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Shakeout Trip

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In preparation for our three month summer trip (Maine/New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Newfoundland/Labrador) we decided to take a “quick” two week trip to Maine and Quebec City. tl;dr New record for travel between charges while pulling the trailer...150 miles. And we still had 16% “in the tank on arrival”. Based on this we could have gone 180 miles before stopping for charging. In Canada the speed limit signs are in km/hr. The Tesla autopilot cameras read the speed limit signs in kms/hr and display the speed limit on the dash in mph. No need to do math while driving. (if you just reading for the poodle pictures you can skip this next section) Geek Stuff PA to Maine: The well worn path Pulling the trailer to Maine has become second nature for us. It's about a 400 mile trip one way and we've done it as both one and two day trips. Since we were headed farther north in Maine than usual, around 550 miles, we decided two days would be better. First