Day 23 - Needles, California - 291 miles




One more sad drive through the Palisades and we are on our way to Needles KOA and our adventure is only halfway through.
















100% charge from the park, breakfast from Starbucks, and we are on our way...

Stop 1

Victorville, California - elevation 2959 feet, 120 miles from Malibu

Tesla Supercharger, head-in (I didn't note the percentages in my notes)

Cost was $17.35 ÷ 42¢/kWh = 40 kWh (whatever that means)

Every trip, something potentially traumatic happens. We usually end up saying how it could have been worse. This was one of those times.

We gained some range and had fun riding downhill much of this leg. We were about 45 minutes out from charging stop 1.

I took a picture of someone that had "F. ELON" on the back of their car. We also have that only instead of "TESLA" on the back of our car, we have "F.ELON in Tesla font where it used to say "TESLA." 

We were then rolling through the desert, listening to some tunes and reminiscing about our California visits and reveling in the perfection of our wonderful grandchildren when.

[Charging] Stop 2

145 miles to Electrify America in 
Barstow, California - Elevation 2175 miles 

53% to 100% - 45¢/kWh - 

103 available stalls out of 120! We had the perfect pull-thru spot with a sign that said, "Priority for Trailers" - very nice

Highest elevation for this trip was 3777 feet.  Needles elevation is 495', so we only had to stop twice for charging after regenerative breaking.

Our California ends, Needles KOA.  Our last stop in California. 


Some weird rock formations on the road to the campground. Not sure what it's about, but I too love the USAF since my daughter-in-law is a Major and currently serving, wne our son (her husband) was in the AF for 11 years.

So cool.






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