Two weekends in the Adirondacks; +1 for Rivian Nav./Mapbox?

[jplblue]

We took back-to-back weekend trips to the Adirondacks.

• First weekend: We went to the Hudson Gorge Wilderness area, where we waded in a river by our campsite and paddled the nearby lake. Not counting the cost of food and home charging, the trip cost us a total of $6.05: we CCS charged for free at the Welcome Center, and got 47 kWh at an EVgo on the way home for $6 bucks. Can't beat the price!
• At the Welcome Center, another white R1S parked next to us to charge. The driver said, "Nice car" to me, to which I replied, "Thanks." My wife gave me a hard time for my reaction, but I was caught off-guard. (I was going to take a picture of our Rivians together but he surprised me when he got out of his car to say hi. Then I got too shy to take the picture.) If you're the other R1S owner, you also have a nice car!
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• The next weekend, we went to the High Peaks Wilderness area, where we hung out at the Wild Center (free charging for visitors), did a long canoe trip, and checked out Saranac and Keene for lunch/fishing/traipsing.
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Some items of interest:

• On the second trip, we notice that the Rivian navigation displayed primitive camp sites. These are first come, first serve with no reservation system, with generally spotty internet. I'm not sure how widely available this feature is, but I thought it was really neat! I'm not able to display the same using Google maps, so +1 for Rivian I guess?
  
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• On the way back, I decided to stop by a Tesla Magic Dock charger so that I we could make it to our favorite EVgo charger with a buffer (and just to check out what the fuss is about). The Tesla charger cost $14.56 for 28 kWh. We stopped at EVgo next and got 58 kWh for $8.32. The EVgo was a much better experience as it was less crowded, charged at a faster rate, and cleaner.
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[Hankenstein]

Good write up, thanks!

 

[Jccoryell]

We took back-to-back weekend trips to the Adirondacks.

• First weekend: We went to the Hudson Gorge Wilderness area, where we waded in a river by our campsite and paddled the nearby lake. Not counting the cost of food and home charging, the trip cost us a total of $6.05: we CCS charged for free at the Welcome Center, and got 47 kWh at an EVgo on the way home for $6 bucks. Can't beat the price!
• At the Welcome Center, another white R1S parked next to us to charge. The driver said, "Nice car" to me, to which I replied, "Thanks." My wife gave me a hard time for my reaction, but I was caught off-guard. (I was going to take a picture of our Rivians together but he surprised me when he got out of his car to say hi. Then I got too shy to take the picture.) If you're the other R1S owner, you also have a nice car!
• 
  
  
  
  

• The next weekend, we went to the High Peaks Wilderness area, where we hung out at the Wild Center (free charging for visitors), did a long canoe trip, and checked out Saranac and Keene for lunch/fishing/traipsing.
• 
  
  

Some items of interest:

• On the second trip, we notice that the Rivian navigation displayed primitive camp sites. These are first come, first serve with no reservation system, with generally spotty internet. I'm not sure how widely available this feature is, but I thought it was really neat! I'm not able to display the same using Google maps, so +1 for Rivian I guess?
  
• 
  
• On the way back, I decided to stop by a Tesla Magic Dock charger so that I we could make it to our favorite EVgo charger with a buffer (and just to check out what the fuss is about). The Tesla charger cost $14.56 for 28 kWh. We stopped at EVgo next and got 58 kWh for $8.32. The EVgo was a much better experience as it was less crowded, charged at a faster rate, and cleaner.
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Nice pics. We have a cabin in Saranac Lake. I have found the Adirondacks to have excellent charging infrastructure. My little town has level 2 chargers everywhere and level 3 chargers are plentiful along my route to and from the cabin. I wish I could say that about the Catskills, just dreadful

 

[jplblue]

Nice pics. We have a cabin in Saranac Lake. I have found the Adirondacks to have excellent charging infrastructure. My little town has level 2 chargers everywhere and level 3 chargers are plentiful along my route to and from the cabin. I wish I could say that about the Catskills, just dreadful

That's awesome! I'm hoping to do a canoe camping trip at Saranac Lake one of these days, but sites are hard to get.

Agreed on charging infrastructure generally. We used level 2 chargers in both Saranac and Keene -- the rates were cheaper than home charging. Although, I wouldn't complain if the western section got 1 or 2 RAN stations.

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