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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Tubing Clear Creek + ITCHY-O at Mission Ballroom

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.

Weather: Front Range June, hot and dry in the metro, low 90s

A smiling shirtless man floating in a rainbow inner tube on Clear Creek in Golden, Colorado, green cottonwoods along the bank
Day 24 Afternoon float on Clear Creek, cold snowmelt running right through the middle of Golden.

The day, by the numbers

  1. Miles driven48.7mi
  2. Towing efficiency1.56mi / kWh48.7 mi · 31 kWh
  3. Energy31kWh used · 31 kWh charged across 1 session
  4. Peak charge rate8kW
  5. Wind7mph SSWMostly crosswind
  6. Temperature96°F67 – 96°F range
  7. Peak elevation5,700ft↑ 780 ft↓ 780 ft
  8. Avg speed36mph · 1.4 hr moving
Photographs

Day 24 in pictures

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Stops, in order

The day

  1. start

    Clear Creek RV Park, Golden, morning

    A free Golden day with the Airstream parked on 50A. Walk down to the creek; the truck does the evening run to Denver.

    Map 39.7532, -105.2321

  2. scenic

    Tubing Clear Creek, Golden

    Clear Creek runs cold and fast right through downtown Golden, a block from the campground. Floated the snowmelt in the afternoon heat, an easy walk from camp, no driving.

    Map 39.7531, -105.2339

  3. activity

    ITCHY-O at Mission Ballroom (with the Electric Duo)

    Crosswind on this leg 7 mph from the SSW Descends this leg −500 ft

    6:00 PM at Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St in Denver's RiNo district. Seeing ITCHY-O, the 50-plus-member Denver electronic-percussion spectacle, with Liv and Patrick of The Electric Duo on Instagram. The reason Denver is on the map, and the reason we rolled in a day early.

    Map Official site 39.7762, -104.9692

  4. sleep

    Clear Creek RV Park, Golden, night

    Crosswind on this leg 7 mph from the SSW

    Truck-only back to the park after the show. Big climb over the Continental Divide tomorrow on the way toward Utah.

    Map 39.7532, -105.2321

A German shepherd on a leash looking down the paved Clear Creek path beside a lawn at the Golden campground in the morning light
Day 24 Morning walk along Clear Creek, Mission scoping the path before the heat sets in.
San Diego Home DAY 24
Charging plan

Where the electrons come from

  • Level 2 (50A FHU)

    Clear Creek RV Park (50A FHU)

    No DC charge needed today, the rig sits on 50A at the park between outings, topped off for tomorrow's climb over the Rockies.

Detailed charging data

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

The non-towing day by Trip B, 48.7 mi at 1.56 mi/kWh, the efficient truck-only run to Mission Ballroom and back.
Trip A 4,763.3 mi trip-to-date, a 44 mph average across 4 days 13 hours of driving since San Diego.
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Next on the trip

Day 25, Denver → Grand Junction, CO (over the Rockies)

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.

295.4 mi · ~7 with the passes + charging · return-leg
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