Day 1 - Happy Birthday to me!

From Home to Caring Acres Farm 288 miles

A gorgeous day (What? I love the rain) and a long, long road ahead. In 5 and a half weeks, we will return. Thanks to our house/cat sitter, we have peace of mind leaving our darling Ami in the best of hands. AND it's my 73rd birthday!


           East to West Overnight Stops
Caring Acres Farm, Lewisburg, West Virginia
KOA Louisville South, Kentucky
KOA Granite City, Illinois
KOA Joplin, Missouri
Elk City Lake, Oklahoma
Santa Rosa Campground, New Mexico
Good Sam OK RV, Holbrook, Arizona
Hooches Bar & Grill, Topock, Arizona
California Stops
KOA Bakersfield
Henk & Vernon's House, San Jose
Coyote Valley RV Resort, Morgan Hill
Arlene & Paul's House, Pine Mountain Club
Surf Outpost, Malibu
West to East Stops                                                                           KOA Needles
Meteor Crater RV Park, Winslow, Arizona
American RV Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Clovis RV Park, Clovis, New Mexico
Central Park RV, Dickens, Texas
Dinosaur Valley RV Park, Glen Rose, Texas
Crater of Diamonds, Murfreesboro, Arkansas
Graceland RV Park, Memphis, Tennessee
Elm Hill RV Resort, Nashville, Tennessee
Two Rivers Landing, Sevierville, Tennessee
KOA Natural Bridge, Virginia



We had Scooter of "Scooter's RV Repair" work on the TARDIS replacing the bearings on one wheel and repacking the bearings on both wheels as it has been many thousands of miles acrossing the country twice, and then going from, to, and from Quebec again (including a side trip to Massachusetts.)

Anyhow, Great job Scooter!


So long house...    See ya on July 2!
Onward to Caring Acres Farm (opens new tab) in West Virginia to stock up on grass-fed humanely treated meat, and to spend the night!

For those interested, I will attempt to recall (from notes) the food and the charging information, as well as the people we visited and met anew along the way. I don't have all the info (i.e. cost of each charge) but I will do my best to decipher all our notes.

It's our second year with the Model X towing vehicle and we now have a year of experience with "Susan" (We named the car after Doctor Who's granddaughter) We've developed our own gut feel for how long each day's driving will take--depending on terrain, elevation changes, and temperatures. AND there are far more chargers even than last year. I think the tipping point for the future of EVs has happened. Thank goodness. Hope we don't back slide.

This year, we decided to have shorter driving days, so we have time to relax and enjoy each stop. 

Charging Stops
Stop 1 - breakfast
70 miles to 
4537 South Laburnam Avenue, Richmond
Richmond, VA Mall near the airport with Starbucks across the street
Tesla Supercharger Head-in was available so we took it (yay)
Had breakfast from Starbucks and ate while we charged
40% to 95% 15 minutes

Stop 2 - lunch
140 miles to 
Tesla Supercharger 250kW
Tru by Hilton parking lot:
Hotel Drive #22
Lexington, VA (64 @ 11-Lee Highway)
Bathrooms were locked - Good thing we have the trailer for such emergencies
We had tuna sandwiches, sweet pickles and a bag of potato chips.
You will see this lunch A LOT as it is our go to when traveling
10% to 91% 20 mins
cost: $26.08

Caring Acres Farm, on Sky King Drive (Remember Sky King?) was so beautiful. Greenbrier Valley is just stunning and Carl was so nice. We bought lots of beef for the freezer and enjoyed the booklet about the valley he gave us. 

   
caring acres menu

This was a Harvest Host stop so we parked on a big green space overlooking the valley. There was only one other camper. A guy and his dog in a van camper, who was already gone when we were up early.

<--Here is what we bought. We'll cook the tongue in our stovetop mini pressure cooker and have lingua tacos! 

We kinda got there late and left early, so not much exploring, but it was very quiet, level, and safe.











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