Who knew that I could have so much fun driving?!!  As I headed onto 17 S to get to Wickenburg, AZ, the skies darkened and the most amazing and complex bolts of lightening lit up the world with electric splendor over the mountains.  The radio played oldies as narrated by Dick Clark and I sang along with every tune at the top of my lungs while laughing out loud. Perhaps I was giddy with the anticipation of the rising of the super moon? Or maybe the electrifying excitement of nature’s light show filled me with joy? No matter what, I could not help but praise God for all the glory!! I was even delighted when rain poured down, because at last, the car was cleaned of the residual dust!

Once again, as I drove past the storm, I saw amazing sunset to the right, and kept looking for the super moon to my left.  Unfortunately, the super moom was being upstaged by the “super cloud” in the sky.  Then suddenly, at 7:35pm while driving on 74 West past Lake Pleasant, I caught a glimpse in the driver side mirror of a small sliver of the super moon peeking out of a tiny gap in the middle of the huge cloud. Now I was even happier.

As I approached the town of Wickenburg in complete darkness, the map on my screen went blank. All I could see was the red dot representing the supercharger and the red triangle representing my car… no roads or landmarks at all!!  So, I was glad that I had taken the extra time in Flagstaff to go “old school” and write down the directions. I found the chargers easily in the dark since they were lit up with red neon-like “TESLA” on each charging post! This effect is definitely more appreciated by night. Turn in at the big BASHA’S Frontier Center sign. I arrived at 7:57pm with odometer 23,195 and 78 range remaining and temp at 97 degrees. It was super windy too. I took some night photos and appreciated the nice church across the street. I left at 8:45pm with 185 range to find the supercharger in Gila Bend, AZ.

As I drew closer to Gila Bend down the Phoenix Bypass Route 85, I switched my air ventilation system to cycle within the car only, since a horrible swamplike stench was entering. I arrived in Gila Bend at 10:30pm with odometer at 23,289 and 102 range remaining at temp of 94 degrees. While there, I spoke with Fernando at Tesla in Fremont, CA to learn more about the operation of the heating/cooling system of the car. I wanted to learn if there was a way to keep the air conditioner on when I am not seated inside the car. But it seems that I can only do that if I have an app… and my flip phone does not have apps.  I added the idea of a new software upgrade to allow that option from the car so maybe Tesla will do this in the future. I finished charging to 185 range and left at 11:10pm for the mile marker 85 off of I-8 W in Arizona rest area. (The supercharger was just before mile marker 118).         Frugal Tesla