https://wattreach.com/ Field notes from a cross-country road trip towing an Airstream behind a Rivian R1T Tri-Max. Charge stops, camp sites, and the country in between. en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:39:44 GMT https://wattreach.com/trips/utah-ducati-run/day-03/ https://wattreach.com/trips/utah-ducati-run/day-03/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Day three of the Utah Ducati Run. A morning top-off in the Salt Lake Valley, then the U-Haul trailer onto the hitch and the Ducati aboard. The empty baseline is done; the towing data starts here. https://wattreach.com/trips/utah-ducati-run/day-02/ https://wattreach.com/trips/utah-ducati-run/day-02/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Day two of the Utah Ducati Run. Las Vegas to the Salt Lake City area via the Virgin River Gorge, Beaver, and Park City, the empty-truck baseline before the Ducati goes on the trailer. https://wattreach.com/trips/utah-ducati-run/day-01/ https://wattreach.com/trips/utah-ducati-run/day-01/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Day one of the Utah Ducati Run ends at Southpoint. Three Rivian Adventure Network charges, all free, and a clean empty-R1T baseline just over 2 mi/kWh across the desert. https://wattreach.com/trips/post-trip-repairs/day-01/ https://wattreach.com/trips/post-trip-repairs/day-01/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT An overnight V4 charge on cheap rates, then the morning drop-off https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-31/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-31/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Closing the loop. One long final push across the Mojave. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-30/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-30/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Both pools banked before 9, then 147.7 towing miles down the Virgin River Gorge into 110 degree Las Vegas. The camper drops at Oasis; Omega Mart caps the night. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-29/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-29/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Airstream rides into Bryce for the rim, then the tunnel-free way to Zion: UT-14 over the 9,902 ft Markagunt crest and 6,100 ft of descent to La Verkin, the best towing leg of the whole trip at 1.88 mi/kWh. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-28/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-28/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A truck-only morning in Capitol Reef, the Chimney Rock climb, the visitor center, and the Fremont petroglyph panel, then hitch up at 74% and take the John's Valley back road through Antimony to Ruby's Inn at Bryce Canyon, rolling in at 1 percent. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-27/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-27/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Left Moab at 10:30 AM for the Mesa Arch detour in Canyonlands, then west past the Capitol Reef petroglyphs to a full-hookup night at Thousand Lakes RV Park in Torrey. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-26/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-26/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Up before dawn at the Grand Junction charger, the 110-mile tow west to a sunrise at the Windows, the famous arches all day, then unhitch at Sun Outdoors for our one Moab night. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-25/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-25/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT The big crossing: over the Continental Divide and through Glenwood Canyon, down to Grand Junction for an overnight power nap at the charger before the dawn run into Utah. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-24/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-24/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A free Golden day with the Airstream parked: float Clear Creek in the afternoon, then a truck-only run into Denver for ITCHY-O at Mission Ballroom with friends. No towing, all play. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-23/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-23/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pack up the Lyons basecamp and tow south to a new base in Golden, then unhitch and run the truck into Denver with friends for Meow Wolf Convergence Station and a rooftop burlesque show, the night before the June 6 ITCHY-O show. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-22/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-22/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Leave the Airstream in Lyons and run the Rivian up into Rocky Mountain National Park. We landed both timed entries this time, the Bear Lake Road corridor and Trail Ridge Road. Hike the Bear Lake loop in the morning, then climb Trail Ridge to the Alpine Visitor Center at 11,796 ft and turn around, an out-and-back through the high tundra before dropping back to the river camp at night. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-21/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-21/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Woke at the Arriba rest area on I-70 with a friend parked behind us, an Airstream (BRN 6624) and its red GMC. Bacon and eggs in the camper, then west off the plains and north into the foothills toward a Rocky Mountain basecamp at Lyons. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-20/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-20/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Independence, Missouri to a rest-area night in Arriba, Colorado: 523 towing miles across Kansas on I-70, six fast charges from Tesla, IONNA, and Rivian, a dead-battery 0 percent arrival at Goodland, and the Welcome to Colorful Colorado sign at golden hour. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-19/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-19/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT After five nights basecamped near Fox Lake, the return leg opens with a marathon. A wash at Rochelle's Hub City Car Wash, the World's Largest Truck Stop at Walcott, a turn south through Mount Pleasant and small-town Missouri at dusk, and a late I-70 run on free Rivian chargers to a sleep-at-charger night at Independence. The day's Mount Pleasant to Columbia leg is the longest single tow run of the whole trip. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-18/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-18/ Sun, 31 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A friends'-backyard breakfast, then one more untethered run to Milwaukee: food trucks for coffee, the giant blue glasses at Catalano Square, a beer garden with family and live music, and an early dinner at Camino. A Tesla charge home through Kenosha, then a camper reset for the hitch. Last night before the Airstream goes back on. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-17/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-17/ Sat, 30 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT The last big untethered day before hitching back up. A food-truck breakfast, an outdoor bike show, Harley demo rides, and a full afternoon in the Harley-Davidson Museum, then the trip's first Tesla charge in two days on the way home through Kenosha. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-16/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-16/ Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A rest day from towing turned into an untethered Rivian run up into southeast Wisconsin. The Racine lakefront and breakwater, the gold Golden Rondelle at SC Johnson, the red Kenosha North Pier light, Mars Cheese Castle off I-94, and Wells Brothers pizza in Racine. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-15/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-15/ Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT First untethered day. A quick paid Tesla v3 top-up in Rockford after leaving camp at low SoC, then the real charge at the McHenry IONNA in the evening. https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-14/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-14/ Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A free Normal RAN top-up, a third-party Tesla SC that wouldn't take the membership, and an emergency vet stop for Mission https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-13/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-13/ Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Three charges up I-55 (one paid Tesla, two free Rivian) to a campground near Bloomington-Normal https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-12/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-12/ Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Check out Indian Point, eastbound across the Mississippi into Illinois https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-11/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-11/ Sun, 24 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A day in the lake with Mission and friends, then Bigfoot after dark https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-10/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-10/ Sat, 23 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A potluck EV-meetup breakfast at camp, then Lost Canyon Cave at Top of the Rock https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-09/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-09/ Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Settling into the lake basecamp, then the Stampede dinner show with friends https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-08/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-08/ Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Into the Ozarks with the wife https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-07/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-07/ Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Giant soda bottle in Arcadia, pre-position at Mingo, evening run to TUL https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-06/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-06/ Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Beaver-branded jerky + the Art-Deco Conoco that became Ramone's House of Body Art in Cars https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-05/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-05/ Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A Heisenberg pair on the way out of ABQ, lunch at Los Pollos Hermanos, then neon and spray paint east to Amarillo https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-04/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-04/ Sun, 17 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Color-soaked Painted Desert badlands, then I-40 east into Albuquerque https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-03/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-03/ Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Dateland at dawn, Gila Bend Adventure Network, Phoenix metro at noon, Sedona red rocks in the afternoon, Flagstaff pine plateau at sunset, Holbrook KOA for the night https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-02/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-02/ Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Late start out of La Mesa after a son's graduation; the plan said campground but the rig pulled over east of Yuma at 1 AM https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-01/ https://wattreach.com/trips/sd-to-chicago/day-01/ Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Airstream off the lot, Mission aboard, last checks before the long haul east