Tucamcari to Amrillo

We didn’t make it to Amarillo as we had hoped for yesterday, which means we are at least two days from home. We headed straight out after breakfast and our first stop was at Amarillo TX. This was a quick 16 minute charge and bathroom break.

Amarillo to Shamrock

We drove directly to Shamrock where there is a neat retro gas station and Route 66 Museum. The Museum was open being a weekday and we grabbed an ice cream and got some Route 66 stickers. They have a map where you put a pin where you live and I had a hard time squeezing my pin. The staff said they remove all pins each January and start over. So within 5 months middle Tennessee is already filling up with pins! There was a separate world map for international visitors to the museum.

Shamrock to Weatherford

This leg was a short trip to Weatherford. I prefer quick stops rather infrequent long charges, you get less stiff with a walk every 2 hours or so. To get to Oklahoma City I didn’t need to charge very long, just 11 minutes.

Weatherford to Oklahoma City

Another quick leg and we arrived at Oklahoma City at about 5pm. If we stayed here for the night it would doubtful we could make it home tomorrow in one day. However the next stop along I-40 is over 2 hours away at Van Buren Arkansas. To get enough energy to make it we would need to charge for 50 minutes using the V2 charger here in OK city. We chose to drive to Tulsa which is about half way but we would need to go on a 30 mile detour. I can drive that 30 minutes in less than 50 minutes. After a few minutes of charging a few cars left and I decided to move my car so I wouldn’t need to share charge with my neighbor. This shaved 10 mins off the charge session.

Oklahoma City to Tulsa

I remember the roads between Van Buren and Oklahoma City were absolutely awful, this route to Tulsa was very different. Many of the roads were toll roads and they were maintained much better. In addition the speed limits were 80 rather than 75 so we were able to make rapid progress to Tulsa. One of the tolls read your license plate but a few we did have to stop and pay cash.

The supercharger at Tulsa is awesome with 24 V3 stalls. Tulsa also has another supercharger location with 8 V2 stalls. So much better than the chargers at Oklahoma City. I did a long charge session so we wouldn’t need to visit in the morning. The city of Tulsa looks like a really nice place, good call not staying at Oklahoma City which isn’t very attractive looking.. We booked a room at the Springhill suites. The best Hotel we stayed in the entire trip and was inexpensive at $120.