After leaving Beaver, UT at 11:30am, I arrived an hour later in Richfield, UT with temp of 83. This was only 64 miles away, and mostly downhill. I now realize that these close together chargers are really for the trip West which will be all uphill. Here I met Mark from Michigan who was charging his gray Tesla. So far, every Tesla owner I have met on this trip has the 85kw version. No other 60kw Teslas yet! I made some important calls (Hi Mom!) so I did not get the chance to blog in Richfield.

Just before leaving, 2 members of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department stopped to check out the cars. I gave the quick 3 minute tour and then headed out by 1:45pm to Green River, UT. Two hours later, I am here charging with odometer at 16,151 and temp at 98 degrees. 85 range was left in the car. Here some folks in an RV also received the 3 minute Tesla tour. Now for some scenery info:

From Beaver, the drive went past Fish Lake National Forest. This is not like a redwood forest or ponderosa pines with tall trees. It is many smaller trees all over the low mountains. But, after Richfield, there were many red rock formations and canyons that geologists would really dig (okay, bad pun). As I neared Green River, these became rock formations on steroids!  Seeing this really channeled my inner John Wayne. And I prayed a few prayers of gratitude for what I was seeing. Then I switched from sports and talk radio to the next random station. The radio locked on to the saxaphone solo of “Bad to the Bone”, a great driving tune indeed.

From Green River, I will drive on to exit The Beehive State and go to Grand Junction, Colorado.