Earache
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Some pics from last year when I was up there on my XR. Knew there was a box car up there!
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Couple of hours later and I'm home. A pic of our abandoned railway station here in Black Hawk...
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One last ranch home in Tarryall before I head out...
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A couple of open range pics. One thing we have here is open land. Lots and lots of open land...
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Some more of Tarryall's best and finest homes...
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Old farm across the street. Who knew that they had caravans back then?
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Old homestead cabin in Tarryall....
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100 miles later and I'm passing through what used to a be a town called Tarryall. The Tarryall School, built in 1898, is slightly more spartan than Fairp[lay's school...
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Making a big loop to turn back north to get home and I pass the Fairplay School in Fairplay, CO...
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At the western bottom of the Pass are a steam engine and other cars used on Boreras. Quite the snow shovel on the first car...
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The views across the valley are of Breckenridge Ski Resort - you can see the ski runs carved out of the woods...
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The view from up here ain't bad at all...
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About 5 miles down the hill from the Station House is the water tank...
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I swear to God, the last time I was here there was a train car sitting on these now empty tracks. That was about a year ago. Have no idea where it went. Probably those fuckin' gypsys - they'll steal anything!
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We're at 12,000'-ish above sea level here. Nice and cool as well as beautiful...
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Built in 1880, this is where the train workers spent the night during their trek westward...
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Cresting the Pass, the old Station House comes into view....
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Stopped for some piccies and a drink and was joined by this guy...
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I tried to get up and over Boreas earlier this year, but the Pass was clsoed. Wide open today. This road used to be a train track; the route to Breckenridge from Denver and the east. Beginning of the pass...
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There are! And a train car left there at 12,000' feet up on the Pass. I tried to get there once before this summer and the road was closed off. Gonna try again today and see if it's open. Pics to follow....
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I'd leave it for another week - looks good right now. Glad we don't have lawns here. Headed out to ride an old train route today. They pulled up the tracks and now it's just a dirt road for me to ride on.
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Update for Pete: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/us/colorado-bear-kitchen-trnd/index.html
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Howdy Jeff !
