Daily Summary:
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM — Average Speed: 15.8 mph (including ferry ride)
Crawford Bay, BC RV Park to New Denver, BC.
Odometer: 2,035 – 2,100 miles
Climb: 7,517 ft. — Descend: 7,543 ft.
45-70° F : Sunny early then partly cloudy : No wind.
Battery Performance:
Note: All charging and range data after the World Record Day will be published in Excel format at a later date.
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We’re on the road again, but getting used to a slower pace. I’m wondering about going off-grid and I’m trying to imagine the routine. We’ll see what happens.
Today was the very First day that an upright electric scooter pulling a one-wheel trailer crossed over Kootenay Lake in the ferry.
Not a few folks had questions, comments and good wishes.
If I do have to make use of the Alaskan Marine Highway Transportation System for one of my “alternate” plans, I am sure the questions will be non-stop duringthe 4-day journey.
Or not.
Today I’m a World Record holder, but I’m still just a member of the general public, too.
In Kaslo, BC, I stopped at the first gas station I came to.
Turns out the attendant, a man a few years my senior, also has an electric scooter like mine, although quite a bit smaller.
He uses it to get around town and when he goes RVing.
At the Ace Hardware across the street, I bought a small tube of silicone for the NEXT time I have to change fuses (and Brian at Crawford Bay RV isn’t available to help me out).
Turns out the nice cashier at Ace has a grandpa that ALSO has an electric scooter like mine, though not quite as large. And he doesn’t pull a trailer–yet.
In Kaslo, there are public EV Charging stations for use, and even a Tesla Super Charging station, but NONE of these sites has standard Type-A outlets for people who want to charge electric bicycles or, in my case, my Sasquatch.
This morning, just before leaving Crawford Bay, a nice young lady with the BC Wildlife Association asked me about my adventure.
She also asked if I had named my scooter yet.
I told her I had not, but started thinking about it as I crossed the lake on the ferry.
In Montana I purchased a sticker to paste onto my vehicle (my daughter’s suggestion).
One of the stickers is the one that is featured with this post.
I told the BCWA lady that the scooter was a Kaabo Wolf model, but now I know exactly what Kaabo should do.
Kaabo Wolf scooters have their place, but a TRULY “American-sized” scooter that is built to function as the ultimate micro-transportation vehicle needs to be called a “Sasquatch.”
The next Kaabo model, the Kaabo Sasquatch, needs several very key upgrades from the Wolf GT model that I’m currently riding.
Keep in mind that even though I have already established a new record for longest distance on a solo scooter (pulling a single-wheel trailer, if you wish to be specific), I still have over 19,000 miles (30,500 km) to go until I reach this Journey’s end.
I’m not sure if a Wolf King GT will make the grade, or if I will now that I KNOW that these upgrades are absolutely essential, some to my personal safety, others to my physical comfort.
But I KNOW a Kaabo Sasquatch would!
Stay tuned for the Sasquatch upgrades in our next post!
Now on to Sandon, BC, for a quick stop at the Tesla-designed hydroelectric generating facility, the very First hydroelectric project in Canada: and it’s STILL PRODUCING ELECTRICITY!
(See this link for more information on the plant: https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/nikola-tesla-power-plant-sandon-bc-1897/ )
Wouldn’t it be nice if ALL electric vehicles, including PEVs of all types, were as dependable, serviceable and long-lasting as Nikola Tesla envisioned that they could be?
That would be a dream come true.
Come on Sasquatch!…
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