The Wonderful World of Wendy


Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!

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Thursday, August 31, 2006


Sophia did quite well on the "Sky Trail" tram ride at Trees of Mystery. I think it bothered me more than her how high we were. The people in passing trams were very entertained to see her looking at them thru the side of the car.

Skytrail Information:
The lift opened for passengers on June 18th, 2001
Length: 1570 feet one way
Vertical rise: 571
Altitude at top: 742 feet ASL
Trip time one way: average 9 minutes including three slow downs for loading
Type of lift: fixed grip gondola with moving drive for tensioning.
Cars: 6 passenger CWA Omega, handicapped accessible. Made in Switzerlad
Lift: POMA, designed and manufactured in Grand Junction, Colorado. Poma also owns Otis elevators and builds many public conveyances like funiculars and monorails
Cable: thickness-42.5 mm or about 1.5 inches. Tested to 296,000 pounds of pull. That is enough to lift all the towers, drive station, return station, bullwheels, all of the concrete and both control shacks! (wow!) Made in Austria.
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