{"id":1695,"date":"2015-06-20T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2015-06-20T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T16:00:27","slug":"here-there-and-everywhere-day-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/public-charging-station\/here-there-and-everywhere-day-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Here, There, and EVerywhere – Day 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick note of thanks to the Beatles for inspiring the title for this series of posts. This is the twenty-second 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 21, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Day 22 \u2013 Drive on Saturday, May 23, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Omni Hotel Interlocken<\/strong><\/p>\n

If yesterday’s Hyatt Place is the picture of consistency, the Omni Hotel Interlocken is its inverse. We have had nothing but great experience with our lodging at the other Omni Hotels that we’ve stayed at. That’s how we were able to complete enough nights to have a “free night certificate” for last night’s stay. It was free. However, even that price was “too expensive” for the disappointment that was our stay at the Omni Hotel Interlocken.<\/p>\n

If you intend on staying at this part of Denver (Broomfield, CO) metro area and expect to stay at a “full service hotel.” Let me advise you to look elsewhere. This hotel needs improvement, a lot of improvement.<\/p>\n

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After parking with 199 miles of rated range last night, we’re starting the day at 196 miles, we lost three miles of rated range last night.<\/p>\n

When we drove out on our first day<\/a>, we consciously wanted to drive far from Southern California.  If you remember, we drove 808 miles on our first day<\/a>. What that day did was sacrifice some of the most beautiful views in the West, the Utah desert.  Today’s goal is to have a plan for either heading home or routing ourselves to the Pacific Northwest. Our main inflection point to make that decision is either Richfield or Beaver, UT.<\/p>\n

The next few supercharger stops will be the same ones that we took on our trip East.  With one exception.  We would like to make it to Arches National Park near Moab, UT before or around sunset this evening.  After that, it’s either spend the night in Moab, Green River, or Richfield, UT.<\/p>\n

As we were climbing into the Rockies, one of the exits close to the Denver Metro area had a funny sign about a Buffalo or Bison Herd (we were unable to take a picture of the sign.)<\/p>\n

However, we were able to take a picture of the herd as we drove by.<\/p>\n

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Heading West on I-70 from the Denver Metro area, means a change from the city scenes to the mountain scenes.  Like the Buffalo or Bison herd in the previous photograph.<\/p>\n

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It was fairly light rain, to start.<\/p>\n

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However, it looks like we were going to be encountering some “weather” on the way to Silverthorne, and perhaps beyond.<\/p>\n

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It was getting harder to enjoy the sights outside of the car when the weather starts to be a challenge.<\/p>\n

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Some rain starts to turn into showers, and in as cold as it is, some showers turned into snow showers.<\/p>\n

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I’ve driven in rain before, not often until this trip (Southern California is in a drought after all).  I’ve driven in snow, not with the Model S, mind you.  But I’ve hardly ever driven in snow showers, and this drive to Silverthorne was the first time that I’ve ever done such a drive in the Model S.<\/p>\n

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So, I figured to take my time and go as slow as the traffic will allow it.  We picked the white SUV on the right lane as it was going conservatively, but not irritatingly so.  Additionally, I figured that the SUV is about as heavy as the Model S, so it should react somewhat similarly as the Model S in the current road conditions.<\/p>\n

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The weather was quite tough and I was glad that we had a good buffer of rated range miles so that the only thing I had to worry about was the weather and be comfortable in our available charge.<\/p>\n

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Did someone not send the memo to tell Colorado that it’s already LATE MAY.<\/p>\n

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There’s still snow on the runaway truck ramp<\/p>\n

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We used a lot of energy getting to Silverthorne, but it makes for some great energy graphs.<\/p>\n

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Just like that, the weather cleared.  It’s as if Silverthorne had a protective bubble from the weather.  We said goodbye to our white SUV guide and exited at Silverthorne.<\/p>\n

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Silverthorne Supercharger<\/strong><\/p>\n

We arrived at the Silverthorne Supercharger during the outlet mall’s open hours is different than the last time we stopped here.  Rather than just stay in the car while we charged, we figured to stretch our legs and check out the shops.<\/p>\n

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It might only be approximately 90 miles between Silverthorne Supercharger and Glenwood Springs Supercharger, but with the way the weather’s been and the elevation changes, I’m charging it up.<\/p>\n

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So, the differential between what we consumed on our drive and the rated range is about 31 miles. The drive from the hotel to Silverthorne was about 76 miles with a consumption of 387 Wh\/mi.<\/p>\n

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As I mentioned, we got to stretch our legs.  We felt welcome at the Colorado Welcome Center.<\/p>\n

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We took the time to enjoy the dry, cool weather at Silverthorne.<\/p>\n

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By the time we got back to our car, we had some company.<\/p>\n

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These pictures are a reminder of my wife’s suggestion to Tesla that it might be nice for the supercharger stalls to have the name of the location<\/a> on them for these sort of photo opportunities.<\/p>\n

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So, the next supercharger in Glenwood Springs are 92 miles away.<\/p>\n

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We have enough for bad weather and elevation and more.  This is significantly more than the 100 mile “whatever” buffer that we’ve settled on.<\/p>\n

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But first, it was time to take a picture of dry, happy travelers.<\/p>\n

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So with 233 miles of Rated Range in the tank, we drove off toward Glenwood Springs Supercharger.<\/p>\n

The last time we were at the Breckenridge exit, it was Winter. We didn’t stop off at Breckenridge, CO on this trip, but the thing with Breckenridge is the altitude sickness when visiting the resort.  Each time I visit Breckenridge from Southern California, I have to take at least a day and a half to adjust to the altitude.  So, if you’re prone to bad altitude sickness, be prepared for it when you visit Breckenridge.<\/p>\n

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We’re passing another set of ski runs that would’ve been fun to ski.  Unless it was the same ski run that we photographed on Day 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The drive to Glenwood Springs Supercharger is made easier by the fellow Grey Colorado Model S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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When the weather turned bad again, we figured to follow the Grey Colorado Model S. He looked like he knew what he was doing.<\/p>\n

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This sort of energy usage tells us that there are lots of ups and downs on this route.<\/p>\n

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There is hope and a clearing ahead.<\/p>\n

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Through inclement weather and clear and sunny routes, it’s always more pleasant to be driving behind another Model S. No fumes.<\/p>\n

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I wonder if he’s getting tired of the Blue Califonia plated Model S behind him.<\/p>\n

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Now that’s the sight that I was expecting for Colorado in May, and not the snow showers we were being challenged by earlier.<\/p>\n

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Still some snow on those mountains.<\/p>\n

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I wonder if that Grey Colorado Model S will be supercharging at Glenwood Springs with us.<\/p>\n

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My wife is getting good at these interior panoramic shots.<\/p>\n

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Before we enter into the White River National Forest part of this drive, we spotted a familiar sight on the Southern side of I-70.  Costco Hot Dogs, anyone? Not us.<\/p>\n

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Just before the Glenwood Springs is the White River National Forest, it is the coolest part of this drive.  And it looks like the Grey Model S really enjoyed it ’cause they pretty much disappeared ahead of us.<\/p>\n

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The speed limit on this leg seems unusually low for me, it was difficult to stay there. The drive was too tempting. Here’s a fun video of the ride through a tunnel with us. Please don’t mind the person singing along to the music, he didn’t know that he was being filmed. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n