It has been in the 90sF since Thursday (that's a minimum of 32C). It's funny how it works. When it's really cold, we want to stay in, and when it's really hot, we want to stay in.
Well, we haven't stayed in, but we do seek the shade a lot.
Thursday morning we went for a windmill tour. I mentioned all the windmills in the gap between the mountains here in the Coachella Valley. They offer a tour to learn more about them.
Up close to one.
We did learn a lot about them and saw different types of windmills and why they're there. An interesting process. And we also understand why a lot of the people along the Lake Huron shore don't want them...I think.
They have progressed in terms of quietness and efficiency. The noise and the vortex they created would be a big issue, but the newer ones address these things, and apart from being an eyesore to look at, they (along with the solar panels) do create enough energy to power the Coachella Valley.
This is a do-it-yourself windmill you can buy from Home Depot. Kind of looks like the old television antennae we used to have.
And these are some of the smaller, older ones. You can see blades missing on the middle one. The wind can do that.
I'm not sure the tour was worth what we paid as we couldn't go into one, or anything like that. But it was fine to do it once and see the different types, and understand them a bit more.
We did a little geocaching yesterday, but it didn't take long to determine it was just too hot.
So other than that, we've just tried to stay out of the sun...and watch our baby hummingbirds coming along.
There are definitely 2 of them. You can see them here.
And mama feeding them.
Shelly, they really are ugly things (birds, that is). I kind of agree with you there. I guess their beaks get longer as they grow...kind of like Tibby's nose.
Some of our neighbours walking up the street.
Well, we haven't stayed in, but we do seek the shade a lot.
Thursday morning we went for a windmill tour. I mentioned all the windmills in the gap between the mountains here in the Coachella Valley. They offer a tour to learn more about them.
Up close to one.
We did learn a lot about them and saw different types of windmills and why they're there. An interesting process. And we also understand why a lot of the people along the Lake Huron shore don't want them...I think.
They have progressed in terms of quietness and efficiency. The noise and the vortex they created would be a big issue, but the newer ones address these things, and apart from being an eyesore to look at, they (along with the solar panels) do create enough energy to power the Coachella Valley.
This is a do-it-yourself windmill you can buy from Home Depot. Kind of looks like the old television antennae we used to have.
And these are some of the smaller, older ones. You can see blades missing on the middle one. The wind can do that.
I'm not sure the tour was worth what we paid as we couldn't go into one, or anything like that. But it was fine to do it once and see the different types, and understand them a bit more.
We did a little geocaching yesterday, but it didn't take long to determine it was just too hot.
So other than that, we've just tried to stay out of the sun...and watch our baby hummingbirds coming along.
There are definitely 2 of them. You can see them here.
And mama feeding them.
Shelly, they really are ugly things (birds, that is). I kind of agree with you there. I guess their beaks get longer as they grow...kind of like Tibby's nose.
Some of our neighbours walking up the street.
There are geese here in our RV park that sound like donkeys. I might have mentioned that before. Heard them this morning again. And I have heard coyotes howling in the night. But only once when I happened to be awake. So that's our wildlife.
What an amazing pic you captured of the hummingbirds! 👍🏼❤
ReplyDeleteI have been compiling a bunch of questions about windmills. Maybe you can answer them when I see you. ⁉️
ReplyDeleteSure, if I can. Interesting hobby.
DeleteWow, great pics of the hummingbirds!!
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