abasile said:
Have you done the drive to your cabin yet?
Yes! Just got to the cabin about an hour ago. It's taken me some time to post this as I had to learn how to include pictures.
Trip Report:
The total trip was from our home in Bellevue, WA (elevation 85') to our cabin which is located 19 miles east of Chinook Pass (elevation 5432'), a total distance of 100 miles.
The first leg of the journey (which was not included in my original post) was from Bellevue to Enumclaw, a distance of 36 miles. Charged back to 100% at the Exposition Campground in Enumclaw before starting leg 2 to Greenwater. (this was leg #1 in my original post) It took about 2 1/2 hours to top off the charge.
My wife and I stopped for an hour in Greenwater to have lunch while the Leaf sipped on some 120V charge at a small campground just down the street from the Naches Tavern (& restaurant). We left Greenwater with 10 bars showing.
By the time we got to the top of Chinook pass, I still had 3 bars showing. It was probably more like 2.25 bars in reality. (Sure wish we had a SOC % to work from!)
The last leg down the east side of the pass was mostly coasting, with just enough re-gen to keep the bars at 3 all the way to the cabin. Ran the whole way with no climate control, lights or radio though (as others pointed out here) none of that would have made any difference. Next time I'll turn on lights & the radio, but keep the heat off. By the way, the temperature in Enumclaw was 63 degrees, the pass was 41 degrees and the cabin 56. A nice warm sweatshirt was just fine!
Here's a picture of the car at the top of the pass.
As you can see, it was lightly raining and there is still a LOT of snow on the ground.
As the pass just opened up last week after being closed all winter (as is normal for this pass), I'm pretty sure that this is the first Leaf over Chinook pass, and maybe the first electric car on the pass ever! (not sure how I could ever verify that, but it sounds good! :lol: )
And finally here's a picture of the car at our cabin, where it will remain for the duration of the summer.
I'll not be taking it between home and the cabin for those occasional trips as it makes a 2 hour trip into a 6+ hour trip and my wife is just not that patient!
Again, my thanks to all who posted on this for the great advice that really eliminated my hesitation to make this trip.
No doubt, these Leafs belong in the forest in the mountains!
Dave