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Day 2 Connecticut to Pennsylvania to Maryland

5:45PM arrived at Moosic, PA Tesla super charging station with 44 miles left
It took 3 hours from the last charging station to this PA charging station - that long stretch was a bit too long for the little one. She was getting a little restless, but luckily with FaceTime with family, playing with toys and drawing, we made it to PA just fine.
Interestingly, the car said we would have 15% charge left when we arrive, but we actually had 17% from the regenerative braking. We have only driven the car in the winter with the observation that we loose more charges and miles  (a.k.a %) in the cold weather. However, with the weather getting warmer and warmer as we head south, we are loosing less charges as we have been experiencing in the winter.

Moosic, PA charging station (Rating: 5/5)
- A really big mall plaza with tons of shopping stores (great for the ladies! and kids!)
- Plenty of restaurants that are walking distance within the plaza parking space
- Clean


The little one kept saying, "I am hungry" after she saw the snack aisle at the Christmas Tree Shop on her way to the bathroom (hate those snack aisles!). So we decided to get fried rice at an Asian Bistro at the plaza. However... the charging station was on the opposite of this Asian Bistro - a walk that should have taken 5 min, took 20 min with the little one wanting to "walk by myself!"

6:30PM we put in next charging station (avoiding D.C.) Hagerstown, MD. We left when the car stated we would have 10% charge left when we arrive at our next charging station. GPS said arrival time at  Hagerstown was 3 hours away which would be past the little one's bedtime, so during the ride, we changed the charging station to a closer one Harrisburg, PA with arrival time of ~8:33PM.

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