This past Thursday we took a drive over to Nakusp to check out its beautiful gardens and to do a short hike near the town. Both were very good. We also had lunch at the Alpine Hut drive-in which is delightfully old-fashioned and relatively inexpensive. I was able to find a lime smokebush at the Heritage Nursery and that was a good find, in my opinion. I didn't know they were so "common". Another task we hoped to accomplish in Nakusp was to try out the new Tesla charging station - the first fast charging station we've seen in any of the interior valleys outside of the Okanagan.
When we got to the station I was unable to unplug the charger and there was a QR code on it that said "follow instructions". Doing something with the phone did not help. There was another fellow charging in this spot and we asked him about it and he'd never had to do that before, but he took a picture of the code and his Tesla seemed to accept it and released the charging cord. That didn't happen for us. As Dave was driving away from the station, I noticed the guy waving at me across the street. His plan was to just give us the cord he used after he unplugged and we would charge. It was a good plan but then his Tesla completely seemed to seize up and he couldn't get it to do anything. Meanwhile, Dave walked down the line of chargers and found one that released the cord. This guy had to reboot his car before it would respond and he could drive away. He said it had never happened before. Is there something spooky going on at the Nakusp fast charging station? Or, is this just another adventure in Teslaland!!?