| Dinosaur Ridge
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 9:54 am | Departed Denver Area | 243 |
| 10:34 am | Arrive Dinosaur Ridge | 215 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.12
Conditions: Traffic
We had a comfortable breakfast with our friends Sunday morning,
the packed up, unplugged, and said our goodbyes.
On the way out of the Denver area,
we decided to stop by Dinosaur Ridge.
We heard from another friend who
grew up in Denver
about the fossils and
fossilized footprints that were easy to see
in the hillside
near I-70
west of Denver.
It was fun to see this
especially after the other perspectives
earlier on the trip at
Dinosaur National Park
and
Fossil Butte.
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| Interstate 70
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Continuing on I-70 brought us climbing up into the Rockies, but
this time from east to west instead of
south to north.
We were back in forested mountainsides again, a magnificent sight as they built
on the jagged mountain ridges in western Colorado.
The drive was fun, and soon we arrived at Silverthorne.
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| Silverthorne Supercharger
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
|---|
| 12:31 pm | Depart Dinosaur Ridge | 214 |
| 1:33 pm | Arrived Silverthorne Supercharger | 129 |
Range/Distance ratio: 1.47
Conditions: Uphill
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We found the Supercharger, plugged in, and decided on lunch at Wich-Wich
followed by a drink at the Starbucks.
Cost to Charge: $0
Soon we were on our way enjoying even more mountain forest landscapes.
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Approaching Wheeler Junction
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| Beaver Creek
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| Time | Event | Range Remaining |
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| 2:39 pm | Departed Silverthorne | 237 |
| 3:35 pm | Arrived Beaver Creek Lodge | 195 |
Range/Distance ratio: 0.95
Conditions: High-altitude mountain roads, some downhill
Although we wanted to spend time in Vail, my wife wanted us to check into
Beaver Creek Lodge first, a member of the Tesla Destination Network.
Several different places to stay in Vail and Beaver Creek were on that Network as well,
but we thought this had the most charm and fit our family best.
Cost to Charge: $0
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When we drove to Vail (top picture on page), I didn't bother
logging the charge of the car or the mileage because
we obviously had more than enough range for this little outing to Vail.
In Vail we walked the town, shopped, and found a great place for dinner along Gore Creek.
We had never been to Vail and Beaver Creek before, and it would be fun to come back to ski.
After returning to the Lodge, I enjoyed the pool, then
we all showered and settled in for the night.
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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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