I made it, thanks to all of your help.  Without your comments, kind thoughts, and prayers, this journey would be impossible. So I will always be grateful to all of you for your support in making this dream come true for me.

At 7:49am I headed out of Santa Cruz  with odometer at 24,357 and 156 range at temp of 64 degrees.  The sky was completely gray and it was misty and foggy… the typical weather for summer in Northern California.  I headed along Highway 1 to Highway 17 to travel over the Santa Cruz Mountains and through the redwood trees.  At the summit, the sun was shining brightly and I could see the stratus cloud of fog behind me in the rear view mirror.  As I approached Lark Avenue in Los Gatos, a gray Tesla passed me on the freeway.  Later, I saw a red Tesla driving along.  Now I KNOW I am in Northern California, having seen two Teslas driving along on the same day.

I arrived at the Fremont superchargers at 8:59am with 24,406 on the odometer and 113 range remaining with temp of 68 degrees. The store would not open until 10am.  There were two Teslas charging (one white and one red) and a gray Tesla pulled up with Ian aboard, who works here at the Tesla factory.  Later, another red Tesla with dealer plates arrived to charge.  Jin was driving this one, and she was using some products to give this car the “showroom shine” treatment for sales display purposes.  I shared my travel story with Ian and Jin, and then they headed in to work.  The white Tesla pulled away to leave and soon another white Tesla arrived with Brian and his wife, Malou.  They are from the Vancouver, Canada area and were on their way home from a trip to Las Vegas, NV.  While charging in Fremont, they were hoping to be able to go on a factory tour.  I had a nice time speaking with both of them and was happy to hear that there was space for them to join the upcoming tour.  I also had a chance to say hello to Sylvie at the front desk inside (after 10am), use the rest room, and get a cool drink of water before heading out.  My charging was done and I headed out at 10:28am with 206 range.  This begins the final leg of the journey!

As I drove away from the Fremont chargers, I wondered (like I always do) what the orange dashed line on the right side of the “energy meter” means.  I always seem to forget to ask about this dashed line when I am near any Tesla service people.  Driving from Fremont to San Francisco is such a familiar path, and the hectic driving pace is typical too.  After the experience of driving all over the USA, I can seriously conclude that most other states have drivers that understand the idea of “keep right except to pass”.  Unfortunately, in California I find that the usual attitude is “keep left except to exit”.  Today seemed to be in accordance with this latter situation.

At 11:33am, I pulled in at the end of the journey… in San Francisco at last!  The odometer was at 24,457 with 161 range remaining and temp at 64 degrees.  So, that means the total miles for the roundtrip was 9,457 miles.  I had about 20 minutes to empty out the car.  Then I headed out to have lunch with my friend Josh and then join him for a round of disc golf (or as Josh likes to call it, “frolf” for “frisbee golf”) in Golden Gate Park.  Later in the early evening, I finally had a chance to wash the car of the “sugar coating” of dust from the Arizona dirt roads of Kofa Refuge.

This weekend I will be busy trying to catch up on mail, bill paying, and settling back in.  I will attend a Tesla event in Monterey on Saturday night.  On Monday, I will try to add a summary for the Westbound trip to the blog.  Have a great weekend, and check back on Monday for more info.  For now, good night! Frugal Tesla