South Dakota

The question of the day --- do I try to make it to Devil's Tower? The closest supercharger is in  Rapid City, a mere 104 miles from the monument, and charged to 270 I should be able to make the round trip easily. The elevation change is the wild card... How much more juice will it take to get there compared to the 'rated range'?? I'm leaning towards "do it!", particularly since I looked at the web site for Devil's Tower KOA, which has 14-50 chargers that I could augment my battery while I hike around. The campground seems like a must-visit... they show "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" EVERY NIGHT. Are those 5 notes reverberating through your head right now?

I will note here that the charge rate at the Mitchell supercharger seems slower than those in  Minnesota for some reason. The Southern Minnesota landscape is not as beautiful as western Wisconsin. Apparently the wind blows regularly since there are zillions of wind farm towers. The red lights simultaneously blinking on all of the towers at night is a little bit otherworldly.