Hiccups
Day 26. The last report describes the day going from Jeffrey City WY to Rawlins WY. In Jeffrey City, when we connected up to power, the line was 220 instead of 110, and blew out our refrigerator. When Leslie got to Rawlins, she went to an RV repair place. The main circuit board for the fridge had to be replaced. Fortunately she found one( our refrigerator is no longer in production.) She ordered it with overnight delivery. They screwed up the overnight delivery, so the part wasn't delivered until 2/16. The circuit board was replaced, but the fridge still doesn't work. We decided to move on with ice and dry ice.
There was no original plan to spend more than one day in Rawlins, so we drove to the site 3 rides further down. I missed 3 segments, which included one climb over the continental divide and a ride through a burned out forest, not to mention 11 miles on the shoulder of Interstate 80.
Today's ride was from Heeny, or more specifically and campsite at the southern end of Green Reservoir to Fairplay, and in the process going over Hoover Pass, at 11539 feet, again crossing the continental divide and the highest point on the transcontinental trip. You start out heading up route 9 from Green Resevoir to the town of Silverthorne.
This is the view off to the west as you enter Silverthorne from the north.
Then you pick up a bike path that takes you pretty much all the way to Breckinridge. In the process you climb up and cross the Dillon Dam that holds back the water of the Blue River to create Dillon Resevoir. I noticed that as I got closer to the dam, the bike path goes up a bunch of tight switchbacks at 5 -6%. That was kind of a kicker.
After crossing the dam, you circle around the western side of the reservoir, then head up the Blue River Valley. Somewhere near the town of Frisco, I missed a turn and ended up climbing up past the Copper Mountain ski resort which is one valley further west from the Blue River Valley. Ended up with about 15 extra miles and about 600 of extra feet of climbing. Had to turn around and head back to Frisco to make the appropriate turn up the Blue River Valley. Fortunately the climb was nowhere nearly as steep as the one I had just done. In Breckenridge, it started to rain. Threw on my rain stuff and headed off to Hoosier Pass. It was a slow climb (there's no air up there).
Fortunately the rain had stopped about half way up. Unfortunately it started again just as I started my descent. There's no shoulder on the road, so you're right near the white line. It was raining, so I held back on the speed. Once in Alma, the first town, there's another bike path that gets you off the highway and into Fairplay. Fairplay is at the northern end of a large open area called South Park.
Tomorrow Rest Day.
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