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>While driving Highway 1 may have no pass it has several big hills. I'm not sure the up and down would match the pass but I'd have to drive it and find out. At night there is a head wind going North. Not sure I have the cojones to try it not to mention a huge climb out of Pacifica.< The 1000' climb near Pacifica is about half of what you already did getting to and from Santa Cruz, so it should not be a problem for your Leaf. As you said, doing a trial run to see what you can do, IMO is a good idea. With the taking of Hwy 1 to get to Santa Cruz (78mi) sometime in the future being your fact finding goal, perhaps a half-way jaunt would be first step. Looking at a map https://goo.gl/maps/iProhkKC6VS2 From SF to Santa Cruz via Hwy 1 is 49mi. From SF to Half Moon Bay (HMB) is 30mi. HMB has a public EVSE: http://api.plugshare.com/view/location/60831 Half Moon Bay City Hall PlugScore 10.0 [very good] Ports 2 EV Plug (J1772)s EV Plug (J1772) ChargePoint 7.2kw Address 714 Kelly Ave Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Cost $1/ hr [charging] + $1 parking [read the driver's comments on this EVSE] While your 75+mi range may not 'need' a charge at the 30mi point to get back home, IMO it would be a good experience to use that EVSE as well as reduce any concerns/angst some might have. If you left your SF house charged and drove Hwy 1 south to HMB and plugged in, you could spend a couple hours there charging, walking around, and enjoy the town. This might even be a good way to include/bring-along that someone special to enjoy it together. After you return home you would have experienced EV-tourism (which is similar to eco-tourism). I'll assume you already carry a Chargepoint rfid card with you encase of emergencies as their brand of public EVSE is the most prevalent. But if you don't, you can still pay for a charge using an app or by calling them: http://www.chargepoint.com/faq/ ... You can easily start a session with your ChargePoint card, using the ChargePoint mobile app, with an RFID credit card or by calling driver support at 888-758-4389. The 888 number is listed on each ChargePoint station and on the back of your ChargePoint card. You may want to install their free app as well as Plugshare.com 's on your mobile: http://www.chargepoint.com/mobile http://www.plugshare.com/ (click 'Mobile' at the bottom of the page) (HMB history) Before the Spanish, the Ohlone (Costanoans) were 20,000+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohlone_people Afterward below 3000. The missions changed the area for rural agriculture use, primarily cattle, horses, and oxen. Later being a fishing port town, the population was diverse with the growth from the CA gold rush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Moon_Bay,_California#History Regular stagecoach service served the communities ... Spaniard Estanislao Zaballa laid out the streets and blocks of Spanishtown (HMB) in 1863 http://www.visithalfmoonbay.org/half-moon-bay-california-history-culture/ The 1906 earthquake destroyed adobe (mud-brick) and (fired-clay) brick buildings in Half Moon Bay. Only the flexible wooden homes and shops survived the quake, and many of those early wooden structures still remain. http://www.hmbreview.com/community/earthquake-shook-half-moon-bay-in/article_a1625536-ab64-11e1-93f9-0019bb2963f4.html Using the map: https://goo.gl/maps/a5c73YNuxNm There is plenty to see and do within walking distance: -Spanish-town (one of HMB's former names) museum -HMB and also Moonside bakeries -A HMB winery tasting (+more) I have not been at HMB in over a year, but when I did I liked to visit: http://www.sanbenitohouse.com/the-deli/ The little building off to the side of the main San Benito House (bar, grill, gallery, +ritzy) Look at the image from the above side to see their menu: http://www.sanbenitohouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/316_450_253.jpg The meats are not much to speak of, but that area has nice freshly grown veggies (the foggy temperate coastal weather is good for their agriculture). That deli's biggest selling point is their moist and warm from the oven, inch-thick sliced free-form-loaf-bread. It looks similar to http://www.thefreshloaf.com/files/20050821italianbreadwithlasagna.jpg I usually am quite satisfied with eating only half of the large thick sandwich, and saving the rest for later (or sharing the other half with someone). Afterward you could stroll to a coffee/chai houses or cafe' (to also get your WiFi fix) http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Free+Wifi&find_loc=Half+Moon+Bay,+CA If you time it right, you could visit a local HMB farm http://www.yelp.com/biz/bobs-vegetable-stand-and-pumpkin-farm-half-moon-bay and miss the stampede. In October, the area goes pumpkin crazy http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12-half-moon-bay-pumpkin-festival-700x465.jpg The second weekend in October, is the destination for more than 20,000 people each year. Shown is a 1200+lb “great pumpkin” (its more of a large squash than pumpkin but who cares, its huge!). After you unplug and are on your way back home, if you have a mind to, you could stop off at HMB's harbor a few miles north on Hwy 1. If you time it right you can buy fresh caught ocean fish (red snapper, dungeness crabs, +more) right off the fisherman's boats. Plus there is a fish market there as well. Who knows you may enjoy your EV-tourism visit so much you may return, but have confidence to return via the Hwy 92 climb up over the mountains to the SF Bay area. Years ago, after a charge at a HMB RV park, I was able to climb that mountain with my 2ton 132VDC Blazer conversion. I just kept the speed-steady as I tractored up the mountain. 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