david_quick
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This week we took a trip from Seattle to the Columbia Gorge Scenic area. This involved driving south to Portland, OR then east on I-84 and a crossing on the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river back into Washington just outside of Stevenson WA where the family rented a beautiful VRBO home overlooking the river and lake Bonniville.
The route planner did not show any charging nearby and the trip could have been done on a single full charge. However we would arrive with about 15% SOC. So we stopped to charge in Longview WA at the Three Rivers Mall EA site.
and a short stop for a family meet up near the Portland airport where we added a few more miles while eating lunch.
Upon arriving at the house we had 60% SOC. and there were obviously 110V outlets near the parking areas. Of note there was a box in the garage labeled Car Charger but no socket installed. I suppose if I had contacted the owner ahead of time they probably would have installed one. In any case we plugged in and got back to 80% overnight.
One annoying aspect of all the route planners is none show available charging sites at the destination automatically. Once there I did a search and found an EA site 13 miles up the river in Hood River OR. This could have made one of our stops in needed.
Sunset on Columbia River Gorge.
The route planner did not show any charging nearby and the trip could have been done on a single full charge. However we would arrive with about 15% SOC. So we stopped to charge in Longview WA at the Three Rivers Mall EA site.
and a short stop for a family meet up near the Portland airport where we added a few more miles while eating lunch.
Upon arriving at the house we had 60% SOC. and there were obviously 110V outlets near the parking areas. Of note there was a box in the garage labeled Car Charger but no socket installed. I suppose if I had contacted the owner ahead of time they probably would have installed one. In any case we plugged in and got back to 80% overnight.
One annoying aspect of all the route planners is none show available charging sites at the destination automatically. Once there I did a search and found an EA site 13 miles up the river in Hood River OR. This could have made one of our stops in needed.
Sunset on Columbia River Gorge.
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