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Dirty Dog DIY Wash, 2000 F Street, Bakersfield | Photo: David GrahamI spent a month in Bakersfield, California, and liked it.It’s an oil-industry town, and not for everyone. The Monterey Shale in Kern County (like the Bakken Shale in North Dakota) created a boom we rarely notice in the tech-obsessed world of the Bay Area.It began as California’s new gold rush. Roughnecks and other hard hat workers arrived to operate the drilling rigs. You see lots of blue-collar types making serious money, as evidenced by the shiny new Corvettes rumbling down Bakersfield’s main drag.Head east from Buttonwillow to Bakersfield on Highway 58, and you pass oil wells in the middle of town. (Motorists were seeing similar sights in Bismarck, North Dakota. By June 2014, North Dakota got its 10,000th fracking well. Then the oil sheiks stepped up their production and flooded the market, creating a glut. Oil prices plummeted, sending wildcatters running for the exits.)That said, Bakersfield housing is absurdly affordable by Bay Area standards.My favorite part of town is the Westchester area, a dog-friendly neighborhood a few blocks west of Chester Avenue. It’s about a half-square mile of bungalows on tree-shaded streets. Lots of mom-and-pop places to eat, like Happy Jack’s Pie ’n Burger at 1800 20th Street, within easy walking distance.You can buy a nice house with a yard there for less than what you’d need for a down-payment in Santa Cruz. And rent is cheap—less than half of what you’d pay in San Jose.The people are neighborly. The first time I was there, a man weeding his flower beds gave me a cheery greeting and chatted with me. So did a young woman who stopped by a small single-story apartment building to feed an abandoned mutt.Some parts of Bakersfield evoke the lost innocence of Eisenhower’s time. In the antique stores downtown, you meet elderly people from a more genteel era. The old gentleman who told me about the Westchester neighborhood left me feeling wistful about a vanished past. At one time this town must have felt like Mayberry.Parking is plentiful, and people in the city government are a lot friendlier and more helpful than their Bay Area counterparts.Buck Owens made the Bakersfield sound famous, and country music stars still belt out the lachrymose lyrics. If you’re in the mood to hear some pore lonesome cowboy bellyaching about his pickup truck, Buck Owens Crystal Palace, Ethel’s Old Corral, B Ryder’s Bar and Grill and many other hangouts are happy to oblige.Are there bad parts of town? Yes, quite a few of them.Getting a concealed carry permit is a snap in Kern County, pretty much like it is up north in Alturas (Modoc County). You might need it. The cops in Kern County are hard-nosed and trigger-happy. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Kern County cops shot and killed nineteen people from 2013 to 2017.Bakersfield has a dark history. During the child molestation and satanism hysteria of the 1980s, a prosecutor named Ed Jagels got a bunch of innocent people wrongfully convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. Sean Penn’s Witch Hunt was a documentary about this miscarriage of justice.Often accused of prosecutorial misconduct—he prosecuted a man charged with stealing donuts and tried to put him away for 25 years under California’s three-strikes law—Jagels remained unrepentant and wildly popular with older law-and-order voters.By the time Ed Jagels retired in 2009, Kern County had shelled out millions in wrongful conviction settlements. Even the Kern County cops were scared of him.Anyway, Shafter and Wasco—towns northwest of Bakersfield—have even more affordable housing, albeit with fewer available jobs. Taft has jobs and cheap housing, but far more men than women (I once met a girl from Taft in Winnemucca, Nevada, but that’s another story).If you like fishing, Lake Isabella (40 miles east-by-northeast of Bakersfield) is teeming with bass, trout, catfish, salmon and crappies. It’s a spectacular recreational area.So is Tehachapi, 45 miles east of Bakersfield. This town is a mecca for rail buffs, who come from miles around to see trains traverse the famous Tehachapi Loop, a stupendous feat of engineering. I’ve done this myself, parking my heap near the overlook on Woodford-Tehachapi Road to watch trains winding their way through a mountain pass.If you’re not the outdoor type, Kohnen’s Country Bakery is the best reason I can give you for stopping in Tehachapi.Thomas and Colleen Kohnen are known for their to-die-for German pastries, twenty varieties of fresh-baked artisan breads, rich soups and sinful desserts. Their charming bakery and cafe, housed in a renovated potato packing house, is at 125 West Tehachapi Boulevard.I’ve spent time at Bear Valley Springs, a 25,000-acre gated community in the Tehachapi Hills.Bear Valley has horse trails, rifle range, fishing holes and a herd of Rocky Mountain elk descended from animals purchased from Yellowstone National Park. (Ten years ago, a poacher shot Big Daddy, a friendly bull elk with a huge rack. The poacher did time, and Big Daddy’s antlers now grace the Bear Valley Country Club.)Bear Valley residents chortle over tales of Chuck Connors, Jack Palance and other Hollywood types who lived in the community. They said Connors would get hammered at the country club and drive round and round the Bear Valley Springs loop with a police car patiently following him until he ran out of gas. Then they’d take him home to the ranch he’d named Medicine Hat Oaks.Stallion Springs is a gated community adjacent to Bear Valley and about half its size. Many of the people I met in Tehachapi worked at the California Correctional Institution, a state prison in Cummings Valley.Mojave is a little town 61 miles east of Bakersfield. Highway 58 is the quickest way to get there, but if time permits I prefer heading south on Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road and then taking Oak Creek Road past a wind farm to Mojave. Why bother going to Mojave at all? Two words: Stoken Donuts. It’s at 2320 Belshaw Street in what used to be the old town library.From Mojave, head south on Highway 14 through Rosamond (lots of people who live there work at Edwards Air Force Base) to Lancaster in Antelope Valley, where Judy Garland and Frank Zappa spent some of their growing up years. Lancaster has affordable housing and lots of jobs in the aerospace industry.Incidentally, Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road is one of California’s most picturesque back roads. It takes you south to Highway 138. 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Mike has covered all the major points. I can only add that I was asking myself the same question when I launched from Denver to the East Coast two days after I got my Tesla. At that time there were about half the SuperChargers that we have today. Nonetheless, I made it to Boston and South Carolina and back to Denver with no issues, did 6700 miles in two weeks, never had to pay for a charge.That was a year ago. Since then, I've visited three of the four corners of the continental US, visited about 100 SuperChargers (still need to plan a road trip to Florida). I've found that the range of the Tesla and my bladder range are closely matched (Wisconsin jokes notwithstanding).By the time the Model 3 hits the streets, the number of SuperChargers will double again. I'd venture a wager that nowhere in the continental US will be out of range of the SuperCharger network at that time. (Arkansas, UP Michigan, West Texas and North Dakota will be happy about that.)Update for 2020:There are now 816 supercharger locations in the United States, 1858 globally.Unaccountably, North Dakota, the only state without an operational SuperCharger, has four of them which have been under construction for well over a year, and two more that have been permitted for just as long.I do not know why Elon hates North Dakota.In these last four years, the maximum range of the Model S has gone up from 265 miles to about 400 miles. So, it’s likely that your 500-mile road trip can be accomplished with a single charging session. Of course, you’ll probably want two unless your bladder capacity is significantly higher than the norm.There is no place in the country that you cannot get to from a SuperCharger. Besides North Dakota. And there are only about 3 or 4 places you cannot get into and then back out of using only SuperChargers. Those places have easy-to-find level 2 chargers nearby though.The driving is much more relaxed than it was four years ago. The Tesla that I had back then was two weeks too old to have autopilot hardware. Nonetheless, I kept it four years and put 116,000 miles on it. After the Model 3 came out, I traded it in for one with autopilot and dual motors — handy for Colorado winters. I continue to drive long road trips with the Model 3. I’ve had it for a year and a half and already have 44,000 miles on it, most of them driven under autopilot. It’s sooooo much less stress to let the car do most of the driving, giving you time to watch the scenery, check the area near your next charge spot for a place to have lunch, call for a reservation at the hotel you selected for the end of today’s drive.I’ve done 6 looooong road trips in the Model 3 over the last year and a half. Average over 5,000 miles apiece. I can’t imagine doing them in any other car.

Penalties for Driving Under the Influence1st OffenseClass B misdemeanor$500 fine if below .16 blood alcohol concentration (BAC)Two days imprisonment and $750 fine if BAC .16 or greater91 day suspension if below .18 BAC180 day suspension if .18 BAC or greaterAddiction evaluationNorth Dakota DUI Laws & Penalties:You only have 10 days from the date of your arrest to request an administrative hearing with the Department of Transportation to challenge the DOT's suspension of your driver's license. Administrative hearings can be quite intimidating with out a North Dakota DUI lawyer on your side who knows the hearing process.An experienced North Dakota DUI lawyer will charge around $400 - $500 to represent you at your administrative hearing. If you are successful at your administrative hearing your license will be returned to you. If the DOT rules against you, the suspension of your license will stand, but you may be eligible for a work permit after the first 30 days of your suspension period has passed.North Dakota First Offense DUIA North Dakota first offense DUI is a Misdemeanor offense. A first offense conviction carries the following fines and penalties:Jail time: There is no minimum jail sentence for a first offense conviction unless your BAC level was .16% or greater then there is a 2 day minimum jail term or 20 hours of community service.Fines: The fine amount for a first offense will be between $500 - $1,500 plus court costs.Alcohol evaluation: You will be required to attend an addiction facility alcohol evaluation program.Test refusal: A first offense refusal will result in a 1 year license revocation. You will not be eligible for a restricted license.Ignition interlock: An ignition interlock may be required by the court in extreme cases if you are granted a restricted license.License suspension: A first offense conviction with a BAC level below .16% will result in a license suspension period of up to 91 days and a 180 day suspension for a BAC of .16% or greater. In both cases, you may be eligible for a work permit after 30 days of your suspension period has passed. Before the North Dakota DMV will reinstate your license following your suspension period or issue you a work permit you will be required to show proof of financial responsibility in the form of a North Dakota SR22 insurance policy that meets the states minimum auto insurance liability coverage limits.Note that these are the minimums only, though they’re apparently fairly typical. Not listed is the likelihood of being placed on probation for a year or more.The cost for a lawyer for the full case, not just the administrative hearing, could range anywhere from $1000 to $5000, but they may be able to lessen the penalties, or you can just go to court and deal with the penalties. The penalties go up substantially for the second and above, so consider this an expensive lesson.