Oh the places you'll charge

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It's been pointed out to me that I've been neglecting a blog subject.  Apparently I've been writing plenty about the camper, the travels, and the dogs. But not so much about the electric car part. So today's post will be about the electric car stuff.

One of the reasons I haven't written much about the electric car charging is that towing electric has been...well boring. Boring being a good thing. Even outside the coverage of the Tesla supercharger network it's been routine.

On travel days we start with a full charge from the campground. If it's a short drive to the next campground (<120 miles) we usually don't stop to charge. For longer drives we've been using the FLO Chademo network throughout Nova Scotia. Not as quick as superchargers (50kW vs 105kW). But we usually combine the stop with grocery shopping, or sight seeing, or lunch. Generally we've got plenty “in the tank” for the next leg when we get back to the car.

On days we're not traveling we unhook the car from the trailer. With a 250 mile range without the trailer we can tour the area as much as we need, take long side trips, and charge overnight at the campground.

Here's our trip in Nova Scotia so far.

For those interested in the particulars or just pictures:

Aulac NB (the last Tesla supercharger) ---> Five Islands Provincial Park: 49 miles (destination)
Local side trips (multiple)


Five Islands ---> Elmsdale Chademo: 75 miles (charging and grocery shopping)
Elmsdale ---> Graves Island Provincial Park: 53 miles (destination)
Side trips Halifax, Lunnenberg, and surrounds



Graves Island ---> Elmsdale Chademo: 53 miles(charging and donuts)*
Elmsdale ---> Stellarton Chademo: 75 miles (charging and lot of chatting with gawkers)
Stellarton ---> Canso Campground: 97 miles (destination)
Side trips along Canso coastline

*strong head winds and rain that day so decided to top off instead of going straight to Stellarton charger



Canso ---> Monastery Chademo: 44 miles (charging, coffee, and donut stop)
Monastery ---> Baddeck Chademo: 68 miles (charging, toured Alexander Graham Bell Museum, lunch, grocery shopping)
Baddeck ---> Broad Cove Campground: 64 miles (destination)
Side trips Cheticamp, Meat Cove, Neal's Harbor, and surrounds




Broad Cove ---> Mira River Campground: 101 miles (destination)
Side trip to Louisbourg and Sydney



Ferry ---> Newfoundland...to be continued

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