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EV Road Trip – Day 2

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, EV Road Trip, Renewable Energy, The Island Way

Today’s agenda:EV Road Trip

  • Wake up early and charge at Cle Elum Coffee Company – caffeinate and walk Pepper
  • Tour at the Wild Horse Wind Farm
  • Charge at a solar charging station at the Ginko Petrified Forest Trail in Vantage – walk Pepper
  • Wanapum Dam stop – visitors center
  • Priest Rapids dam – recreation area good for dog romping
  • Final stop Richland (128 miles)

We drove 157 miles today.

Photos from the day

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