Proving EVs Have What It Takes By Visiting All Nat'l Parks!

Jennifer Sensiba is organizing this fundraiser.

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"You can't take road trips in an EV!" -Some idiot on Facebook

EV owners hear this all the time. But, it's time to both prove them wrong and make things even better! My goal with Charge to the Parks is to:

Prove that EVs have what it takes by visiting all drivable national parks in an affordable EV pulling an affordable travel trailer, and document my trips on both CleanTechnica.com and on Charge to the Parks.
Improve my EV road trip guide and make more/better EV travel guides for the parks
Help make things better by recruiting local businesses to host charging stations that lead to the parks

Here are a few examples of what I've already done so far as part of this project:

Guadalupe Mountains National Park EV Travel Guide (CleanTechnica Version)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park EV Travel Guide (CleanTechnica Version)
San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area EV Travel Guide
Trip log for San Lorenzo Canyon and the Very Large Array
Full list of all EV travel guides

Sadly, taking regular road trips is EXPENSIVE. Hotels/cabins and eating out adds up over the course of a week or two! So, to make this effort affordable, I need to pick up a small, used travel trailer. In this fundraiser, I'm looking to get $10,000 to either buy one in usable condition or buy a cheaper fixer upper and fix it up. Then, I'm going to visit Great Sand Dunes National Park to make my next guide!

Cost Breakdown

$10,000 for a used camper (I may raise this goal if we reach this to get a better camper)
$200 for DC fast charging on the trip to Great Sand Dunes
$170 for an RV park near Great Sand Dunes
$250 for one restaurant meal per day on the trip (5 days X $50)
$750 for three days of my time to gather information and photos, talk to business owners along the way, and put the guides together.

Any funds raised beyond the goal will go toward getting a better camper. Nothing but my three days of pay mentioned above will be pocketed.