{"id":423,"date":"2008-10-06T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2008-10-06T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T13:47:00","slug":"the-windmills-of-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=423","title":{"rendered":"The Windmills of Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since they moved north, we have been figuring out the best way to get up to Ellyn and Jason’s. The last time they were down here, they tried a new route. It is a little longer actually, but so worth it. They knew we would love it, so when we went up this past weekend, we gave it a try. <\/p>\n

We knew why they sent us this way, but it was still a thrill to catch our first glimpse of this. See them? Off in the distance?\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254039656927386034\"<\/a>Here – lets go a few miles down the road.\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254039658954620146\"<\/a>This is Maple Ridge Wind Farm. We pulled off on a side road to get a better look. There are about 200 of them – called wind turbines actually and each one cost about $2.5 million to build, generating enough power for around 500 homes. The land they stand on is mostly leased, much of it from farmers who reap beteween $5,000-10,000 per year per turbine. An economic boost for family farmers who are finding it more difficult to stay in business as their costs rise.\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254039661685814514\"<\/a>They are so huge – 320 feet high. From the information I could find, they are the largest turbines east of the Mississippi.\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254039660873480322\"<\/a>I don’t know why I like them so much. Usually I am drawn to more natural aspects of the world around me. Maybe it is because once they are up there, they sort of become part of the wind.\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254039663372299218\"<\/a>And, I know that often the people living around them don’t appreciate them all that well. They are pretty noisy for one thing, sounding like a distant plane that never gets any closer. They make some people dizzy and they do tend to dominate the landscape. I have to admit, I’m not sure how I would like one in my own back yard.\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254041524072444258\"<\/a> And, as you can see, the windmills are not the only amazing thing to see here – look at the view behind them\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254041516995000546\"<\/a>But that is a post for another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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