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

[Voyageurs]

It was tight but we managed to squeeze in for a few electrons. (That is sarcasm. Holy carp . This is Belleville Ontario.

 

[Chargerman]

What are you averaging for mileage on a full charge?

 

[Voyageurs]

What are you averaging for mileage on a full charge?

I don’t know in miles but we use 200 kilometres for planning although it can vary based on conditions and speed etc. on a typical 500 to 600 kilometre day we charge three times. Usually one in the morning, once at lunch and once in the afternoon. Typically 20 to 30 minutes per session. The duration kind of depends on the spacing of the superchargers. By the time the chihuahua is walked and we have used the facilities and the coffee cups are full its time to go.

I think the dedicated electric half tons will be better at this. But this works fine for us. Gotta say though, the only time we have ever had to wait for charging is when we have used a non tesla fast charger which was maybe once during the trip.

We are stopped in Kingston for a week visiting family. Then we’ll be back in tour mode for a week or two so those are typically short days of less than 100 kilometres. Then we’ll be heading west out of Quebec and knocking off a couple thousand kilometres in about 4 days and then back into tour mode for the last 2 weeks thru southern Alberta and southern BC. Should be fun. But for now we are driveway camping.

Hope that helps.

 

[TheLooks]

And now a reality check.

WSJ Electric Vehicle Road Trip a Disaster

The four-day road trip in an EV left the author grateful for her ordinary car, even at today's high gas price.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Voyageurs]

Yah, no. . It’s more of a reality check on charging at public chargers and the turmoil and troubles that come with that. It has nothing to do with charging or travelling in a Tesla using the Tesla private supercharger network where one would experience none of those problems or charge times. There is a reason that Tesla is the vast majority of the EV market. We have experienced 100 percent serviceability in almost three years. Of tesla travelling.

It’s also much cheaper than they are alluding to and 6 to 7 times cheaper if you charge at home.

I get that this is an American right wing publication and in the US EV’s are actually politicized. If you are one party EV’s are bad. And the other party they are good. . That is kinda goofy in itself. The article is a hit piece written by a political party. Funny but true. .

Safe travels all.

Cheers.

 

[Voyageurs]

Woohoo. Back in tour mode. We have had a great week and a half of visiting relatives in various parts of Ontario. But today we hit the road and crossed into Quebec this afternoon. We are staying at Pointe des cascades campgrounds on lake ST Louis. Lots of history here going back to the American Canadian war in 1812. Canal building etc to get munitions and such to Ottawa.

The first 15 minutes of conversation was fun as every time I was missing the correct French word my brain would fill it in with the Spanish word. Thankfully the lady at the tourist bureau also spoke Spanish so it actually went pretty smooth. After the first 15 minutes my brain found it’s French groove and I am yammering like a native speaker…with a horrible English accent. .

Here are a few pics. On to Quebec City tomorrow. Should be fun.

Oh, and the last supercharger in Ontario, and it had a trailer stall, keeping our average at about 50 percent the number of superchargers that either have trailer stalls or back access to the stalls.

 

[Voyageurs]

We arrived in Lévis Quebec. We are here for a about 5 days and will use this as a base to explore the surrounding area including Lévis and Quebec City.

I highly recommend this location as a base of operations for the old city of Quebec. The ferry ride is 10 minutes, you can bring your dog, you park your car on the Lévis side for 8 bucks for the day or take the campground shuttle for free.

We stayed in the campground called “Camping Transit”. Very nice husband and wife team that own and run it. 200 plus spaces. Excellent wifi. Maybe 10 minutes to the ferry parking lot…ish.

Today we took a down day and just toured the old city of Lévis. Hundreds of years of French Canadian history here. It feels good to speak French again although most in the tourist industry here can speak some English.

Like most Quebec cities it is super clean and SUPER FRIENDLY to tourists.

Too many pictures to explain here but like most of Quebec, a very European feel. I love this province.

Oh, and for those towing with Teslas, the Drummondville supercharger is an excellent lunch stop if coming from Ottawa. Located at a huge mall and it has a grocery store.

That is Quebec City in the background on the other side of the st Lawrence river, chateau Frontenac and the plains of Abraham where a decisive battle was fought between the British and French.

A catholic high school.

Fountains at the ferry terminal.

Tomorrow we take the ferry and start exploring the old city of Quebec. I intend to try and eat my weight in poutine while I’m there. Wish me luck.

 

[Voyageurs]

And a few more pics of Lévis off Angela’s phone. This is just such a nice little town.

 

[Jim]

Beautiful! But what are those pictures of @Voyageurs ?

 

[Voyageurs]

Hi Jim. All those pictures from today are of the town of Lévis. It’s right across the st Lawrence river from Quebec City in the province of Quebec.

 

[Jim]

Hi Jim. All those pictures from today are of the town of Lévis. It’s right across the st Lawrence river from Quebec City in the province of Quebec.

I'm trying to find out what the buildings are. The first one looks like maybe apartments? The second one looks like maybe a courthouse or something? And the third, individual apartments or homes?

 

[Voyageurs]

I'm trying to find out what the buildings are. The first one looks like maybe apartments? The second one looks like maybe a courthouse or something? And the third, individual apartments or homes?

The one that looks like a courthouse is actually a catholic junior senior high school. The other ones are various residences. I love the architecture.

 

[Voyageurs]

Short entry today. We are beat. I think we did 15000 steps today in Quebec City…and I’m sure it was uphill…both ways. And I was carrying our old chihuahua for half of it. . So 7 pictures only. Great city. Super friendly. I seem to have regained my fluency in French although I’m sure I have list a bit of my vocabulary. . I just used Spanish words to fill in the blanks. (You would be surprised how often that works .

If it’s not on your list then add this city and region to your list. Easy to kill a week here.

Here we go. M

 

[Chargerman]

Very nice pics. Thank for sharing your experience there.

 

[Voyageurs]

Very nice pics. Thank for sharing your experience there.

Our pleasure.

 

[Voyageurs]

Hi folks. Just going thru some more pictures of the Quebec City area which I will post today or tomorrow. We are on the way back west.

But we also stopped at an enroute rest stop in Ontario for a pee and coffee break and they had an IVY branded charger there with a CCS and Tesla station. Never seen anything like it. It has a built in adaptor for Teslas. Figure we would try it out and low and behold it works. Kinda slow at 50 kw but then again the rest stop had 2 restaurants so it would probably be fine for a lunch stop. We only stayed long enough to try it and get a few pics as we were headed for the Supercharger in Cornwall. Anyway, here are a few pics. Good to see public chargers adding Tesla cables.

Anyway, I’ll get the remaining Quebec pictures up soonest.

 

[GleanerC]

A very recent addition to our local DC station. Tried it for the first time last evening. The adapter is stored in the white box just left of the red bollard. Only hit 31 kW but I was at 76%. Next time I’ll give it a try at a much lower state of charge. Agreed, great additions.

 

[Voyageurs]

Just a few more pics. We have been on the road and now dead heading across northwestern Ontario. 500 to 600 kilometres a day which for us is a lot as we typically travel half or less than that. Back into touring mode day after tomorrow. But here are the wrap up pics from Quebec City area and along the route.

Montmorency falls outside Quebec city.

Basilica de Beaupre

Sucking up some free electrons at the Voyageurs lodge and cookhouse. They allow free dry camping and Tesla destination charger usage. We had a great breakfast at their grab and go restaurant. We stayed the night. Crazy electrical storm in the morning.

Our charge stats after 32 days on the road. The red is Superchargers and the grey is campgrounds. I’ll have to check but I think we are at just under 8000 kilometres at this point.

We’ll check in in a few days. Safe travels folks.

 

[Voyageurs]

A few more pics. Kinda boring but we are dead headed to Alberta and Waterton National park. Covering 500 to 600 kilometres per day. Back in camping and touring mode tomorrow. Hopefully the pics will be more interesting.

 

[Voyageurs]

Made it to Waterton national park. We overnighted at a supercharger last night after a 600 kilometre day.

ITS RAINING HARD HERE. More coming tomorrow but after that it should be nice for a few days. Lots of hiking planned after we update our bear spray. So far we love this park.

We dry camped here last night. Long day.

These falls are 300 metres from our camp site.

Our camp site in Waterton national park.

More coming in the next few days…unless we get eaten by a bear.