The Last Hike
The last morning at camp was a bummer. We both wanted to stay another week. But, we had obligations and knew we had to go. We did want to take one last hike, so we got up earlier than usual and took the Glacier Creek trail to Sprague Lake and back. It was a relatively short, level hike and would have us back in time to tear down camp before the noon checkout time. The total distance walked was 3.5 miles.
The Journey Home
We got back, packed the camp and passed the Ranger Station at noon. Perfect timing! We started back down to the plains with plans to stop in Denver for lunch and a charge (multitasking!). The friends we were going to meet were in the middle of a select softball tournament, so we weren’t able to get together on this trip.
Here’s some photos from the hike:
Our stops for charging were:
- Superior, CO. for a 20 minute charge so we wouldn’t have to charge in Colorado Springs or Pueblo,
- Trinidad, CO. for a charge to 90% that took about 40 minutes,
- Clayton, NM. for a very quick “safety margin charge” that took less than 10 minutes,
- Amarillo, TX (stayed overnight at a hotel that did not have a charger) I charged Monday morning, before Bonnie woke up, so it was sort of a multitasked charge…
- Vernon, TX for a final charge before getting back home.
The drive home was uneventful (thankfully) so I’ll just leave you with this: We drove 1,990 miles in an electric vehicle. We camped in an electric vehicle. Almost all of our charging did not impact our arrival time because we “fed ourselves when we fed our EV.” Except for the thunderstorms, hail and tornado warning, which occurred on the first night of the vacation, we had a blast. The issues with the storms would have affected any ICE vehicle in exactly the same way as our EV.
The key is planning. I cannot stress enough how great the apps/websites, “A Better Route Planner” and “Plugshare” are in the planning stage of any EV road trip as well as during the trip, as a reference.
Summer vacation time is here. Take an EV camping.
You’ll both love it!
