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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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 miles
  • ~4.5 drive hours
  • Normal IL RAN first charge
  • Friends near Fox Lake, IL tonight

Weather: Midwest spring, clear; distant smoke on the horizon

The day, by the numbers

  1. Miles driven186.1mi
  2. Cost per mile20.8¢ / mi charging
  3. Towing efficiency1.07mi / kWh186.1 mi · 174 kWh
  4. Energy174kWh used · 73 kWh charged across 2 sessions
  5. Peak charge rate115kW
  6. Wind7mph NEMostly headwind
  7. Temperature85°F68 – 85°F range
  8. Peak elevation1,063ft↑ 1,780 ft↓ 1,810 ft
  9. Avg speed42mph · 4.4 hr moving
Photographs

Day 14 in pictures
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Stops, in order

The day

  1. start

    Kamp Komfort (Carlock), depart

    Hitched up at Kamp Komfort and rolled out, a short hop over to the Normal RAN to top off before the I-55 push north.

    Map 40.5784, -89.1428

  2. charge

    Normal IL RAN (morning charge)

    Crosswind on this leg 7 mph from the NE

    Back to the Normal RAN on Rivian Motorway (1750 Bradford Ln, 10:01 AM), the same charger as last night, this time in Rivian's own backyard by the Normal plant. 37.9 kWh in 45 min, FREE on the RAN complimentary perk (list $17.06). Trip A 2,540.2; Trip B 101.6 mi at 0.9 mi/kWh since Springfield.

    Map 40.5142, -88.9906

  3. optional scenic

    Smoke on the horizon, I-39 north

    Headwind on this leg 7 mph from the NE

    A column of dark smoke off the highway midway up I-39, a distant grass or field burn. The interstate route around downtown via I-39 to I-90 ended up about the same time as the direct I-55 line, with none of the urban traffic.

    Map 41.4800, -89.0850

  4. charge

    Rochelle IL Tesla Supercharger (membership failed) Caution

    Headwind on this leg 7 mph from the NE

    Pulled into Rochelle around 1 PM to top off. The Rivian membership-pricing handshake refused to start the session, same red-port bug we have hit at other third-party-host Tesla SCs this trip, both OEM and A2Z adapters. We did not get charging to initiate here at all and pushed on toward Fox Lake.

    Map 41.9230, -89.0900

  5. family

    Mission's emergency vet visit

    Up in the Spring Grove area around 4 PM, Mission started losing function in his back legs, paralysis coming on. We rushed him to a local vet; x-rays showed a couple of vertebrae pressing on nerves in his back. They put him on steroids and pain meds and we got back on the road. He is a little better, not great. Worried about our buddy.

  6. charge

    Spring Grove IL Tesla Supercharger (charge, membership failed) Caution

    Headwind on this leg 7 mph from the NE

    Last charge of the day at Spring Grove, IL, just south of Fox Lake (4:59 PM). Tried to start the session under our Rivian membership pricing and the port lit RED, no session would initiate. Same result with the OEM Tesla adapter and the A2Z adapter, and we have seen this at several third-party Tesla SCs this trip. Fell back to plug-and-charge, which authenticated through the car's signed cert and started right up, just at full Tesla pay rate, 34.65 kWh in 10m 51s for $19.75 at $0.57/kWh (Order 2478688275). Heads-up for other Rivian owners on third-party SCs: keep plug-and-charge enabled as the fallback.

    Map 42.4429, -88.2384

  7. food

    Orlando's, Round Lake (dinner)

    Crosswind on this leg 7 mph from the NE

    Dinner at Orlando's, one of our favorite restaurants in town when we are up here. Italian beef in a foam box at a red vinyl booth over a black-and-white checkered floor, exactly the comfort food a day like this needed.

    Map Official site 42.3790, -88.1047

  8. food

    Diana's Ice Cream Shop, Round Lake

    Paul Bunyan ice cream at Diana's Ice Cream Shop to finish the night, the flavor board stacked with Mango Sorbet, Lemon Cheesecake, and Salty Jack alongside it. A sweet end to a hard day, for Mission and for us.

    Map Official site 42.3790, -88.1047

  9. sleep

    Friends near Fox Lake, IL

    Into the Fox Lake area by evening, parked with friends. Unhitch the Airstream here and the Rivian runs solo for the Chicago-area stay, here through June 1.

    Map 42.3963, -88.1834

The silver Airstream's coupler latched onto the white Rivian R1T's hitch on a gravel campground pad, safety chains crossed, ready to tow
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Charging plan

Where the electrons come from

  • RAN charge Rivian Adventure Network

    Normal IL RAN

    1750 Bradford Ln, Normal IL, on Rivian Motorway by the plant. Morning top-up before the road, 37.9 kWh free on the complimentary perk (list $17.06).

  • Tesla

    Rochelle IL Tesla Supercharger (failed attempt)

    Mid-day attempt on I-39 around 1 PM. Third-party-host Tesla SC where the Rivian membership pricing refused to start the session (the recurring third-party bug, OEM + A2Z adapters both); we gave up and pushed on north without charging here.

  • Tesla

    Spring Grove IL Tesla Supercharger

    2302 Spring Ridge Dr, Spring Grove IL (Lake County, just south of Fox Lake), the second third-party SC of the day. Same membership-pricing fail (red port, OEM + A2Z both); this time plug-and-charge worked at full price, 34.65 kWh in 11 min for $19.75 at $0.57/kWh.

Detailed charging data

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

Red port at Spring Grove. Membership-pricing session refused to start; both OEM and A2Z adapters got the same result. Plug-and-charge then worked at full price.
Spring Grove receipt. 34.65 kWh in 11 min for $19.75 at $0.57/kWh, the plug-and-charge fallback rate after the membership-pricing handshake refused to start.
Trip A 2,726.3 by the Fox Lake arrival; Trip B 78.4 mi since the last reset.
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Next on the trip

Day 15, Fox Lake basecamp + solo Rivian to Rockford and back through McHenry

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.

144 mi · ~4.5 · chicago