","tag-somerset","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-model-s","tag-tesla-motors","tag-tesla-supercharger","tag-triadelphia","tag-west-virginia","tag-wv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}