Daily Archives: July 14, 2009

A Cat in waiting… 1

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To be specific, a Catrike 700 waiting for a Black Goblin Cricket Tail Fairing, Storage Version. Well, the CT700 is my trike. I learned today that I will have to wait longer. I do not know at this time how much longer. To say I’m disappointed, would put it mildly. I will not go into detail here, except to say, I’d love to be writing about it and showing you pictures, as well as experiencing the ride.

I’ve done about all the preparation of my CT that I can. Some reversals, because I thought Jeff would produce an extended front fairing for the CT700. He tells me that due to the economy, that project is on hold. I was really looking forward to having a Goblin faired trike, front and rear. Rather than publishing pictures of each step for the tail fairing, I decided to wait until I received it and publish a comprehensive article. I promise you I will do so as soon as I can.

I’m also working on modifications to the support of my Mueller Winwrap XT Fairing. Conceptually, it looks promising for what I want to achieve. I may have something to show you as early as next week.

On the tail fairing, I’m hoping this is a story that "all’s well that ends well."

Mr. Giraldo crosses the Dallas Divide Reply

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Dallas Divide (el. 8,970 feet (2,730 m)) is a high mountain pass in the United States state of Colorado located on State Highway 62 about 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Ridgway.

The pass is a saddle between the San Juan Mountains to the south and the Uncompahgre Plateau to the north and divides the Uncompahgre River watershed from the San Miguel River watershed and Ouray County from San Miguel County. The pass takes its name from Dallas Creek which drains the basin on the north side of Mount Sneffels into the Uncompahgre River.

The summit is not marked at the top, so travelers over the road may not notice they have just traversed the divide. The approach on either side is mild and does not cause many cars or trucks problems in winter.

A toll road was first constructed over Dallas Divide in 1880 linking the town of Dallas near Ridgway with Telluride. In 1890 the Rio Grande Southern Railroad was built over the divide from Ridgway to Telluride.
 
Mt Sneffels ~ A view south from the Dallas Divide west of Ridgway, CO.

Uploaded on July 25, 2007 by foto3116
 
San Juan Mountains and spring aspens near Ridgway, Colorado, May 2009.

Uploaded on May 25, 2009 by J B Foster
From Wikipedia
From flickr under the Creative Commons License Agreement
 

Day39 sees Mr. Giraldo cross his second mountain pass [Lizard Head Pass was the first] in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The big climb, yet to come—The Continental Divide or "The Great Divide."