Don Quixote Heaven..

Remember Don Quixote? He was the Man From La Mancha…a knight-errant who set off into the world to do battle with windmills.

Well yesterday Mary and I visited Don Quixote heaven about 20 miles east of our present camping site . It’s the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm. It consists of more than 4,000 electrical-generating windmills and is located in North Palm Springs, California. Mary has a real interest in energy-efficient devices and really appreciated seeing these guys up close and personal. Normally they’re atop some distant mountain. While we were there, the wind was at about a constant 50 miles per hour!

Here are three informational links…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gorgonio_Pass_Wind_Farm

http://www.palmsprings.com/services/wind.html

http://www.palmsprings.com/services/wind1.html

Here are two more photo links…
http://www.goldenstateimages.com/GSI_search.php?srch=california%20wind%20turbine%20power%20generation&op=ph

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotair2112/430163312/

And finally, a youtube video as seen from a vehicle along Interstate Highway 10…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmHVUzw8cII

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