4.19.17

I already posted some teaser pictures.

We drove to Flagstaff. Our hotel was there and the super charger. We walked across the street to Freddy’s while the car charged. On our way to Flagstaff we got warnings from the car to slow our speed to make sure we made it to the super charger. I remember researching on my phone that if the car says 0 miles left if it was really 0. The internet was spotty so researching was difficult but I learned that 0 really did mean 0. We ended up arriving with some miles to spare so that was good.

Then we had to backtrack to go to the Grand Canyon. We did some research about charging our car there and learned we could. We wouldn’t have had to backtrack if they had more super chargers. We also looked into shuttles to the Grand Canyon but they seemed too expensive and too restrictive.

On our way to the Grand Canyon we were using a lot more battery than it originally projected.

We parked at a campsite to charge the car. The spot we got was very far from the entrance so I got out with Miles and Ella while Dave went to park. Both kids were asleep when we arrived and both woke up while getting them out of the car.

I’m pretty sure Dave loved the Grand Canyon. Miles didn’t know what was up. Ella sort of liked it but wanted to run around carefree. I did not like it. I’m far too afraid of heights to like it. Then add a 3 year old that can fit through spots in railings or fall over edges and I really didn’t like it.

It was very hot. It was really warm wearing Miles and a backpack. I was very exhausted.

We had to get a shuttle back to the campground and all the buses were full getting to us. We had to wait a few before we could get on.

Walking to our car in the campground there was an Elk.

The charge on the car was very slow so we didn’t get much additional mileage out of it. We were getting warnings on the way home and it was very stressful. We made it back though!