Day 09 / 31

Friday, May 22, 2026

Branson Day 1, Dolly Parton's Stampede

Settling into the lake basecamp, then the Stampede dinner show with friends

5 miles
local drive hours
Indian Point Campground tonight

Weather: Ozark spring

The day, by the numbers

Miles driven24mi
Towing efficiency2mi / kWh24 mi · 12 kWh
Energy12kWh
Wind3mph E
Temperature68°F61 – 68°F range
Peak elevation1,329ft↑ 560 ft↓ 560 ft
Avg speed30mph · 0.8 hr moving

Photographs

Day 09 in pictures

The white Rivian R1T parked at the Indian Point campsite on a clear morning, gear staged in the bed, trees and other campers behind — 1 / 14Morning at camp. The Rivian ready for a truck-only day around Branson, the Airstream stays put on the lake.

The Indian Point campsite in the morning, a neighboring A-frame pop-up camper and the white Rivian R1T along the wooded campground road, people stirring in the distance — 1 / 14Morning at camp. The Rivian ready for a truck-only day around Branson, the Airstream stays put on the lake.

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Stops, in order

The day

activity

Dolly Parton's Stampede

6 PM dinner show at 1525 W 76 Country Blvd on the Branson strip, ~15 min from camp, the four of us out with friends. Walked the stable to meet the horses first, then the feast you eat with your hands (a whole rotisserie chicken, creamy vegetable soup, corn on the cob, no silverware in sight) while 30-plus horses, longhorns, and covered wagons thundered around the dirt arena. Big, loud, unapologetic Branson, and a blast. Truck-only run in, the Airstream stayed on the lake.

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By the numbers

Day 09, logged

Miles driven: 24 mi
Efficiency: 2 mi/kWh 500 Wh/mi
Avg speed: 30 mph
Energy used: 12 kWh
Moving time: 0.8 h
Total climbed: 560 ft
Total descended: 560 ft
Temp range: 61, 68 °F
Wind: 3 mph E

Day 9, first full Branson basecamp day. The Airstream stayed parked at Indian Point on 50A while the Rivian ran solo around town, off towing duty for the holiday weekend. Capped the evening at Dolly Parton's Stampede with friends, the stable walk, the hands-only feast, and a full horse-and-wagon arena show. Mission held down camp. Trip A trip-to-date reached 1,970.0 mi at 1.29 mi/kWh (1,530 kWh), about 24 mi of it untethered around-town driving the truck barely noticed; we left Trip B running, so the solo efficiency is not isolated this time. The around-town Trip B, running since the reset at the Lowell AR charge the day before, read 113.2 mi at 1.36 mi/kWh (83 kWh), 33 mph moving average over 3 hr 26 min by the evening of May 22. The 24-mile figure is this day's own around-town driving; per-day energy and efficiency are estimates, since Trip B ran un-reset across the Branson basecamp.

Detailed charging data

1 receipts, app screens, pedestal displays, and Rivian dashboard readouts. Click through with the arrows; tap the tile to view full size.

The Rivian R1T center display Trip A view at the Indian Point campsite on the evening of May 22 showing Trip A 1,970.0 miles at 1.29 mi/kWh and 1,530 kWh trip-to-date, elevation 965 ft, battery 94°F, ambient 68°F, the Trip A time view reading 43 mph moving average over 1 day 21 hr 21 min of driving since San Diego — Trip A trip-to-date at the Branson basecamp, 1,970.0 mi. About 24 mi of it solo around-town driving on the day.

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Day 10, Branson Day 2, Table Rock Lake + Top of the Rock

A potluck EV-meetup breakfast at camp, then Lost Canyon Cave at Top of the Rock

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Branson Day 1, Dolly Parton's Stampede

Dolly Parton's Stampede

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