{"id":6297,"date":"2021-03-11T21:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/?p=6297"},"modified":"2025-06-14T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T16:32:15","slug":"life-with-the-model-3-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/2021\/03\/11\/life-with-the-model-3-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Life with the Model 3, in Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
June 2023, Central Valley, CA<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This is a living document so I’ll keep adding pics as time passes. At the moment we have 69,000 miles on our Model 3 and it’s 5 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Picked up our new EV at the Fremont Delivery Center and got a tour of the factory in April 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Model 3 joined our 2012 Rav4 EV in our all-electric lineup at home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our first day trip in the Model 3, 300 miles round trip to see Redwood trees in the Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving past Clear Lake in Northern California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving through the Eastern Sierras. Mono Lake in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Visiting Bodie, CA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charging at the Fresno Supercharger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Visiting San Diego.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The Model 3 is a comfortable ride. Here’s my daughter reading on one of our road trips.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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At Grant’s Grove to walk among Giant Sequoias.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We charge our Model 3 for 1-2 hours every night in the garage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving up to Lake Tahoe on Route 80 in heavy snowfall. Our RWD Model 3 with chains handled the conditions well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Chains on the rear wheels provided good traction, but it’s a bumpy ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Check out the snow on the front ‘hood’ after hours on the road. No ICE engine under there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Driving through the snow in Lake Tahoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All cleaned up back home in the Central Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tesla mobile service came to my house to replace the door handle on the passenger side. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving into the fog during a summer visit to the Bay Area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Camping in Mt Lassen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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9×9 tent, 4 sleeping bags and pads, 4 folding chairs, small cooler, dry foods and a box of knick-knacks – there’s just enough space to fit what we need for weekend camping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting coffee at the Kettleman City Supercharger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Checking out the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving along Route 66.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eating at the Riverfront Cafe in Needles, CA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunrise at the Supercharger in Kingman, AZ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charging on a Level 2 station near Maswik Lodge in the Grand Canyon in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Taking in the Continental Divide along Route 40.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, AZ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are some seriously long stretches of road along Route 40. Autopilot is a nice companion for long drives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rio Grande Nature Center State Park in Albuquerque, NM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adding a few miles to the pack on a chilly morning before leaving Albuquerque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Entering Colorado near the Four Corners Monument.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Monument Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arriving at Gouldings Lodge in Monument Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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I stayed in the Gouldings Lodge Villas in Monument Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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One of the most beautiful sunrises I’ve ever seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leaving Monument Valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scenic Overlook on the Colorado River near the Glen Canyon dam near Page, AZ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back home in the Central Valley after a long trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charging our car at the Sierra Nevada brewery in Chico while touring their labs, eating lunch, and sampling some of their great beers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Staying at the Railroad Park resort near Lake Shasta. Our railcar room was equipped for a family of 5.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our Model 3 charging on a 50 amp RV hookup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Some road trips make us sleepy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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In 2020 we sold our Rav4 EV and picked up a Model Y. My wife drives the Y, I drive the Model 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One night we followed Emmett Brown on our way home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Driving east as the October full moon rises over the horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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We have the CHAdeMO adapter for our cars. This new Electrify America charging station is opening in my town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On our way to the Grand Canyon in 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We got three inches of snow while visiting the Grand Canyon in March 2021.   <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving along Desert View Drive in the Grand Canyon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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5 years in, we love this car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Charging stop in Lone Pine, CA while driving along the Eastern Sierras.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
June 2023, Central Valley, CA This is a living document so I’ll keep adding pics as time passes. At the moment we have 69,000 miles on our Model 3 and it’s 5 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[43,40,178,20,150,71],"class_list":["post-6297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-posts","tag-electric-cars","tag-ev","tag-family-life","tag-family-road-trip","tag-family-trips","tag-tesla-model-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6297"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9267,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297\/revisions\/9267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventricular.org\/ItsElectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}