From Murdo I went 10 miles to Draper to go to 8:30am Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Draper has mostly dirt or rocky roads rather than paving. So I took my time and enjoyed a nice service led by Father Gary Oroshoski. Afterwards I was invited for “coffee and rolls”. Since I am not a coffee drinker, I did have a slice of cinnamon doughnut and spoke with some of the parishioners there. My favorite was the baby boy who had an infectious belly laugh that had everyone smiling. After demonstrating aspects of the car and answering questions, I left Draper via N-13 back to 90E at 9:40am with odometer at 17,070 and range of 160 with temp at 76 degrees.
Heading East, I crossed the Missouri River, which is wide indeed. Passing by many cornfields, I fell in behind a truck and went 66mph in the 75mph zone to extend my range. I arrived in Mitchell, SD at 11:45am with 25 range left. At first I could not find the Tesla supercharger, but finally found it across from the Goodwill dropoff area. I plugged in and wrote up the blog post that I could not write in Murdo.
It appears from eyeballing the USA map that this is about half way across the country! odometer is 17,203. With range at 206 and one blog post published, I set off for Minnesota at 1:15pm. FT
We enjoyed the short visit we had with you in Worthington. You have just transected two of the largest wind generator fields in the U.S. We should surmise that your ride across the Dakota’s and Minnesota was partially provided by the wind (wind generation)
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Thanks Bill, I hope you had a great time wind surfing. There certainly was a lot of wind in MN today! I enjoyed seeing all of the wind generators in the farm fields. FT
Hey Frugal, we made home no problem taking the route I descriibed to you. We were home around 10pm and it was a calm day in Wyoming and Colorado! It went well and SIRI said the winds were only 9 in Lusk and 10 in Cheyenne as we were leaving! The day we came up short I am guessing the winds to be 20-30 gusting to 40 or 50 mph but that’s just a guess as I did not think to check it that time. Leaving Lusk in the past I took on a charge of 200 that time thinking of 60 plus reserve was plenty. So this time we arrived with a surplus of 60. Wow, what a difference but remember we did not go west to I-25 but south instead! Also it was colder like 35 degrees back then. Anyway, no worries if you go through Torrington Wyoming
Thanks Mark and Terry. Glad to hear you made it back this time! It is nice to feel a community of 60kw owners who can help each other like this. Be well. FT
Well seovps, The answer is no. I do not really care about quantity… rather I am looking for quality readers. So, if you are reading this, you may know that I appreciate you! Frugal Tesla