MY RIVIAN ADVENTURES | ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK

Jan 28, 2025

TRIP: Drove 716km… So yesterday, I had a spontaneous idea that I should take a drive to Elk Island National Park and to see if I can take some photographs of Buffalos. I quickly packed some of my camera gear and was on the road in a record time 🙂 This was my fist time charging at a Tesla Supercharger with Non-Tesla vehicle, using an adapter. It was a very simple process, plugged in and was automatically charged to my credit card, didn’t have to do anything else.

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO200, F2.8, 1/2500
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO200, F2.8, 1/2000

Charged next to Tesla Cybertruck.. Not a fan.. I think they should have at least made it larger.

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/1600
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/50
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/500
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/250
iPhone 15 Pro
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO160, F2.8, 1/400

Went for a little walk in the park.. as you can see there were not very many enthusiasts there 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO160, F2.8, 1/250

Just when I pretty much gave up on seeing any wild life, I did spot a buffalo 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F7.1, 1/100
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F7.1, 1/100

On my way home I was rewarded with a pretty nice sunset.

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO500, F2.8, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO50, F2.8, 1/50

Driving electric cars for over 7 years, I don’t have “range anxiety” but this was as close as it gets. Arrived to this charger with 0 kilometres left and actually drove for 4.5 km with it showing 0… To be fair, the car did tell me that I’m not going to make it before I started to drive… Lesson here people, always listen to your car and you will be all good!

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO800, F2.8, 1/80
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO800, F2.8, 1/25