In Hamilton, NJ a father with his son and daughter were very interested in the Tesla so I gave them a tour of the car.   I also met Jamie from Mullica Hill, NJ who was charging his gray 85kw Tesla.  Next, Paul arrived from his home about 20 miles from this charging site.  After Jamie left, Alok from Princeton arrived in a white 85kw Tesla.  His name fascinated me and he said it is from India.  It turns out that his family has 2 Teslas (the other one is a P85kw version).  Alok and I chatted for a while and he invited me into the bookstore café to treat me to a nice cool drink.  Thank you, Alok!  When we returned outside to the cars, Phirun (a Cambodian name) was returning to his white Tesla 85kw that had pulled up while we were inside. He lives 5 minutes away in Hamilton… a true local!

Now here is the ironic twist, there was a lot of news in NJ about not being able to get Teslas because of the laws concerning dealerships.  Yet, here at this NJ supercharger there were 4 cars from New Jersey while I was there!!  That is MORE Teslas at this station than ANY other station that I encountered across the ENTIRE U.S.A (with the exception of Fremont, CA which is the location of the factory and the stomping ground of many “frequent chargers”).

I stopped charging at 4:10pm to cruise to the Jersey shore with 206 range.  I arrived and greeted my Mom at 4:57pm.  Odometer at 18,925 and temp of 77 degrees.  Range of 175 remains in the car for my visit this week. I emptied all of the contents of the car to re-sort and clean up. I spoke with the neighbor whose son is very interested in getting a Tesla.  Hopefully I will get to meet and speak with him.

Tomorrow, I will try to put together a summary of the stats in a single post.  Then I will give very brief daily posts until I begin my journey West.  Happy to have made it all 3,925 miles!!  Thank you for your comments and keeping me company in this half of my Tesla adventure.    Frugal Tesla