Today was a combination of wind, lots of wind, and windmills! There has been a big low hanging west of Texas bringing 15-25 mph winds for 3 days. It has been blowing from the south/southwest which pushed us up I-45 yesterday and blew us all over I-20 today.
We are taking the old route up to I-40 by of going west to Sweetwater and then up to Lubbock, TX and over to Clovis, NM. After all the tornado activity in OK earlier in the week, we wanted to duck around the front.
Sweetwater, TX was billing itself as the center of wind-generated electricity industry--and we saw their proof! Highway 84 took us past miles--and miles--of windmills! As far as the eye could see, little white sticks. It was a beautiful sight to see so much electricity being generated without pollution!
And, with some windmills being so close to the road, we could how huge they are, but my mind just wasn't able to grasp the actual size! In the photo below, that is a curved-roof farm building to the right of the windmill for storing farm equipment. Notice the difference in size.
The atmosphere was a bit fuzzy, so the photos have are slightly blurry, but I think you can see the size relationship. It is stunning to be so close.
Tonight we are in a Passport America park called Post View RV Park in Post, Texas. We stayed here last year. Passport America members receive a 50% discount on camping fees and tonight our site was $12.50 with full hook-ups.
Passport America (PA) parks tend to be in out of the way places and usually smaller parks who want to attract campers. We have found some real treasures and along with some minimal parks.
We usually only require electricity for the air conditioner, so we can take a minimal park if the price is right! Tonight we wanted a sewer dump because we might dry-camp tomorrow night in Santa Rosa, NM. As I said, we don't make reservations in advance so we can change our route if needed.
Tomorrow should be a bit cooler when we get up to I-40. I hope so as it was 104 in the window thermometer this afternoon. Time to get out of Texas!!!
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