Category Archives: Electric Car

Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 09 – Grand Canyon to Page

We really enjoyed our stay at the Grand Canyon. Karens’s health has deteriorated and we discussed returning home. Our original plans were to go to Utah next and see Zion National Park among others and work our way home via … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Days 07 / 08 – Grand Canyon

For our first full day at the Grand Canyon we took one of the parks shuttle buses. Many of the viewpoints are only available by shuttle bus during the high season. This prevents the parking lots or pull-overs from overflowing … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 06 – Sedona to Grand Canyon

The drive from Sedona to the Grand Canyon is relatively short at about two hours. I planned a charging stop at Flagstaff and we also picked up some supplies at WalMart. We arrived quite early and were lucky to be … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 05 – Sedona

We woke up and realized we didn’t have to pack and jump in the car for another day of driving. Sedona is a really beautiful city. It is very clean, strict building codes have even made MacDonalds change the color … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 04 – Gallup to Sedona

Gallup is 6,467 ft in elevation and we could tell our breathing was more difficult. According to my Fit my blood oxygen levels are lower, resting heart rate higher and respiration rate went up. We are heading to Sedona next … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 03 – Amarillo to Gallup – Tesla looses its brain.

Car looses its brain in Autopilot. As we jumped back onto I-40 I put the vehicle in Autopilot for the long drive ahead. Within a few minutes the car slowed and simultaneously tried to change into the passing lane as … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 02 – Ozarks to Amarillo

We slept late until 8 am and almost missed the breakfast at the Holiday Inn we stayed at. Today is the “big stretch” from Arkansas to Oklahoma City the longest stretch without another supercharger this entire trip. The cars nav … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 01 – Tennessee to Ozarks

We set off just after 9am. It was raining hard and I chose not use autopilot, I have seen too many YouTube videos of Tesla owners totaling their vehicles using autopilot in the rain. Autopilot does not let off the … Continue reading

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Grand Canyon Road Trip – Day 0 – Route Plan

We are planning a trip from Tennessee to the Grand Canyon AZ. Our last trip to Cape Canaveral FL had plenty of charging stations on the route. Out west things are spaced out more so we need to identify places … Continue reading

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Teslacon Florida 2022 1,500 mile road trip

We chose to attend Teslacon in Florida and make the trip by road in our 2018 Tesla Model 3. This was our first 1000+ mile road trip. Previously we had attended a Tesla event in Asheville which was a 600 … Continue reading

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