Now that we were out of Nevada, we could begin seeing the sights we most wanted to see. I drove to Great Harvest Bread Co. down the street to pick up breakfast to bring back to eat in our room at Blue Lakes Inn. Once we were finished, we packed up, checked out, and made our way to Shoshone Falls, the "Niagara of the West", which was just a few miles to the east of here. Time Event Range Remaining 9:16 am Departed Blue Lakes Inn 323 9:26 am Arrived Shoshone Falls 318 Range/Distance: 0.84 Conditions: Low speed-limit surface streets

Shoshone Falls is part of the Snake River. We visited an upstream part of this same river two years ago watching river rafters drifting downstream.

But The Wife wanted to skip this recommended charging stop. And I then I could hear that armchair-quarterbacking voice a thousand miles away gasping with panic:
	"Egads!" - driver who does not own an all-electric vehicle who imagines they know more about BEVs than experienced BEV drivers know
That voice is that of the driver who does not own an all-electric vehicle who imagines they know more about BEVs than an experienced BEV road-tripper like me saying,
	"You can't skip a charge. I'm really worried you're going to run of range! Don't do it! Don't do it I tell ya. What happens when you run out of range? You'll be stranded, found dead on the side of the road, and the Idaho vultures will eat your kids!"

I calculated in advance a direct route from Craters of the Moon to Lima exceeds two hours, my family's preferred maximum interval between bathroom breaks, so using the Idaho Falls Supercharger seemed appropriate.

But instead of using the safety net of the Tesla Supercharger Network, with my wife's encouragement after I told her Jan's Cafe in Lima was a well-rated place for dinner too, we chose to override the Tesla Navigation and skip Idaho Falls, and when it calculated the non-stop route, it predicted 3% remaining charge at the Lima Supercharger.
	"OMG! Three percent!?! Three percent?!? It's gotta be reading too high. EVs always lie! I'm frightened."
Was I worried? NO, of course not. It's just like any skill (violin, piano, gear shifting a manual transmission) you learn how to do well: I've done this sort of thing before, practicing for years how far I can go on a single charge. Been there, done that!
	"I've never done that, so you won't make it! You can't do it! This is giving me palpitations! Palpitations I tell you. My blood pressure! There's no way! NO WAY! It's impossible! Impossible!"
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. Like I practiced before, here is how I did it:

First step is to stay at the speed limit, which was 60 mph until the Interstate, and setting Autopilot out here was easy to do on this part of the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway. I let (speeding) trucks pass me, because really I was the one obeying the law. The Energy graph in the Tesla touchscreen shows great statistics to tell me whether I'm doing a good job achieving the needed energy consumption rate. Then when we got on the I-15, I found a few big tractor-trailers to draft, hopping behind one to the next, whose drivers were generally going 70-75 mph in this 80-mph speed zone, so I can make use of their air wake and reduce my energy loss to air resistance. Meanwhile the Energy graph confirmed I was going to make it. Repeat: I was going to make it. Drafting was not required to make it, but drafting allowed us to get there earlier using the same energy. Soon we entered Montana. As usual, at two hours some of us needed the restroom.

"Did they make it? I want my mommy. I'm going to faint..."

Time Event Range Remaining 4:13 pm Departed Craters of the Moon 160 6:33 pm Arrived Lima 10 Range/Distance ratio: 1.079 Conditions: Net uphill, 60 mph then drafting And made it we did, with 10 miles to spare. I have 11,859 miles of all-electric road trips under my belt, and I knew what I was doing. We executed today's travels, which required rising a net 2500 feet in altitude and included extensive use of Dog Mode (air conditioning on while parked) in Craters of the Moon and outside the Ice Caves, entirely on one charge, performing better than in my original itinerary.

So we checked into Cabin #2 (out of 4) and unloaded the car into the cabin. I thought this was a pretty little place, very very rustic and glowing with down-to-earth personality, and easily the most rural place we stayed so far this year. The cabin's look on the outside hid how nicely appointed it was on the inside. It had everything we needed. I didn't think it had WiFi, but we figured out we could pick it up from the Cafe. I plugged in the car to the Supercharger here in Lima, and we ate at the Cafe, which served us a great dinner we enjoyed immensely after such an eventful day. Breakfast the next morning was excellent too.

Cost to Charge: $0

If you want to get away from urban environments and dense population and their potential to quickly spread disease, Lima and Jan's Cafe & Cabins is a place to do it. This was great!