Allbur Chellak

Lover of Porsche, anime, manga, guitars, EVE Online (inactive but always Goonswarm Allbur Chellak et al). WoW. Urologist. FACS. sorry for my poor Japanese.

[Allbur Chellak @utopianmae]

Since I have been talking about this silly car from before lock-in to delivery, I thought I would share a little summary of her ‘maiden voyage’ and my goodbye to Wyoming and Colorado.

The fates came together to allow this nice trip to happen. The car was delivered ahead of schedule, PPF placed, a dash cam mounted, and then I hit the road.

The main criteria were to hit some of the memorable paved drives in Colorado and Wyoming, nice hotels and a pleasant time with my wife before I start working again.

The dates: September 5 through September 14.

Weather: absolutely perfect.
All the major passes were open and dry.
Car: new 992.2 911. Carrera. Gentian blue.

Started off from Cheyenne to Jackson Hole. A heck of a long day with a good payoff at the end with the Togwotee Pass.

After recovering from that we spent the next day with local drives on Teton Park Road, Jenny Lake, Oxbow Bend, Gros Ventre / Mormon Row.

After a couple of days there we transited to Aspen ‘the long way’ via Hoback Canyon (US-191), US-26 / Snake River Canyon, Pine Creek Pass (ID-31), then US-191 south through Bondurant, Hoback Rim, and Pinedale to Flaming Gorge, then into Colorado and Aspen. A very very long day but absolutely worth doing the Flaming Gorge ‘ detour ‘

First day in Aspen was a little bit more relaxed. Took the Castle Creek Road to Ashcroft and then Crystal River run to Marble for barbecue… Very good barbecue by the way. Another 911 was hanging out in the parking lot so I wasn’t the only one to have a desire for barbecue and a nice drive.

Day five in Aspen was a ton of fun. Did Fryingpan Road to Ruedi Reservoir. Quiet, technical, other Porsches and Ferraris on it. I tried very hard to stay out of their way as they clearly were more familiar with that road than me and I had only had my car less than 2 weeks.

The next day we transited from Aspen to Beaver Creek via Independence Pass (12,095 ft) to Twin Lakes, then Leadville and Tennessee Pass into Vail / Bachelor Gulch. A very enjoyable high Alpine transfer with great conditions and not too much traffic.

From Bachelor Gulch on day seven we did the Copper Triangle: US-24 south through Minturn, Battle Mountain, and Red Cliff to Leadville; CO-91 over Fremont Pass (11,318 ft) to Copper and a short drop into Breckenridge; I-70 home over Vail Pass. Tennessee Pass sits on that same 24 corridor, so the day stacked Battle Mountain, Tennessee, Fremont, and Vail in one loop.

Coming into the homestretch of our little drive, the next day we move down through Estes Park, and did Trail Ridge Road up to the Alpine visitor center, and then back down the Colorado Springs and the Garden of the Gods.

Trail Ridge Road was outstanding as the early traffic wasn’t as bad as I expected on the way up. Definitely a nice follow up to Independence Pass.

The next day, our last real day of driving, started off Garden of the Gods in the morning, then US-24 / CO-67 to Cripple Creek. Paved Gold Belt run, not a famous 12,000-foot pass, but a beautiful two-lane through the aspens on the west side of Pikes Peak country.

Pikes Peak skipped on purpose. At that point, I felt like I had sampled the drives in the area enough and was more than happy to just relax a bit.

Next day was the least Interesting drive, Colorado Springs back to Cheyenne. On the way home, I did my final checkout at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center and concluded five years there.

Most of this trip has been discussed in multiple tweets over the last few weeks, but I was just putting it all down in one place mostly so I can keep track of this wonderful trip.

Thanks for sticking with my silly drive. It was fun to share it.

The whole thing probably clocked in at 2200 or 2300 miles.

Next stop… The Midwest and my new Urology gig.

#porsche

[Allbur Chellak @utopianmae]

@CanesDavid @jfunkmd lol. So you know it’s quality then.

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A very tasty reposado.
Thanks @jfunkmd for the suggestion.

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@yasuyaslm @postdoc_sann 僕ならIL-10かな。

免疫系には「戦え！」と叫ぶサイトカインがたくさんいるけど、IL-10は「臓器ごと破壊する必要はないんじゃない？」と言ってくれるやつ。

そういうところが好きです。😂

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@wnnng7300737761

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@ingelramdecoucy Very nice!

For the time and monkeying around it absolutely does not save money.

That said it is a very fun rabbit hole to jump into. So many ways to play around (and spend money) on what is actually a pretty straightforward thing.

Enjoy! I love baking bread.

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@NatureNexus4321 Reenactment of current Russian events, with Putin and a Russian oligarch both cast as a little birds.

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@ingelramdecoucy Seems that Russian diplomats, military and oligarchs are really, really clumsy.

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@HattsworthIsYou @ingelramdecoucy Yep. You are not wrong on that sadly.

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@koumechan87 正直、公共交通機関はここで頂点に達した。

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@FBIPantyRaid @ShannonJoyRadio Yes… It is far worse in its own way.

At least Mad Max had some cool cars in it.

[Le Bernardin @LeBernardinNY]

Have you ever wondered what our fish butcher Justo Thomas's morning looks like? We gave him a pair of @Meta Glasses to find out.

[Pix🔎 @PixBuilds]

How To Tell If Your Girlfriend Is A Spy:

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@catsareblessing Cats yearn for the square.

[Muse @xmuse_]

How cultures sound on a violin.

It's fascinating how different intervals can instantly evoke a whole culture.

Julia Kim plays 5 scales 🎻
Egyptian, Celtic, Chinese, Japanese, Sundanese.

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@ingelramdecoucy It’s the not so secret spice in many kitchens.

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@CyborgPeds Hmmmm…