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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Family's farm → Kamp Komfort, central Illinois

Three charges up I-55 (one paid Tesla, two free Rivian) to a campground near Bloomington-Normal

Weather: Midwest spring, warm

The day, by the numbers

  1. Miles driven223mi
  2. Cost per mile8.3¢ / mi charging
  3. Towing efficiency1.04mi / kWh223 mi · 215 kWh
  4. Energy215kWh used · 298 kWh charged across 3 sessions
  5. Peak charge rate220kW
  6. Wind5mph EMostly crosswind
  7. Temperature84°F68 – 84°F range
  8. Peak elevation833ft↑ 640 ft↓ 470 ft
  9. Avg speed45mph · 5 hr moving
Photographs

Day 13 in pictures
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Stops, in order

The day

  1. start

    Family's farm, morning + depart

    Slow morning at the farm. Homemade biscuits and pancakes from the cousin, plus bacon and eggs Diana made on the griddle, then hitched up and rolled out, north toward Bloomington.

  2. charge

    Collinsville IL Supercharger (charge)

    Morning top-up at the Collinsville Supercharger (12:22 PM), 83 kWh for $32.36 at $0.39/kWh, the day's only paid charge. Trip B since Fenton: 41.1 mi at just 0.81 mi/kWh, the short overnight around-town hops at the farm. Trip A 2,346.9.

    Map 38.6734, -90.0135

  3. charge

    Springfield IL RAN (charge)

    Crosswind on this leg 5 mph from the E

    I-55 north, ~92 mi up. Free RAN charge, 89.5 kWh in 33 min (list $47.45, not paid). The Collinsville-to-here leg ran 91.7 mi at 0.95 mi/kWh towing. Trip A 2,438.6.

    Map 39.7489, -89.6712

  4. charge

    Normal IL RAN (charge)

    Headwind on this leg 5 mph from the E

    A big free RAN fill at Normal, 125.2 kWh in 1h16m (list $56.33, not paid), topping off for the run ahead.

    Map 40.5142, -88.9906

  5. sleep

    Kamp Komfort RV Park (Carlock, IL)

    Tailwind on this leg 5 mph from the E

    Parked for the night near Bloomington-Normal, 7:44 PM. Day-end Trip A 2,528.7; the Springfield-to-here leg came in at 90.1 mi, 1.01 mi/kWh, 89 kWh, the best stretch of a slow, low-efficiency day.

    Map Official site 40.5784, -89.1428

The white Rivian R1T parked at a row of Tesla Supercharger pedestals on a bright day, a white pickup alongside
Day 13 Morning charge on the way north.

Towing segments this day

The charge-to-charge data, leg by leg.

Every towing leg logged today off the Rivian dashboard, with its elevation profile. Open one for the full per-segment data: efficiency, energy, grade, wind, temperature, and battery state of charge.

San Diego Home DAY 13
Charging plan

Where the electrons come from

  • RAN charge Rivian Adventure Network

    Springfield IL RAN

    4200 Conestoga Dr, Springfield IL. Free RAN charge (complimentary), 89.5 kWh in 33 min at 220 kW peak (list $47.45).

  • RAN charge Rivian Adventure Network

    Normal IL RAN

    1750 Bradford Ln, Normal IL. The big free RAN fill, 125.2 kWh in 1h16m at 212 kW peak (list $56.33), topping off for the days ahead.

Next on the trip

Day 14, Kamp Komfort → friends near Fox Lake (Mission to the vet en route)

A free Normal RAN top-up, a third-party Tesla SC that wouldn't take the membership, and an emergency vet stop for Mission

186 mi · ~4.5 · chicago