My wife and I did our first 100+ mile adventure this weekend knowing we would need to charge to make it home. (Hence the reason I called it an adventure.) The plan was to leave Rocklin on 100% charge, eat at Sonic Burger in Vacaville since the Bella Vista park and ride is right there with L2 & L3 charging, then go a few more miles to hike at Pena Adobe Park in Vacaville. We arrived at the park and ride with 31% charge remaining after driving 55 miles. I had hoped to used the quickcharge but there was a Leaf sitting there mostly (but not completely) charged with no one around. We plugged into L2, ate lunch and ended with 44% charge. After lunch, the other Leaf was still sitting at the QC fully charged, no one around.
We drove a few miles down the road and hiked at the park for a couple of hours. Too bad there's no L2 at trailheads and in general, in places you actually want to spend time. We headed home and decided to stop by the park and ride again to see if the QC was available, but this time there was a Leaf plugged in and a second one waiting. We had 38% remaining charge and enough to make it the 20 miles to Davis.
Arrived in Davis with something like 25% remaining and found the QC was out of order. Darn. I knew there was another QC a few miles up the road at Davis Nissan, but the QCs at the dealerships are almost always taken. I was trying to make this experience as comfortable as possible for my wife, so I didn't want to drive to a third QC only to find it taken, then have to hang out at the dealership for nearly 2 hours to get home. Decided it was best to stay in Davis, plug into L2 and go for a walk through the UC Davis arboretum with the wife while the Leaf charged. 1.5 hours later we had 55% charge, enough to make it back to Rocklin. Arrived home with 14% remaining, total trip mileage was 111 miles.
I learned three things. Driving anything less than 72 MPH on Interstate 80 is unsafe. If you are driving less than 75 mph you SHOULD NOT be in the fast lane unless you want really want to make EVs look bad, and you learn quickly by driving in the slow lane that people do not know how to merge with traffic at on-ramps, so you're constantly adjusting your speed to account for people's complete lack of driving skills.
Second, always assume the worst for public charging. I had 3 QCs I could have used on my way home, but none were available. There were a dozen L2's so I felt pretty certain I wouldn't be stranded, but you never know.
Third, people have a lot to learn in the charging etiquette department.
My Leaf is great for what I bought it for, but I'm not sure I want to drive the car beyond its range much, unless I have a lot of time to kill.