{"id":2531,"date":"2016-09-20T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2016-09-20T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T17:00:23","slug":"the-long-way-round-day-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/public-charging-station\/the-long-way-round-day-09\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Way Round \u2013 Day 09"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a hat-tip to the\u00a02004 TV mini-series<\/a>\u00a0from Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. This is the ninth day\u00a0in a series of posts written about our\u00a02016 EV Roadtrip\u00a0written in the same manner as our\u00a02015 trip. \u00a0Here, There, and EVerywhere Trip – Day 01<\/a>, i.e. summaries written for each day of the trip, published each day, this time\u00a0<\/em>two months\u00a0from the day of the trip.\u00a0It may seem funny to some to have a summer trip published at the start of the Fall, think of it as some daily entertainment for those that are back in their offices thinking about their past summer trips that could have been or thinking about their next trip.<\/em><\/p>\n

Missed the previous day’s post, click here to read Day 8\u00a0of this trip<\/a>. \u00a0You’re just joining us on this trip? \u00a0Click here for Day 1<\/a> and start from the beginning!<\/p>\n

So, why the long way round? Well… We got four referrals on the Fourth Tesla Referral Program (May 30, 2016 to July 15, 2016) and we expected to get an invite to the Gigafactory Party, so we thought to start our trip and\u00a0go to Reno (a nearly 500 mile direct drive from home) via the Pacific Northwest (about a 1600 mile detour) with the intermediate goal of attending the EV Roadmap 9\u00a0Conference<\/a> in Portland, visiting family who were spending time in Seattle, WA and family in Vancouver, BC before turning back for the party.<\/p>\n

So, what do we have in store today? \u00a0Today we continue to head South toward Reno for the Gigafactory Party on the 29th. We’ve also registered to do some of the events for TMC Connect 2016. Our first event is the Dinner Reception on Thursday evening for TMC Connect 2016. Rather than take a different route back to Reno, we’ve decided to stay on the same Interstate 5 route.<\/p>\n

The main reason for staying on this route is we are trying to meetup with many fellow EV folks who reached out but were unable to get together during the Northbound journey.<\/p>\n

Day 9\u00a0– Vancouver, BC Southbound to as far as we can.<\/b><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 July 26, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

We got a good night’s sleep and fully charged at our hotel before we rolled out.<\/p>\n

Had $30 CAD left in my pocket, and since we’re not planning on being in Canada anytime in the near future, decided to go ahead and apply this cash to our hotel balance.<\/p>\n

As I was settling up, it looks like another Model S was just moving in. \u00a0Perhaps a single HPWC is all this location needs for now. \u00a0I do believe that they just need a little more parking spots dedicated to the hotel. \u00a0I’m quite aware that many EV travelers will need to\u00a0be more cognizant of fellow EV travelers and make accommodations for folks to\u00a0share a single HPWC. \u00a0This means that they should be ready to\u00a0move their vehicles when done charging (a good\u00a0plan) or to at least provide their contact information if unable to do so easily (or both, an even better plan.)<\/p>\n

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