The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Palm Springs RV Resort at Palm Desert, California. Mary remains at home and I expecting her to rejoin me in mid-January
Remember Don Quixote? He was the Man From La Mancha…a knight-errant who set off into the world to do battle with windmills.
Back in 2011, Mary and I visited Don Quixote heaven about 20 miles east of my 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
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.
Yesterday was a sunny day at 67 degrees. Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 64 degrees.
Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!
The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…
Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein
On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!
Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8
If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos
There are more than 500 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver
If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/
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http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust
All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2014