This post is part of a 15-day electric road trip through Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the East Coast and back home. Today, I reached Bowmanville!
Date: Friday, January 24, 2020
Series
- Tesla Road Trip: Traveling from Madison WI to Comber ON – Day 1
- Tesla Road Trip: Traveling to Niagara Falls ON – Day 2
- Tesla Road Trip: Ball’s Falls to Bowmanville – Day 3
- Tesla Road Trip: Arriving in St-Eugène – Day 4
- Tesla Road Trip: Bonjour Montreal – Day 5
- Tesla Road Trip: Bonjour Montreal pt. 2 – Day 6
- Tesla Road Trip: Mont-Tremblant – Day 7
- Tesla Road Trip: Mont-Tremblant National Park – Day 8
- Tesla Road Trip: Le Massif – Day 9
- Tesla Road Trip: More Quebec! – Day 10
- Tesla Road Trip: Reached Maine! – Day 11
- Tesla Road Trip: Tremont-Bass Harbor – Day 12
- Tesla Road Trip: Maine Coastline – Day 13
- Tesla Road Trip: New York-Ohio-Indiana – Day 14
- Tesla Road Trip: Homeward Bound – Day 15
YouTube Edition | Day 3
I recommend checking in with your Airbnb if it’s possible to plug in your car overnight. It can save you from the hassle of waking up to a cold battery like the above image. Your range is decreased until you’re able to get the battery warmed up and charging speed is significantly lowered as well.
Grimsby, ON Supercharger
Casablanca Winery Inn & Spa
Grimsby, Ontario
Ball’s Falls Conservation Area
Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
Immediately entering the first parking area at Ball’s Falls you’re greeted with two free EV chargers. Make sure you pack your J-1772 adaptor, otherwise you will be limited to the power outlet (listed on Plug Share app). It costs $7 to enter the park. The parking payment machine had frozen from ice and they were having payment problems, so they didn’t end up charging me anything.
Albion Falls
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I would have loved to see Albion Falls closer up but from what you can’t tell in the shot, it wouldn’t stop raining this afternoon!
Mountain Brow Blvd
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mountain Brow East Lookout Point
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
This is a very scenic drive with many places to pull over for a quick glimpse of the view of Hamilton, Ontario!
I had some trouble making my way through Toronto late this night but reached Bowmanville by bedtime. This was my first trial in car camping with the Tesla Model 3 on a Coleman Self-Inflating Mattress which I picked up on the first day, covered the windshield and blocked some of the light from the rest of the windows with privacy screens. Camping $0
No sleep interruptions that I know of besides the occasional headlight.