Dam. We did the dam tour. And it was dam good. Pics of our cross Canada trip.

[Voyageurs]

We travelled from Golden to drumheller a few days ago. We stopped at the Supercharger in Canmore. That supercharger is kinda trailer friendly as one can access any of the stations from either side. So we kinda occupied the one side and everybody else the other. We made it work.

Drumheller. What can I say. Definitely worth the trip. We have wanted to see the royal Tyrell museum for a long time. Very worth it. If you are a Canadian veteran with a CF1 card it’s free, We are. Woohoo. . Otherwise it’s 14 bucks for seniors and 21 bucks for everyone else. If you are a dinosaur afficionado it is the place in the world to go. Plan on at least 4 hours and 6 is better. Also some good hiking thru the badlands in the area. But bring good boots. Runners don’t cut it.

We stayed at a campground about 12 kilometres out of town. The hoodoos campground. It is close to some good hiking but if we had to do it again we would stay at the campground right in town. The visitor centre right across the bridge has free EV charging as well 11 KW. We took a couple hour walk around the centre and river area and took advantage of the free charging.

The hoodoos campground was clean and well run. There is a large section for permanents but they are more of a weekend getaway type bunch. Laundry, showers, 30 amp service only.

So far not one campground has had anything other than 30 amp service. Here’s a shot of our site. Remember. This is the badlands. .

On to Saskatchewan tomorrow. We will be stopping to visit family on the way back but not one on the way out.

Cheers.

 

[Chargerman]

Great read. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Voyageurs]

Yesterday we had a long day. We covered 530 kilometres as well as got some much needed shopping and restocking done as well as refilled our propane tank.

Our trailer has a single 20 lb tank and we keep a 5 pounder in the same compartment as an emergency backup. Anyway, very little to show in the way of pics as we are not touring this part of the trip. That will start again when we get to Ontario. Sorry for the boring pics but here are a couple of the superchargers we stopped at just to give an idea of their configuration etc.

This first one is a drive in trailer stall. Some of the supercharger sites have one or sometimes two of these site. You drive in and the charger is right beside the port.

This one we screwed up on. We could have parked on the other side and not blocked any sites. Duh.

Last night we stayed in the village of Chaplin campground. 15 bucks for a powered site but only 15 amps. Meh. It’s all good. Oh, and that’s not snow in the background, it’s a kind of salt that’s mined in the area. Cute little town. A few hundred people. Friendly folks.
Should be close to the Ontario border by tomorrow.

 

[Voyageurs]

Another pretty boring day. We made the mistake of following the navigation into Winnipeg to use the Supercharger. I should have just used a Chademo charger on the ring road but not being familiar with Winnipeg…. Let’s just say don’t go into Winnipeg unless you really have.
2 of the three superchargers we used today had trailer stalls…and this one didn’t. It was however quiet so we didn’t have to unhook.

Anyway, we made it into Ontario. We have one more long day and then we’ll dial it back into touring mode. We’ll be offline for a bit and will post some pics next week.

Cheers

 

[Voyageurs]

Ok. I’m not telling you where we are. I’ll put up the picture and give a hint or two.

This place leaves you with a superior impression and there is a large body of wawater near it.

 

[Voyageurs]

We camped in Agawa bay Provincial park last night. About 50 bucks for a site with 30 amp power. This is a pine forest campground. Smells great and right on Lake Superior. Coming from BC it is weird to be on a lake that you can see all the way to the horizon.

Great campground but I wouldn’t recommend a trailer over 24 feet although we did see a few sites that you could probably go to about 28 feet.

 

[Voyageurs]

And one more pic from our morning walk.

 

[Voyageurs]

C’mon. How cool is this for a supercharge stop. Sault Ste Marie ontario

 

[Jim]

C’mon. How cool is this for a supercharge stop. Sault Ste Marie ontario

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What does it cost to use the supercharger?

 

[Voyageurs]

What does it cost to use the supercharger?

Hi Jim. This particular charge cost us 26.16. But in Canada your billing is based on the speed of the charge. So if the rate is at 250 kw then it’s more expensive than if it is at 50 kw. As the battery gets filled the speed slows down. Total kilowatts dispensed was 57 kilowatts so I must have arrived somewhere around a quarter charge. (I didn’t look).

I think that may be different in the US but am not sure. Seems to me it is dispensed by kilowatt there but I’m not sure.

Hope that helps Jim.