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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, then a charge home through Kenosha

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.

  • 116.1 miles
  • ~3 (local, untethered) drive hours
  • Kenosha Tesla Supercharger (120th Ave) first charge
  • Fox Lake, IL tonight

Weather: Cloud-scudded and mild on the lake, low 70s

The white Rivian R1T parked under leafy trees near Fox Lake, Illinois, a polished Airstream and a motorhome alongside it
Day 18 The rigs at rest near Fox Lake, the last quiet morning before the hitch goes back on.

The day, by the numbers

  1. Miles driven116.1mi
  2. Cost per mile33.8¢ / mi charging
  3. Towing efficiency2.02mi / kWh116.1 mi · 57 kWh
  4. Energy57kWh used · 73 kWh charged across 1 session
  5. Wind6mph EMostly crosswind
  6. Temperature70°F56 – 70°F range
  7. Peak elevation696ft↑ 310 ft↓ 220 ft
  8. Avg speed47mph · 2.5 hr moving
Photographs

Day 18 in pictures
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Stops, in order

The day

  1. family

    Backyard breakfast near Fox Lake

    The friends putting us up made breakfast and we ate outside in their backyard, Mission stretched out in the grass and nobody in a hurry. A beautiful, relaxing start before one last day trip north.

  2. food

    Third Ward food trucks for coffee, Milwaukee

    Back to the open-air food-truck park near Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward for coffee, Elevate Coffee's Mexican-inspired espresso bar parked under a wall of city murals.

    Map 43.0245, -87.9177

  3. scenic

    The giant glasses at Catalano Square

    The oversized blue eyeglasses sculpture in Catalano Square, a Historic Third Ward landmark you have to pose in. Mission sat for the photo under the lenses while the brick warehouses framed the square behind.

    Map 43.0313, -87.9067

  4. social

    A beer garden with family

    A shaded beer garden under big oaks with long communal tables, family along for the afternoon and live music going. Mission got to lie out in the shade while everyone caught up, the slow kind of hour that makes a basecamp day.

    Map 43.0311, -87.9069

  5. food

    Early dinner at Camino

    Off to Camino in Walker's Point for an early dinner with everyone. Diana ordered the watermelon salad and spent a minute hunting for the salad part, it was mostly just watermelon, but the company was the point. A good last sit-down before pointing the rig home.

    Map Official site 43.0289, -87.9112

  6. charge

    Kenosha Tesla Supercharger (charge home)

    Crosswind on this leg 6 mph from the E

    Charged on the drive back at the Kenosha 120th Avenue Supercharger (7145 120th Ave, 4:47 PM): 73.4903 kWh in 32 min 46 sec at $0.41/kWh, $30.13 + $2.20 tax = $32.33 (Invoice 3000P0314299740). The dashboard read Trip B 116.1 mi for the Milwaukee round trip, 47 mph average over 2h 29m, untethered.

    Map 42.5690, -87.9477

  7. activity

    Camper reset for the hitch

    Back to the camper to get it ready to tow. A good reset, everything stowed and organized for the road. Packing cubes are the secret here, clothes stay sorted and nothing gets wrecked rolling down the interstate.

  8. sleep

    Fox Lake, IL

    Back to Fox Lake for the last basecamp night. The hitch goes back on in the morning.

A person and Mission the German shepherd posing inside an oversized blue eyeglasses sculpture in Catalano Square in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, brick warehouses behind
Day 18 The giant glasses at Catalano Square. Mission sat for this one.
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Charging plan

Where the electrons come from

  • Tesla

    Kenosha Tesla Supercharger (120th Ave)

    7145 120th Avenue, Kenosha WI 53142 (250 kW DC), the same stall as yesterday. Charge home from Milwaukee: 73.4903 kWh in 32 min at $0.41/kWh, $32.33 total.

Detailed charging data

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

Trip B 116.1 mi for the Milwaukee round trip, untethered, at the Kenosha charge.
Tesla app summary, 73.49 kWh in 33 min for $32.33 at Kenosha.
Session detail, 7145 120th Avenue, Kenosha, 4:47 PM.
Tesla emailed invoice, $0.41/kWh plus tax, $32.33 paid.
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Next on the trip

Day 19, The hitch goes back on: a 582-mile marathon to Kansas City

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.

582.4 mi · ~13 (towing, marathon) · return-leg