| Eureka Mesquite, Nevada
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Today we cross the Mojave Desert as soon as reasonably possible.
We had breakfast at the Eureka resort, packed up, and left.
Some portion of the storm seemed to follow us, but the desert was just too hot
for it to do much else.
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| South Las Vegas Supercharger
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 9:56 am | Departed Mesquite | 239 |
| 11:18 am | Arrived South Las Vegas Supercharger | 117 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.37
Conditions: Interstate, then downtown Las Vegas traffic, 99°F
We zipped south on I-15 and decided we were hungry enough to
have lunch at the Lazy Dog Restaurant here while the car charged (top picture on page)
with the Las Vegas skyline to the north.
Cost to Charge: $0
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In principle we needed at most one more Supercharger to return home.
But I knew the children needed more stops,
so I was certain charge is no problem today.
My strategy was simply to keep to the speed limits.
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| Baker Supercharger
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 12:28 pm | Leaving Las Vegas | 228 |
| 1:50 pm | Arrived Baker Supercharger | 139 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.01
Conditions: Fast, 104°F
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The desert was hot. I made a point of photographing the Baker thermometer this time.
When I asked the kids, they said yes to a bathroom break, for certain.
I offered the children whatever snack or drink at the Dairy Queen they wanted.
Cost to Charge: $0
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| Barstow Supercharger
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 2:09 pm | Departed Baker | 191 |
| 3:09 pm | Arrived Barstow Supercharger | 90 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.46
Conditions: Fast, 103°F
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Again, the kids wanted a restroom break, just to be sure.
My wife decided to take them to the Starbucks so they can
get another round of drinks.
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Cost to Charge: $0
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| Rancho Cucamonga Supercharger
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 3:35 pm | Departed Barstow | 171 |
| 4:35 pm | Arrived Rancho Cucamonga Supercharger | 97 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.12
Conditions: 103°F
Cost to Charge: $0
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But we knew rush-hour Thursday traffic was ahead, so we advised the children we should have
dinner here at the Kabuki at Victoria Gardens because that would save at least a half hour of time overall.
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| Home
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 6:04 pm | Departed Rancho Cucamonga | 240 |
| 7:05 pm | Arrived Home | 180 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.03
Conditions: Traffic, 73°F
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After 6 pm the traffic begins to decline, so
we continued home in relatively straightforward driving.
A couple of us really needed the restroom when we got home.
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Dean E. Dauger holds a Ph. D. in physics from UCLA, where his group
created the first Mac cluster in 1998. Dr. Dauger is the award-winning
author in multiple American Institute of Physics' Software Contests and
co-authored the original, award-winning Kai's Power Tools
image-processing package for Adobe Photoshop.
After founding his company,
Dauger Research, Inc., its debut product,
Pooch, derived from Dr. Dauger's experience using clusters for his
physics research, was soon awarded as "most innovative" by IEEE Cluster
and continues to revolutionize parallel computing and clusters worldwide
with its patented technology.
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